June 2014 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

The Hollow Army And How to Prevent/Fix It

Over at the Politico is a great piece by COL (ret) Douglas Macgregor about how the U.S. Army is headed for collapse. ...In March 2014, when 80,000 Russian armored combat forces were poised to invade Ukraine, the U.S. Army was incapable of deploying an...

Published Tue, Jun 03 2014 4:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Godspeed, Sergeant Shaina Schmigel

From the 2nd Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division...sad news: From the 2nd BCT's Facebook page: Sgt. Shaina B. Schmigel, 21, an intelligence analyst with the 37th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team (BCT), 82nd Abn. Div., died during a standard...

Published Tue, Jun 03 2014 2:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Don't Let The Bergdahl @#$% Storm Distract from Fixing the V.A.

With all that's happening with Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, the media is definitely concerned with the "unexpected" blow back from the prisoner trade for Bergdahl. The problem with the Veterans Affairs issue is that it is only going to continue to...

Published Tue, Jun 03 2014 12:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Photo - Night Shift

U.S. sailors conduct maintenance on an F/A-18F Superhornet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Pacific Ocean, June 2, 2014. The George Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, provide a combat-ready...

Published Tue, Jun 03 2014 12:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Funding both sides of the war

Gen. James Jones, former National Security Adviser and Commandant of the Marine Corps, said "Half of our trade deficit goes toward buying oil from abroad, and some of that money ends up in the hands of terrorists." This has to stop. About 40...

Published Mon, Jun 02 2014 9:17 AM by BLACKFIVE

Talking Bergdahl on Frank Gaffney's show

Did a segment with Frank this morning on Bergdahl and the details of the deal. With Jim Hanson, Rep. Steve King , Raymond Stock, Gordon Chang JIM HANSON, retired Special Operations Master Sergeant: Why did the US decide now to trade five Taliban commanders...

Published Mon, Jun 02 2014 7:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

Photo - Island Viper

Marines rappel from a CH53E Super Stallion helicopter in an urban training area during Exercise Island Viper on Marine Corps Base Hawaii, Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, May 28, 2014. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Nathan Knanke

Published Mon, Jun 02 2014 12:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Book Review - "I Am Pilgrim" by Terry Hayes

The following book review is a special for BlackFive readers provided by Elise Cooper. You can read all of our book reviews by clicking on the Books category link on the right sidebar. With the book, I am Pilgrim, Terry Hayes has expanded his writing...

Published Mon, Jun 02 2014 12:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

Big problems with Bergdahl deal

The return of a US POW back from five years in captivity is cause for great happiness. I pointed this out as the news was announced and said we should all take a bit of time to just enjoy that. But the grim reality of the bargain we made and how we made...

Published Sun, Jun 01 2014 10:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

President Obama Has Some 'Splainin to Do

Along with Bowe Bergdahl... I am glad to hear that Bowe Bergdahl is back, but I am indescribably pissed off about what the PINO did in our name (talk about "not in our name.") did to get him back. Instead of a well planned and highly secret...

Published Sun, Jun 01 2014 5:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Bust Their Chops

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