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After the mission, and before inspecting the aircraft for bullet holes...

Sometimes, the NYT gets one right. Consider this photo essay. H/t: Cassandra.

Published Wed, Jun 16 2010 2:54 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders

Daily Brief 15 Jun 2010

U.S.: Marine Sgt. accused of killing unarmed Iraqis set free months after appeals court ruling that he had an unfair trial Bin Laden issues new warning to U.S. in audio message Homeland Security begins UAV surveillance patrols in Texas F-35B becomes first...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 11:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

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

American detained in Pakistan while searching for OBL

Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- A 52-year-old American citizen who said he was searching for Osama bin Laden was detained in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan this week, Pakistani police said Tuesday. The Californian named Gary Brooks Faulkner was...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 2:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Blackwater founder moving to UAE

Hmmm. Jeremy Scahill, who is a one man anti-Blackwater team reports that the founder of BW Erik Prince is moving to the UAE and Scahill posits this might be due to its lack of an extradition treaty with us. Sources close to Blackwater and its secretive...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 1:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

War and Remembrance

Mary Katharine Ham recently took a trip to Iraq along w/ ret. COL Tom Manion who went there to meet some Iraqis who his son 1LT Travis Manion had trained. Unfortunately Travis caught a sniper round while pulling some other Marines to safety, but as the...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 12:49 AM by BLACKFIVE

WikiLeaks begging for change

And not the Obama kind, the help, help I'm being repressed and have to hide kind. WikiLeaks may be under attack. Good, how can I help. I mean w/ the attack. I mean to help attack you banditos of ass. One of our alleged sources, a young US intelligence...

Published Tue, Jun 15 2010 12:16 AM by BLACKFIVE

Happy Birthday to the US Army

235 years young and hardly looks a day over two centuries. I have said before that our military is one of the great forces for good ever on this planet and the Army has a huge role in that. A big Hooah to all those wearing the uniform now and to those...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 3:17 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

Michael Yon- The end game

If you are sick of this topic, trust me I am with you but when someone starts exposing our security vulnerabilities to the world I can't just ignore it and hope it goes away. Yon published an email chock full of information that had no business being...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 12:41 AM by BLACKFIVE

Afghanistan riches- Lithium for all my friends

Some of whom could really use it. But as it turns out there are apparently huge mineral deposits in Afghanistan including lithium which is extra valuable given the proliferation of battery powered devices. This is also awesome news for conspiracy theorists...

Published Mon, Jun 14 2010 12:12 AM by BLACKFIVE

Michael Yon- Proudly violating OPSEC

There are few things more dangerous than publicizing our security procedures, but publicizing any lapses in them sure qualifies. That is exactly what Mike Yon is doing and congratulating himself for. He published an email from a troop in Afghanistan complaining...

Published Sun, Jun 13 2010 5:11 AM by BLACKFIVE

Ranger Up work out video

If you want to get in shape, wear 80s garb and indulge in a little man love have we got a work out for you. The fellas from Ranger Up have decided to let their super secret fitness regimen out of the closet bag. Enjoy!

Published Sun, Jun 13 2010 3:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Terrorist wannabe losers

I love this pic of the two New Jersey wankers who wanted to go overseas to be terrorists and kill American Soldiers. Anyone wanna bet on the outcome of an encounter between these pathetic wastes of protoplasm and the real American bad ass in the post...

Published Sat, Jun 12 2010 8:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Chosen Few Badassery

The Tanker Babe just got an homage from Antonio Cesar Vega of Chosen Co. 2nd/503rd 173rd ABN. This is just such a good pic it should be a movie poster. The grenade is labeled "Leta sends her regards F**ker". My phone just did a back flip and...

Published Sat, Jun 12 2010 4:56 AM by BLACKFIVE

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