February 2015 - BlackFive - The Network of Care

Photo - Dirty Job

A U.S. soldier secures Marines to a cable dangling from a UH-60 Black Hawk medevac helicopter during a casualty evacuation exercise near Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Feb. 5, 2015. Minnesota National Guard photo by U.S. Army National Guard Spc. Jess Nemec

Published Wed, Feb 11 2015 9:09 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Photo - Iraqi Soldiers Conduct "Live Fire" Training by Observation

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Grinston, foreground right, reviews Iraqi army trainees passing by to observe a platoon live-fire demonstration on Camp Taji, Iraq, Feb, 5, 2015. Grinston is the senior enlisted advisor to the 1st Infantry Division...

Published Tue, Feb 10 2015 10:17 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Book Review - "The *** Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men"

The following book review is a special for BlackFive readers provided by Elise Cooper. You can read all of our book reviews and author interviews by clicking on the Books category link on the right sidebar. The *** Next Door by Eric Lichtblau is a compelling...

Published Tue, Feb 10 2015 10:08 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

Photo - Afghan Fields

U.S. and Czech soldiers patrol along a canal and a farm field near a village in Parwan province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2015. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class David Wheeler

Published Sun, Feb 08 2015 8:39 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

RangerUp Presents Brian Williams

What can I say: RangerUp presents their take on "misremembering" Brian Williams...

Published Sat, Feb 07 2015 9:11 PM by BLACKFIVE

Photo - From the Light of the Moon, A Destroyer...

The guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut conducts an exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 3, 2015. The Farragut is training with the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group to prepare for deployment. U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jackie...

Published Sat, Feb 07 2015 8:38 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Photo - Mountain Flight

Air Force 1st Lt. Greg Johnston, left, and Capt. RJ Bergman fly a UH-1N Iroquois over a mountain range near Malmstrom Air Force Base in Great Falls, Mont., Jan. 27, 2015. Johnston and Bergman are assigned to the 40th Helicopter Squadron. U.S. Air Force...

Published Fri, Feb 06 2015 9:36 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

For The Record

I was coated in hydraulic fluid and profoundly grateful as I stumbled bowlegged away from the helicopter. It doesn't matter if it's a 46 or 47 (and I suspect true of any similar make anywhere in the world), you and everything in it gets a fine...

Published Fri, Feb 06 2015 8:12 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Photo - The Balls of Montezuma Are Frozen to Tripoli

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. John Freeseha begins singing the Marines' Hymn after completing a plunge into freezing water during an ice-breaker drill as part of Winter Mountain Leaders Course 1-15 at Levitt Lake on Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training...

Published Fri, Feb 06 2015 6:06 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week, Military Humor

Senator Tom Cotton (OEF and OIF vet) on Gitmo

Worth the view...almost wished he'd drop the mic. [Edit note: Cotton was a Representative. He is now a Senator.]

Published Fri, Feb 06 2015 5:47 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

King of Jordan...or we might just call him "Jumpmaster" King

Jeff W. sent this one. It's awesome! From last summer: The only king that ever kicked me out the door was MSG Larry King.

Published Fri, Feb 06 2015 5:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Photo - Boat Operations

U.S. Marines train with a rubber raiding craft from the USS Bonhomme Richard in Aichi, Japan, Feb. 2, 2015. The Marines and sailors launched and recovered the boat to prepare for their upcoming patrol. The Marines are assigned to Fox Company, Battalion...

Published Fri, Feb 06 2015 12:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Free Fire Zone- A Declaration of War against the Jihadists

It is long past time for a Declaration of War against the Jihadist savages The Secure Freedom Strategy calls for one and lays out all the powers we can use to defeat them including military, intelligence, diplomatic, economic and cultural warfare. The...

Published Thu, Feb 05 2015 2:13 PM by BLACKFIVE

Photo - I Need to Get Me One of These

U.S. Army Sgt. Gordon Scott shows what an all-terrain vehicle can do to soldiers during a safety course in Boeblingen, Germany, Jan. 29, 2015. Scott is assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group. The solders are assigned to 554th Military Police...

Published Thu, Feb 05 2015 12:07 AM by BLACKFIVE

Photo - Parwan Patrol

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Hickman provides security from behind a partial stone wall during a patrol with Czech and Afghan soldiers through a village in Parwan province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2015. Hickman is assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment...

Published Wed, Feb 04 2015 6:06 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

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Photo - Dirty Job

Photo - Iraqi Soldiers Conduct "Live Fire" Training by Observation

Book Review - "The *** Next Door: How America Became a Safe Haven for Hitler's Men"

Photo - Afghan Fields

RangerUp Presents Brian Williams

Photo - From the Light of the Moon, A Destroyer...

Photo - Mountain Flight

For The Record

Photo - The Balls of Montezuma Are Frozen to Tripoli

Senator Tom Cotton (OEF and OIF vet) on Gitmo

King of Jordan...or we might just call him "Jumpmaster" King

Photo - Boat Operations

Free Fire Zone- A Declaration of War against the Jihadists

Photo - I Need to Get Me One of These

Photo - Parwan Patrol