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Go Army, Beat Navy! - Part 4 - The Fight

Published Thu, Dec 10 2009 11:51 PM by BLACKFIVE

Congrats Navy & Army

A pretty good game yesterday and more competitive than the final score showed. But the most compelling moment came after the game in an interview with Navy's coach. He reminded everyone that the guys on the field are something more important than...

Published Sun, Dec 13 2009 1:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

Free Ice Cream

My short story "A Bride to the Moon" is available for free download from Amazon starting today, for a limited time. Fair warning: If you are offended by war, werewolves, violence, or sex, please don't read it. If you would like to see a...

Published Thu, May 09 2013 8:00 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Books

Photo - Ospreys Inbound to Nepal

U.S. Marine V-22 Ospreys fly into Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, May 3, 2015. U.S. Marines brought tools and equipment in response to the Nepalese Government's request for help after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake, April 25. The...

Published Mon, May 04 2015 4:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

The Pentagon's War on Reason

“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus...

Published Mon, Jan 18 2010 6:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Photo - Airborne Operations Over Italy

Paratroopers conduct an airborne operation from a 12th Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Juliet Drop Zone in Pordenone, Italy, Sept. 30, 2015. The 173rd Airborne Brigade is the U.S. Army Contingency Response Force in Europe, capable...

Published Thu, Oct 08 2015 8:48 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Solemn Farewell

Here's a blog post about a Ramp Ceremony at Kandahar : ...Several of the soldiers were wounded. One of the soldiers lost his fight. This afternoon, I had the honor of sending him and another soldier home to his family. It's called a ramp ceremony...

Published Tue, Mar 02 2010 5:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Photo - Main Gun

An M1A1 Abrams tank crew fires its 120-mm main gun during a live-fire gunnery at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., Aug. 4, 2015. The tank crew is assigned to Alpha Company, 4th Tank Battalion. The live-fire exercise tests...

Published Thu, Aug 06 2015 9:47 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Russia resets on Syria

Our dear friends the Russians are pushing the reset button on plans to help out the rebels in Syria. I guess someone missed the fact that they happen to be very good friends w/ Mr. Assad. MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia, a veto-wielding member of the U.N. Security...

Published Mon, Jun 17 2013 2:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Lessons....

First of all, let me say this, I find no common ground with tyrants.... I believe in the United States of America, as a government of the people, by the people and for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy...

Published Wed, Nov 07 2012 12:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 11 - AIDS Clinic

The team is spending the day at another refugee point, this one is also an AIDS center... Tough as nails Mother Superior Sister Lata. She's tougher than a Drill Instructor, speaks perfect english, and has made it abundantly clear that she is in charge...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 12:58 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week, Team Rubicon

Rubcion Rescue - Mission Haiti - Day 5

Team Rubicon Internal Medicine Dr Maurecio Consalter helps set up Forward Area Surgical Teams (FAST). Security elements led me Jake Wood, Clay Hunt and William McNulty, will insert FAST teams into refugee camps in the next hour. "We are going to...

Published Thu, Jan 21 2010 10:19 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Team Rubicon

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 21 - BRAVO TEAM ARRIVES!!!

Team Rubicon's second group, Bravo Element, arrives in Port au Prince and goes straight to General Hospital. Chef Ricardo Diniz (pictured) Army Medic Zak Beck (pictured) RN Seth Teske RN Kerem Korkmas [You can read all of Team Rubicon's updates...

Published Wed, Jan 20 2010 3:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Team Rubicon

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 23 - Amidst Death, The Miracle of Life

Team Rubicon Dr. Eduardo Dolhun about to deliver a baby. "We're about to see the miracle of life" said Brother Jim Boynton SJ. [You can read all of Team Rubicon's updates on Blackfive here] [You can visit and support the team here.]

Published Wed, Jan 20 2010 4:33 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Team Rubicon

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 20 - Doc Gris's Impression

Message from "Gris"; Dr David Griswell of Washington DC: I didn’t want to come to Haiti for this disaster. It was very inconvenient because I was scheduled for many night shifts in my Emergency department at The Virginia Hospital Center -Arlington...

Published Tue, Jan 19 2010 11:34 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Team Rubicon

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Go Army, Beat Navy! - Part 4 - The Fight

Congrats Navy & Army

Free Ice Cream

Photo - Ospreys Inbound to Nepal

The Pentagon's War on Reason

Photo - Airborne Operations Over Italy

Solemn Farewell

Photo - Main Gun

Russia resets on Syria

Lessons....

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 11 - AIDS Clinic

Rubcion Rescue - Mission Haiti - Day 5

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 21 - BRAVO TEAM ARRIVES!!!

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 23 - Amidst Death, The Miracle of Life

Rubicon Rescue - Mission Haiti - Part 20 - Doc Gris's Impression