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VA Dental Clinic Exposed Veterans to HIV?

Wow, this is scary: A Missouri VA hospital is under fire because it may have exposed more than 1,800 veterans to life-threatening diseases such as hepatitis and HIV. John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis has recently mailed letters to 1,812 veterans...

Published Wed, Jun 30 2010 10:06 AM by BLACKFIVE

Time for Sean Penn to Shut the front door!

Map of the Falkland Islands (approximately 300 miles east of Argentina) Well, that time for that actor to STFU came and went about nine years ago...but, now, the guy-who-memorizes-lines-for-a-job known as Sean Penn, is in South America blaming the Brits...

Published Thu, Feb 16 2012 2:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

The Women That We Love - Warriors

Iraq provided a challenge to the US military that had a special place for female soldiers. I had the honor and pleasure of knowing some excellent women in my time there. While I think that they would be embarrassed by being singled out by name, I want...

Published Mon, Feb 13 2012 11:53 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs

Dec. 5 in US Military History

1941: The USS Lexington (CV-2) departs Pearl Harbor with Marine dive bombers destined for Midway Island, leaving no carriers at the base as the Enterprise departed for Wake on Nov. 28. The mission saves the aircraft carrier from destruction in the Japanese...

Published Mon, Dec 05 2011 7:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

Mike Yon Is Totally Wrong about the Geneva Conventions

...and supposes (rhetorically) that soldiers could refuse deployment based on unlawful order. ...And so there it is. We are in violation of the Geneva Conventions in Afghanistan and are deceptively using the Red Cross. Is this prosecutable as a war crime...

Published Mon, Dec 05 2011 2:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Arab Spring Forward for Islamist parties

It looks like the elections in Egypt are being dominated by the Muslim Brotherhood (Islamists) and the Nour party (bats**t crazy Islamists). NRO's Andy McCarthy reads the tea leaves. It would be hard to overstate what a catastrophe the Egyptian elections...

Published Thu, Dec 01 2011 12:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

Some guys you just can't blow up

I love Marines and think everyone should have a squad or two. Here is one reason why. Lance Cpl. Edgar Jones, a combat engineer with the squad, found a pressure plate inside the compound and hollered to Garst, asking what he should do with it. Garst turned...

Published Mon, Jul 26 2010 7:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

"That's Why They Call Me...Baaad Company!"

This is Five Finger Death Punch's video for "Bad Company," off the album, WAR IS THE ANSWER! The video features footage from 5FDP's recent trip to Iraq for the troops, and is a salute to the brave men and women who dedicate their lives...

Published Thu, Sep 09 2010 5:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Music

Time and New Veterans

Over at This Ain't Hell, Jonn Lilyea writes about the latest issue of Time magazine and it's piece about new veterans. Go read it. While I agree with Jonn on his post, the article also has a nice para about former Marine sniper, Jake Wood, and...

Published Fri, Aug 19 2011 12:13 AM by BLACKFIVE

So That's How It's Gonna Be....

Another middle finger "you're number 1" salute from an administration that can't be bothered to stop playing golf and that never cared about us veterans anyway. Nobody I know is voting for this cat, so it is probably a good thing he...

Published Tue, Aug 30 2011 2:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders, Bust Their Chops

Breaking: Retired ADM Mullen/Foreign Cyber Attack

The intrepid Susan Katz Keating is breaking a big story on Time.com that is merely the tip of an iceberg.... Retired admiral Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently surrendered personal computers to the FBI in the course of...

Published Wed, Dec 05 2012 9:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

Wolfpack Drills

Members of the Naval Medical Center San Diego wheelchair basketball team, Wolfpack, do pace drills during a team practice in San Diego, Dec. 1, 2012. Made up of 13 military and civilian members, Wolfpack is one of 10 teams in the West Coast Conference...

Published Mon, Dec 10 2012 2:15 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Or Even Programs I Like

“We will have to make tough decisions about Defense spending, or even on programs that I like.”* President Barack Obama, Twitter townhall event, Wednesday, July 7, 2011

Published Fri, Jul 08 2011 8:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

Now It Is Up To Us To Arrange The Meeting....

So Major Hasan will be getting a death penalty court martial.... The Army psychiatrist charged in the deadly Fort Hood rampage in Texas will be court-martialed and face the death penalty, Fox News confirms. Fort Hood’s commanding general announced the...

Published Wed, Jul 06 2011 4:09 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders

Navy Tests F-35C on a Catapult

An F-35C test aircraft piloted by Lt. Christopher Tabert launches from a steam catapult for the first time. CF-3 is the designated carrier suitability test aircraft. The F-35C carrier variant of the Joint Strike Fighter is distinct from the F-35A and...

Published Fri, Jul 29 2011 12:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Picture of the Week

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