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Yet Another War We Will Lose

No way can we win this one. TSO at This Ain't Hell explains it for us... (and the Marines in Helmand perhaps had a Mormon CO?)

Published Mon, Feb 03 2014 10:01 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military Humor

160th SOAR Helicopter Poll

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Published Sun, Nov 01 2009 9:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

A U.S. paratrooper heats noodles over a fire on Joint Security Station Hasan in the Gilan district in southern Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 12, 2012. The soldier is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute...

Published Thu, Jun 21 2012 12:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

War or not?

Stormbringer has a good post talking about what exactly we are doing and calling our actions in LIbya. Since Vietnam, we have not had any kind of coherent policy about what is or isn't war, and what the other military actions are. It is worth some...

Published Sun, Mar 20 2011 1:17 AM by BLACKFIVE

Diversity is Stupidity....

"I like Marines, because being a Marine is serious business. We're not a social club or a fraternal organization and we don't pretend to be one. We're a brotherhood of 'warriors,' nothing more, nothing less, pure and simple. We...

Published Sun, Mar 20 2011 5:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs

Hate America weekend- Final Score Patriots 3- Pinkos 0

A recap of the epic battle between good and lameness that took place in the greater Obama Town area this weekend. All the anti-war groups have a War is not the ANSWER-fest on the anniversary of the Iraq invasion, which was Saturday. Well this year they...

Published Mon, Mar 21 2011 1:10 AM by BLACKFIVE

Final Decision on the KSM Trial

The KSM trial will not be held in New York City, in spite of Holder's continuing belief that NYC is the right place for it. B5 has been on this for a while. Almost five years ago, Jimbo and I attended a rally promoting this decision. We're pleased...

Published Wed, Apr 02 2014 2:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

NJ National Guard Needs Boats

Over at the Farm Team, there is a hilarious video of a NJ National Guard squad that is sent to rescue stranded citizens in Manville, NJ. Go check it out. Best comment: i have a brilliant invention that costs a fraction of these money wasting vehicles...

Published Mon, Aug 29 2011 11:41 PM by BLACKFIVE

Photo - Marine Leap

A Marine conducts a high-altitude, low-opening jump during sustainment training in Louisburg, N.C., June 2, 2015. The Marine is assigned to the 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit’s Maritime Raid Force, which is preparing to deploy to the U.S. 5th Fleet and...

Published Tue, Jun 09 2015 8:19 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

US Soldiers killed in Pakistan

I am working on a new model where the only source I consider authoritative on the war in Af/Pak is the Long War Journal. Roggio's accuracy record crushes any other source. Today he has some bad news that is going to be played for a lot of political...

Published Tue, Feb 02 2010 11:56 PM by BLACKFIVE

Truman, Obama, and Executive Orders

I see that in his SOTU speech tonight, President Obama renewed his promise to introduce legislation that would end the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy. Of course, he promised to end DADT back when he was still a candidate, but shelved...

Published Wed, Jan 27 2010 4:40 PM by BLACKFIVE

Hero: Officer Sean Collier Killed Because He was a Sheepdog

"...if you have a capacity for violence, and a deep love for your fellow citizens? What do you have then? A sheepdog, a warrior, someone who is walking the hero's path. Someone who can walk into the heart of darkness, into the universal human...

Published Fri, Apr 19 2013 1:48 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders, Fallen But Never Forgotten

Photo: River Fording

U.S. and Afghan soldiers cross the Tarnak River in the Panjwai district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, April 10, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo...

Published Wed, Apr 17 2013 6:51 AM by BLACKFIVE

Semper Fi Fund opens America's Fund to care for and support the victims of Boston

Always Faithful. The great team at Semper Fi Fund are moving fast to help the victims of terror in Boston. Semper Fi fund through their new group, America's Fund, steps up to help the victims in Boston. Through America's Fund, they have set up...

Published Wed, Apr 17 2013 1:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

That Which Others Did Not Want To Be

[Annual Re-Post for Remembrance Day and Veterans' Day] {Original post 2007] "I was that which others did not want to be. I went where others feared to go. And did what others failed to do. I asked nothing from those who gave nothing, and reluctantly...

Published Fri, Nov 11 2011 6:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

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