November 2014 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Book Review - "Woman With a Gun" by Phillip Margolin

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 side bar. Woman With A Gun, the latest by New York Times Bestselling author...

Published Mon, Nov 24 2014 10:57 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

Bergdahl & Tahmoressi- A Tale of Two Sergeants

REPOST now that the election is over, and wasn't that fun. Can't wait to vote again for Scott Walker in 2016. President Obama gave vastly different treatment to a couple of military folks who were in trouble. For SGT Bowe Bergdahl, he traded five...

Published Wed, Nov 05 2014 10:29 PM by BLACKFIVE

NYC Veteran's Day Parade

If any of our good readers in NYC care to join in, Mission: VALOR will be taking part in the NYC Veteran's Day Parade. Details are here and we will have limited edition t-shirts for the first 20 people to show up at 1300 on Tuesday. Hope to see you...

Published Sun, Nov 09 2014 7:53 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Free Fire Zone- No moral equivalence for Terror

When Palestinian terrorists slaughter innocent civilians the correct thing is to condemn them, lay some concrete consequences on the Palestinian government and send condolences to our friend and ally the Israelis. President Obama felt the need to blame...

Published Tue, Nov 18 2014 11:29 PM by BLACKFIVE

Nous Resterons La

David French in the National Review explains why our "moderate allies" seem especially prone to dropping their guns and fleeing. All of this should be elementary, but the increasing lack of combat experience in the highest echelons of our government...

Published Tue, Nov 04 2014 3:49 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs

Muslim Brotherhood agitating in Ferguson, MO

There are soon to be protests and almost certainly riots in Ferguson, MO when no charges are brought against the police officer who shot Mike Brown. The facts of the case do not seem to matter to the professional outrage mongers who are organizing the...

Published Thu, Nov 13 2014 10:59 PM by BLACKFIVE

The SEAL Community and Fight Club

The first rule of Fight Club is that you don’t talk about Fight Club. Evidently, that is slipping a little for some in the SEAL community. No one here has weighed in on this yet, but others have elsewhere. Whether it was a night firefight and looked exactly...

Published Fri, Nov 07 2014 11:34 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

My Address to a Middle School Class on Veteran's Day 2014

Good morning, my name is Matt H and my daughter, is one of your 8th grade classmates. Last December, I retired from the Navy after serving 23 years of combined active and reserve service as a Navy SEAL. I am a combat veteran having served in the city...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2014 6:26 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders

Photo - Search Dive

U.S. Navy divers and divers from the Royal Naval Force of Jordan conduct a search dive while participating in International Mine Countermeasures Exercise in the Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan, Oct. 29, 2014. IMCMEX includes navies from 44 countries whose focus...

Published Wed, Nov 05 2014 3:52 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Photo - Osprey Landing

A V-22A Osprey lands on the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu during routine flight operations in the South China Sea, Oct. 31, 2014. The Peleliu is the lead ship in the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and is conducting joint forces exercises in the...

Published Thu, Nov 06 2014 3:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Anti-war BS at Concert for Valor

If you are playing at an event designed to thank veterans for their service and honor the military, and you play an antiwar ditty from the Vietnam era, you are doing it wrong. I could understand this of it was just the King of Constipation Bruce Springsteem...

Published Wed, Nov 12 2014 1:03 AM by BLACKFIVE

Free Fire Zone- A Tale of Two Sergeants

President Obama gave vastly different treatment to a couple of military folks who were in trouble. For SGT Bowe Bergdahl, he traded five Taliban terrorists and a pallet load of cash to our enemies. For SGT Andrew Tahmoressi (crickets chirping). I take...

Published Mon, Nov 03 2014 11:51 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

NRA: Life of Duty's Veterans' Day Message

From our friends over at the NRA...

Published Mon, Nov 10 2014 2:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders, Video Channels

Free Fire Zone- Iranian Nuclear Poker

There is a deadline looming in the talks with Iran about their nuclear power weapons program. US and Iranian negotiators are preparing to enter the intense endgame in the Iran nuclear deal talks, amid mixed assessments of prospects for completing the...

Published Mon, Nov 10 2014 10:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Who is actually part of the coalition?

The Obama administration claims to have partnered with over 60 nations in "degrading and defeating" the Islamic State. Several nations have provided humanitarian support, but very few have in fact provided military aid - and details of what...

Published Tue, Nov 11 2014 10:40 PM by BLACKFIVE

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