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Our complete lack of a coherent policy to deal w/ the pirates in Somalia gave us four slaughtered Americans. But at least we were following behind the captured boat so we could go get the bodies once the pirates got sick of negotiating and killed them...

Published Mon, Feb 21 2011 11:31 PM by BLACKFIVE

Support Big Sarge

A good dude is having a tough time and a bunch of other good folks are helping him out. Support Big Sarge.

Published Sat, Feb 19 2011 4:40 AM by BLACKFIVE

Me, Me, Me, Me-morial Day

h/t Hot Air The official White House photo of the day for Memorial Day was A. a tasteful shot of Arlington Cemetery B. A pic of a Gold Star Mom at her son's grave C. An image of an inverted rifle and empty boots signifying the death of a soldier....

Published Thu, May 31 2012 11:21 PM by BLACKFIVE

The NY Times no longer decides what's News

For at least the second time, the NY Times has attempted to suppress the news that their reporters and staff had been kidnapped. The journalist was rescued by British forces who suffered a casualty and his interpreter was killed as well along with two...

Published Wed, Sep 09 2009 8:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

Two Golden Knights Receive Soldier's Medal

Any free fall parachutist's worst nightmare... Everything was wrong. Two members of the Golden Knights parachute team were tangled together, plummeting to Earth at 65 mph with little chance of survival. One of them, Sgt. David Echeverry, was being...

Published Thu, Dec 12 2013 11:42 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

Military scarfs up protesters at G-20

Yeah right. I don't know who pulled this stunt, but it wasn't the military. The uniforms are a soup sandwich, tey have no guns,....oh and the military doesn't freakin' do this. The usual suspects are having a lot of fun being outraged...

Published Fri, Sep 25 2009 1:35 AM by BLACKFIVE

Arthur was well served

We had a good time at Mackey's last night and the consensus was that I am a genial, polite, kind, well-mannered and cordial host. The question you want to be asking is, what in the world is that piece of upholstery that Matty O' Blackfive has...

Published Fri, Sep 25 2009 3:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Lets put the USMC out of business, shall we?

Reading through my favorite milblogs this morning I came across this at SNAFU (if you’re not reading it you should. Just call it a former Marine’s irreverent view on things – of course that’s its charm). That’s an amendment to the National Defense Authorization...

Published Thu, May 17 2012 12:21 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

There was a lot of dust in the air at the Palazzo Las Vegas Salute To The Troops

What a great welcome the Palazzo Las Vegas just gave our wounded warriors from BAMC. They were flown up here today by Southwest Airways, given a police escort from the airport and then, well, it was hard to see because there was so much dust in the air...

Published Wed, May 16 2012 5:52 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Doing more w/ what you've got

LTC P over at OpFor has a rant up about the complaints that A-Stan has been under-resourced. He's not saying it hasn't, he's saying, well he says it fine himself. What other enduring campaigns in history have been under-resourced? There's...

Published Tue, Oct 13 2009 12:46 AM by BLACKFIVE

Upholding the law or kowtowing to Karzai?

Four seconds changes the life of a platoon sergeant. From Kim Murphy of the LA Times: Sgt. 1st Class Walter Taylor's life collapsed in four interminable seconds in a dusty field in central Afghanistan. His convoy was reeling from a roadside bomb,...

Published Mon, Jun 11 2012 3:55 AM by BLACKFIVE

Madison Rising - The Star Spangled Banner

Tomorrow, June 14, is Flag Day here in the United States, commemorating the adoption of the stars and stripes as our national flag, which happened 235 years ago on this day in 1777. Madison Rising, a cool and totally unique new band we've recently...

Published Tue, Jun 12 2012 11:11 PM by BLACKFIVE

Contra myself on Obama Afghan Strategy

OK so I have been mulling this over and have some more thoughts. My initial reaction is still that naming a date, even with the caveat of "conditions on the ground", is a major mistake. But what if that calculation was made because the troop...

Published Wed, Dec 02 2009 12:32 AM by BLACKFIVE

Home Depot and Military Spouse Magazine team up to award $10,000 scholarship to deserving Milspouse

This is good stuff: The Home Depot has teamed up with Military Spouse Magazine to launch the 'Orange Honors' scholarship for a deserving military spouse. This opportunity is for an eligible active duty or active Reserves spouse to receive a $10...

Published Fri, Jun 08 2012 5:40 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

NATO Promises Additional 7,000 Troops For A'Stan

Except it really doesn't. In fact, among those 7,000 "additional" troops promised are 1,500 which are already in country and the 500 the British had already promised. So it's 5,000 additional troops in reality. Nothing to sneeze at but...

Published Fri, Dec 04 2009 4:14 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

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