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Photo: Engineers make a KABOOM!

U.S. Army Spcs. Christopher McLaughlin, left, and Zachary Dechant, center, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. William Voorhies place munitions on a pile to prepare for a controlled detonation on a range near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Sept. 30, 2013. Voorhies...

Published Tue, Oct 08 2013 8:07 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Obama Don't Surf! - Vets to March in Protest of White House

First, it was the order to close/block memorials - expending mucho dinero to protect memorials and monuments that - generally - are never protected. This is particularly disgusting when it comes to blocking the WWII memorial where flights of WWII vets...

Published Tue, Oct 08 2013 11:29 PM by BLACKFIVE

Army Birther on G-man's show

I haven't had time to listen yet, but I'm sure he comes across as a thoughtful, educated, informed ultra-maroon. Lt Col. Terry Lakin, along with his lawyer Paul Jensen, tells G Gordon Liddy why he is refusing to deploy to Afghanistan until President...

Published Tue, Apr 20 2010 4:54 AM by BLACKFIVE

Team Rubicon on the Hugh Hewitt Show Today

You can catch the founders of Team Rubicon on the Hugh Hewitt show. They'll talk about the past two missions and the future of disaster response. At Hugh's site you can get a number to call in. He's on 6-9pm EST and you can listen live via...

Published Mon, Apr 19 2010 3:49 AM by BLACKFIVE

USO of Indiana Ribbon Cutting

I'm down in Indy at the ribbon cutting for the new USO of Indiana facility at the airport. The move was several weeks ago, with the ribbon cutting today. The move, and a bit more, was made possible by the generosity of the Russell family. The new...

Published Tue, Oct 19 2010 5:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

The Next US Navy Ship

After the last ship was named after Congresswoman Giffords, USMC Major (ret) Anthony Milavic writes a letter to the Secretary of the Navy: Sir: I respectfully request that the next United States Ship be named for Lieutenant Colonel Stanley J. Wawrzyniak...

Published Mon, Feb 13 2012 3:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Women That We Love - Warrior Care

There are five very special women in my life. Yep, five. Five whom I am lucky to know, and, they even sorta like me. What's more, some of them are even married. Yep, I went there -- married. What's more, they make me proud to know them because...

Published Mon, Feb 13 2012 10:06 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Downgrading PTSD to save money?

Budget cuts for the military are a fact of life. We can argue all we want about the relative benefits of building more ships, or planes or the number of troops we need. But the one thing there should be no argument about is taking care of those who have...

Published Tue, Feb 14 2012 10:38 AM by BLACKFIVE

Marine Corps Quotes

Many of my friends are Marines. To them, honor, courage, and commitment wasn't something they cast aside when they fulfilled their enlistment. They do what they say they will do, when they say they will do it. They improvise, adapt, and overcome....

Published Wed, Nov 10 2010 7:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Underwater Oath

U.S. Navy Lt. Scott Pennoyer, right, reads Petty Officer 2nd Class Geoff Shepelew the oath of enlistment off the coast of Moucha Island in the Gulf of Tadjoura, Djibouti, Feb. 12, 2012. Pennoyer and Shepelew are assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal...

Published Sat, Mar 03 2012 3:31 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Sometimes Things Are Not As They Appear

Charles Krauthammer writes of the death of the Space Shuttle: As the space shuttle Discovery flew three times around Washington, a final salute before landing at Dulles airport for retirement in a museum, thousands on the ground gazed upward with marvel...

Published Fri, Apr 20 2012 7:51 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs

Operation Crazy Horse

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter from A Company, 2nd Battalion, 25th Aviation Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, comes in for a dust landing with soldiers from 1st Battalion, 25th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, during an air assault training mission led...

Published Thu, Mar 08 2012 3:48 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Ceremonial Black Hawk

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kevin Nolan of Manchester, Ky., pilot in command with Task Force Talon and Chief Warrant Officer 2 John Booth of Grafton, N.H., pilot with Task Force Talon fly a UH-60 Black Hawk near the snow-covered mountains in Regional Command...

Published Sat, Mar 10 2012 3:39 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Ideologues and COIN

Crush points out, while nodding sagely in agreement, a piece by COL Gian Gentile bemoaning the idea that an insurgency should be fought using a counterinsurgency strategy. I think it bears a look at COL Gentile and his deep and abiding distaste for COIN...

Published Mon, Jun 28 2010 1:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Golden Knight Lands On a Flagpole

Golden Knights at the Rangers Game. One apparently hits right where he/she wants to...on a flagpole. The Knight has to cut himself down... Thanks to reader Amy for the video!

Published Wed, Aug 25 2010 7:26 AM by BLACKFIVE

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Photo: Engineers make a KABOOM!

Obama Don't Surf! - Vets to March in Protest of White House

Army Birther on G-man's show

Team Rubicon on the Hugh Hewitt Show Today

USO of Indiana Ribbon Cutting

The Next US Navy Ship

The Women That We Love - Warrior Care

Downgrading PTSD to save money?

Marine Corps Quotes

Underwater Oath

Sometimes Things Are Not As They Appear

Operation Crazy Horse

Ceremonial Black Hawk

Ideologues and COIN

Golden Knight Lands On a Flagpole