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The Battle of Agincourt

Over at the Burn Pit, TSO has a historic piece on the Battle that gave us (Shakespeare's) Henry the V's Band of Brothers speech.

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 2:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Diversity is not a military necessity

Diversity as defined and used by the professional left is complete unmitigated horse crap. It is s cudgel they use to bash the racist, sexist neanderthals who stand in the way of their crusade. You see until every group of people in every possible human...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 2:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

Julian "Inconceivable!" Ass-ange

RE: Julian Assange Sentences 1,800 Afghans to Death For Julian Assange, it would be "inconceivable!" that his leaked documents would backfire... There is a great piece in the WashPo on the actual truth found in the Wikileaks documents on Iraq...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 1:42 AM by BLACKFIVE

On this day in 1881...

Thirty shots in thirty seconds. Three cowboys dead. Two Earp brothers and Doc Holiday were wounded. And the most famous gunfight in the old west... The result was the Cochise County War. The cowboys made assassination attempts against the Earp family...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 1:15 AM by BLACKFIVE

The Annual Day of the Deployed is recognized on October 26 by Soldiers’ Angels and many governors across the nation declaring the day of honor with the following proclamation: Proclamation Day of the Deployed October 26 WHEREAS, this nation is kept strong...

Published Tue, Oct 26 2010 12:49 AM by BLACKFIVE

Saint Crispin's Day

Greyhawk reminds us: And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by, From this day to the ending of the world, But we in it shall be remembered- We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he to-day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother; be...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 8:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

Gunny Popaditch Schools a Congressman

RE: The Cigar Marine - Someone You Should Know (May 18, 2004) RE: The Cigar Marine And Don King (June 4, 2004) RE: April Popaditch On Michael Moore (Oct 20, 2004) RE: Fallujah Fight by Gunnery Sergeant Nick Popaditch (July 3, 2005) MUST READ RE: Gunny...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 6:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Canadian Military Motivator - Part II - Lumberjack Commandos

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 6:06 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military Motivators

Canadian Military Motivator - The Price of C.O.I.N.

[Apologies for not giving credit to the Canadian who sent this one in. Deleted the email that this came from.]

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 3:17 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military Motivators

Julian Assange Sentences 1,800 Afghans to Death

John Burns and Ravi Somaiya in the New York Times (Burns is one of the fairest, honest etc) reports on the Wikileaks debacle: ...A Taliban spokesman in Afghanistan . . . said in a telephone interview that the Taliban. . . . had a "wanted” list of...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 2:05 AM by BLACKFIVE

Before 9/11, Why Didn't We Go After the Taliban and Al Qaeda?

There's a few answers to that question, but one you should read is from General Hugh Shelton, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs during President Clinton's tenure: ...Both times that Secretary Cohen and I made our pleas, Secretary of State Albright...

Published Mon, Oct 25 2010 1:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

A Review of C. J. Chivers' The Gun

C. J. Chivers, former Marine infantry officer and graduate of U.S. Army Ranger school, has a book called The Gun which treats the history of the AK-47. The history is interesting, but so is the conclusion the reviewer draws about the existence of the...

Published Sun, Oct 24 2010 2:04 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Medical Advances, Medical History

One thing few stop to think about are the many and substantive changes to healthcare that have come from the military, and by extension, from war. From nurses (in current roles) to advanced trauma techniques, the results are legion and have saved or improved...

Published Sat, Oct 23 2010 2:02 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Old 666 and two Medals of Honor

Published Sat, Oct 23 2010 12:25 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

Beirut: In Memoriam

I wrote what is below back in 2003. I'm reposting it here today, and will link to some of the other posts going up as I can. Remember them, as individuals and a group. They came in peace. Darn Sgt. Hook anyway, it's his fault the dust has gotten...

Published Fri, Oct 22 2010 9:48 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Fallen But Never Forgotten

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