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The Spectre Of Un-Won War.....

I have been ruminating on this for awhile now and I have even chronicled in these very pages here that when the death cult of Political Correctness fires into the beaten zone where the spineless civilian politicians are firing back, we get a rancid stew...

Published Tue, Apr 10 2012 3:57 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

USAF Captain Barry F. Crawford Jr. - Someone You Should Know

USAF Special Tactics Officer Captain Barry F. Crawford Jr. will receive the Air Cross, the nations second highest medal for valor for an airman, on April 12th. Here is the citation: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Title 10...

Published Tue, Apr 10 2012 1:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Someone You Should Know

A Fallen Paratrooper's Sister...

Say hello to Staff Sergeant Charlene Honaker Navarrette, sister of fallen paratrooper SPC Christopher Honaker of Able Company, 2-503rd, 173rd AIRBORNE, as she visits the COP in Afghanistan named in memory of her brother SPC Christopher Honaker and SPC...

Published Tue, Apr 10 2012 1:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten, Picture of the Week

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition day

Today is National Former Prisoner of War Recognition day. In honor of National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day, please take a moment to remember all the men and women who suffered in captivity while protecting and defending the United States of...

Published Mon, Apr 09 2012 3:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Must Read - They Were Doing Their Jobs, Not "Sightseeing", When They Were Killed

The Daily Mail gets it wrong, so very wrong. Four U.S. soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber today as they took pictures and went sightseeing in an Afghanistan park. Witnesses said the bomber walked up to the troops, who had been warned by locals 'not...

Published Mon, Apr 09 2012 2:54 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders, Fallen But Never Forgotten, Bust Their Chops

Always a bad day for jihadis

Well we are working on that , when they don't help us out by self-martyring. The International Security Assistance Force confirmed that it killed Osmani Sahib, who had been appointed to lead the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan's operations after...

Published Mon, Apr 09 2012 2:53 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Wounded Warrior Softball Team

Marines and soldiers on the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team have overcome their wounds and excelled in athletics. One opportunity to showcase this was the 2nd Wounded Warriors Amputee Softball Celebrity Classic, where the team took on local and...

Published Mon, Apr 09 2012 2:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Caring For The Defenders, Video Channels, Sports

Another Bad Day At The Jihad

Dontcha just hate it when you're in a gunship orbiting a bunch of jihadis planting an IED and just when you're about to hose them down, they blow themselves up? Maybe the last guy standing should get a T-shirt saying, "MY PALS WENT TO JIHAD...

Published Sat, Apr 07 2012 3:18 AM by BLACKFIVE

A Ceremonial First Pitch By A Blind Iraq War Veteran

Iraq War veteran, and Wounded Warrior, Jeremy Feldbusch, threw out the ceremonial first pitch on opening day for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Watch his throw: ~McQ Twitter: @McQandO

Published Fri, Apr 06 2012 7:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Rangers Leave Beer Pitcher out for Comrades At Wrigley Field on Opening Day

Hung out with some former 3rd bat guys. This is what they did:

Published Fri, Apr 06 2012 1:39 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

A Book For Your Consideration

Of the photos I shot in Iraq, only a fraction have made it out into the world. Thanks to some pushing by ROS over at This Ain't Hell, more of them are now going to be shared courtesy of a book. But, this is not a book about that one percent of the...

Published Thu, Apr 05 2012 8:41 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

Extraction

Rangers from 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, as part of a combined Afghan and coalition security force operating in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan, await a CH-47 for extraction. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Army Pfc. Pedro Amador)

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 4:49 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Tim Kennedy Performs "Part of Me" by Katy Perry

Tim Kennedy, MMA fighter, Special Forces sergeant, Ranger, all around bad ass, shows what can happen to you when you run out of choices in life... From a comment at Ranger Up's You Tube site: I met Tim Kennedy at a grappling competition a couple...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 12:16 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Humor, Military Humor, Tim Kennedy

Entitled domestic terrorist miffed that troops treated with respect

Bill Ayers, domestic terrorist, enemy of the US, anti-capitalist (but doesn’t run from its benefits) and formerly of the Weather Underground, is just flat not happy that the nation, as a whole, has a tendency to show members of the military the respect...

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 4:44 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Cover Me, I'm Moving Out

A Ranger from 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan March 8, 2011. (Photo by Army Sgt. Brian A. Kohl)

Published Wed, Apr 04 2012 1:33 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

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The Spectre Of Un-Won War.....

USAF Captain Barry F. Crawford Jr. - Someone You Should Know

A Fallen Paratrooper's Sister...

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition day

Must Read - They Were Doing Their Jobs, Not "Sightseeing", When They Were Killed

Always a bad day for jihadis

The Wounded Warrior Softball Team

Another Bad Day At The Jihad

A Ceremonial First Pitch By A Blind Iraq War Veteran

Rangers Leave Beer Pitcher out for Comrades At Wrigley Field on Opening Day

A Book For Your Consideration

Extraction

Tim Kennedy Performs "Part of Me" by Katy Perry

Entitled domestic terrorist miffed that troops treated with respect

Cover Me, I'm Moving Out