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Stand and Never Yield!

"Today is a day to be proud to be American" Those words were shouted by Rick Rescorla as he herded 2700 people out of tower two, September 11, 2001. "Men of Cornwall stop your dreaming Can't you see their spear points gleaming? See...

Published Fri, Sep 10 2010 4:25 PM by BLACKFIVE

Help find some friends...

Well, I've been thinking about this post for some time. Knowing the power of the internetsington, I need to post a small request. I'm not gonna use Classmates or Find-A-Friend or any of that stuff, 'cause they just can't work right. I...

Published Thu, Sep 16 2010 4:26 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Pop Culture, Thank You, Internet!

Get hankies. And your wallet- now!

MOTHAX over at the Burn Pit sends us this link to a story about a Marine Corporal who's gone home. And his family needs some help. Also read about that great American singer, Clay Walker, and how he helped this great Marine in his last days. I mean...

Published Wed, Sep 15 2010 2:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

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

The end of a legend

(HUMOR ALERT) An era has ended. F. GWYNPLAINE MacINTYRE lived in two dimensions. The F stood for Fergus. That was how neighbors in his working-class neighborhood in deep Brooklyn knew him: a bearish pariah holed up in a fetid apartment stuffed with a...

Published Sun, Sep 12 2010 8:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

Daily Brief 28 Jun 2010

Image of the day: 60 years ago - Korean Firefight Afghanistan: Karzai reportedly meets with al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network to negotiate - Pakistan's army and intel chiefs also present 9 years in, U.S. finally tries to get a grip on warzone contractors...

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 12:52 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Rolling Stone violated interview rules

Shocked, shocked I say. The dirty, nasty, patchouli-smelling, hippie freelancer for Rolling Stone violated the off the record rules to report any dirt he found. "Many of the sessions were off-the-record and intended to give [reporter Michael Hastings...

Published Fri, Jun 25 2010 10:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

The DISCLOSE Act & the 1st and 2nd Amendments

A disgraceful piece of legislation, the DISCLOSE Act, passed the House yesterday, hopefully it will die in the Senate but the fact that it is in play shows just how far down the hole our government has gone. This steaming pile of censorship makes sure...

Published Fri, Jun 25 2010 2:25 AM by BLACKFIVE

Afghanistan Policy Review

It has become increasingly clear to me that we have a failure of leadership in Afghanistan. Obama has failed by not articulating to us, and to the military, what his desired end state should look like. A democratic state with equal rights for women? One...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 8:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Very Interesting...

I've been reading at Cassy Fiano's place, and on some of the news outlets, about a couple trying to enter McDill. I am truly shocked that Eric Holder or the FBI rush to deny it was terrorism even before anything was known (as usual). That said...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 5:25 AM by BLACKFIVE

Deadly 4G phone claims 3 more scalps

My ruthless 4G EVO phone, who likes to be known as Uphonious Junk and I will refer to as UJ(p) so as not to confuse, has been at it again in North Waziristan. Four more dead tangos chalked up to the most deadly mobile communications device in the world...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 2:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

And Who Thought This Would Be A Good Idea?

The news this morning is that General McChrystal has both issued a preemptory apology for a forthcoming article/interview in Rolling Stone Magazine, and that he has been recalled from Afghanistan -- apparently because of what is being reported may be...

Published Mon, Jun 21 2010 10:53 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Stan the Man

After reading McQ's post, LW's post, the Mudville Gazette and most importantly COB6's post at the Farm Team's place, I was going to write about how light I thought GEN McChrystal's comments to be...but Grim, as usual, got ahead of...

Published Tue, Jun 22 2010 2:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Chicago screening of Restrepo

There is an advance screening of the award-winning documentary Restrepo scheduled for Chicago on the 27th of June at 7 pm. we have been authorized to invite any Chicago area readers who want to attend. You are invited to a special sneak preview screening...

Published Thu, Jun 17 2010 7:40 AM by BLACKFIVE

"Angel Flight"

As a man who's had a few friends on the Angel Flight, I want to make sure that you’ve seen the video and heard the story of Radney Foster’s song “Angel Flight” off his latest album Revival. Darius Rucker lends his distinctive harmony on this moving...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 12:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

Snipers instead of JDAMS

No R.O.E. issues here... A sniper with Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, shoots an insurgent during a patrol, Aug. 3. Snipers shot several insurgents inside a compound where insurgents attacked Marines with small-arms and machine guns...

Published Wed, Aug 18 2010 3:00 AM by BLACKFIVE

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