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Sitting watching the pretty girls go by

What? I tell you my working conditions are beyond inhumane. I need a union. The shirt is this one. Always be messaging.

Published Thu, May 20 2010 5:28 AM by BLACKFIVE

Speaking of Phony Soldiers

This Ain't Hell is all over them this week like (insert your own comparison here). Just go there and scroll...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 3:34 AM by BLACKFIVE

Occasionally, when a phony soldier story comes our way from a reader or an inquirer, we usually go to the experts on busting phonies - the guys at This Ain't Hell (the Blackfive Farm Team) and the good people at POWNet. More than a few of you sent...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 3:27 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Caring For The Defenders

Think Tank thoughts

Allen McDuffee is a freelance journalist I met at the two U of Maryland journalism fellowships I attended. He is liberal politically and we have had some most excellent arguments about all the usual suspects and targets. He is also a thoughtful and reasonable...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 1:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

Fiddling while Tehran prepares to burn us

I highlighted the recent "deal" Iran struck with Brazil and Turkey as an example of how the policy of engagement was failing the Obama team. That is an understatement, it is failing the world. The policy is based on the fundamentally-flawed...

Published Thu, May 20 2010 1:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Amber status - troops patrolling with cold weapons?

Title should read: Amber status - troops patrolling with cold weapons? From my post at The US Report: Commanders have reportedly ordered a U.S. military unit in Afghanistan to patrol in a manner that could handicap them. Some soldiers are being ordered...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 2:59 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military

CNAS reports on Obama Admin Engagement policy

I often call CNAS the Obama team's home think tank and this report is a great example of why. It is a look at the appeasement engagement that has been done so far and It's called: America’s Extended Hand: Assessing the Obama Administration’s Global...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 12:05 PM by BLACKFIVE

Troops in A-Stan patrolling with unloaded guns?

There have been a number of reports, including on the top war correspondent of this generation's FB page, that our troops are patrolling in some parts of A-Stan with no round in the chamber of their weapons. I'm calling BS and have sent a message...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 7:32 AM by BLACKFIVE

Chosin

Over at Rhino Den, Nick from Ranger Up was able to preview the documentary "Chosin" (which I had heard was FANTASTIC). Jimbo and I missed the GI Film Festival this year, unfortunately due to other business, and so the Army Rangers covered it...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 3:32 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Fallen But Never Forgotten, Film

Follow the lie

CV has a good piece on different ideas about characterizing the service of wartime and war era vets. He is a thoughtful guy, and aside from that character flaw he brings up a number of things around this topic. He also mentions a story of one of the extremely...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 3:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

Coddling terrorists

It is a tough call to pick the least competent member of the Obama team, but CT Chief John Brennan has to be a serious contender.We have the growing list of terrorist attacks in America on his watch, which he has failed miserably to prevent which absent...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 1:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

82nd ABN soldier profiled on Nancy Grace

Tonight on the Nancy Grace show they are going to spotlight SGT James Nolen, 1/C, 2-508, 4BCT, 82d ABN, killed in action on 22-NOV-09 in Afghanistan. SGT Nolen is in the same company as Armed Liberal from Winds of Change's son and reader Eric's...

Published Wed, May 19 2010 1:24 AM by BLACKFIVE

Old myths about Vietnam resurface

In the wake of the Richard Blumenthal nonsense, Larry Pressler, former Republican senator from SD and a Vietnam vet writes a pretty good indictment of the deferment generation Blumenthal represents and how their thinking about war in general evolved from...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 11:50 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

At the intersection of irresponsibility and treason

The IMF suggests our national debt will surpass 100% of our gross domestic product in 2015. Also states that our debt began sharply increasing in 2006. Wasn’t that when our beloved Democrats took over both houses of Congress? At some point we must begin...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 3:54 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Military Roundup 18 May 2010

Photo of the Day: Leaflet drop over scenic Afghanistan North Korea: S.Korea finds "decisive evidence" that N.Korean torpedo sunk Cheonan Afghanistan: Five Americans among 18 killed in Afghan suicide attack Medic earns nation's second-highest...

Published Tue, May 18 2010 3:50 PM by BLACKFIVE