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Storm rolling in

Pretty cool T-Storm rolling into my AO just now. Went from light to dark in no time.

Published Fri, Aug 21 2009 4:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

What part of Secret don't you understand?

What does it take to actually get into trouble for revealing secret programs run by the CIA? Is there any price to be paid for exposing secrets? Apparently not. James Risen of the NY Times has made a cottage industry out of it, which previously got him...

Published Fri, Aug 21 2009 4:31 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: blackwater, gitmo, secret, new york times, cia

Scottish Sympathy & Libyan Perfidy

Elise Cooper for BLACKFIVE With 9-11 approaching, Americans need to reflect on another terrorist mass murder: the downing of Pan Am Flight 103. Yesterday the Libyan terrorist Al Magrahi, who placed a bomb on that flight, was released by the Scottish government...

Published Fri, Aug 21 2009 3:01 AM by BLACKFIVE

Lance Corporal Richard Weinmaster - Someone You Should Know

“I didn't do anything special. Everyone on my left and right would have done the same thing. I was just in the right place at the right time.'' - Lance Corporal Richard Weinmaster Lance Corporal Richard S. Weinmaster, an automatic rifleman...

Published Fri, Aug 21 2009 2:26 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Someone You Should Know

Robin Sage

Soldiers train for a year to earn the Green Beret.The Special Forces Regiment will welcome 125 new members to a distinctive brotherhood during a Regimental First Formation Aug. 20, when the graduating class will don their Green Berets for the first time...

Published Fri, Aug 21 2009 1:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week

Two Days of Hell, Nine Men of Valor

U.S. Army soldiers stand in formation following a valor award ceremony in which two received the Bronze Star Medal with "V" device and four received the Army Commendation Medal with "V" device at Panzer Barracks in Stuttgart, Germany...

Published Fri, Aug 21 2009 1:23 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Picture of the Week, Someone You Should Know

Day One: Wolf @ American Legion Convention

Ok- here we go! Arrived in Louisville, KY yesterday for the 91st American Legion convention. Being from Colorado, I'm not used to all this humidity. We're normally somewhere around 9%; when it recently hit into 30% humidity it was VERY noticible...

Published Thu, Aug 20 2009 11:55 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs, Caring For The Defenders

Election Day in Kabul

JD is there and you can read his report and see pictures from Kabul at Outside the Wire.

Published Thu, Aug 20 2009 6:08 AM by BLACKFIVE

VA offers vets a last chance to die for America

I held off on this to see if it really was as bad as it sounded. It is, and all those who were running their mouths about what a great guy Shinseki was can go ahead and pour a steaming cup of STFU! If President Obama wants to better understand why America's...

Published Thu, Aug 20 2009 2:43 AM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Bust Their Chops

Russian Humvees?

Stormbringer (who I know from my 1st Group days) sends a bit about our friends the Russians and a token of their open and honest ways. And Mrs. G has a round up of Afghan Election Day posts that you should check out.

Published Thu, Aug 20 2009 1:30 AM by BLACKFIVE

WaPo/ABC Poll: Majority Of Americans Now Against Afghan War

This, at least in my mind, has never been a matter of "if", but instead a matter of "when". According to the Washington Post, the "when", has occurred and according to their poll the majority of Americans are now against...

Published Wed, Aug 19 2009 10:48 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Current Affairs

Calm Down, Ed

Captain Ed Morrissey worries that Iraq has "gone wrong in a hurry." No, it hasn't. Remember what we said when I came home from Iraq at the end of June, when I wrote: "Will it work?" No. The ISF know what they have to do, but they...

Published Wed, Aug 19 2009 9:29 AM by BLACKFIVE

Off to war

Armed Liberal's oldest boy has just left for Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne. I have spoken with his son about the Army several times as he made his career choices and he is an impressive American. Many of you have done this same goodbye and the...

Published Wed, Aug 19 2009 7:49 AM by BLACKFIVE

STEAL THIS BOOK.... NOW!

Yeah, yeah.. Abbie Hoffman got away with that title. But what I'd like to really recommend is this book, below. I mean, you REALLY need to get this book... My good friend, Sergeant Major Steve Valley, has finally released his book. This is a topic...

Published Tue, Aug 18 2009 10:55 PM by BLACKFIVE

Filed under: Military, Current Affairs, Humor, Books

So, This is What it has come to...

DISCLAIMER: Some of you readers of the fairer sex are probably going to be slightly offended at some of the things I am about to say. Please realize that I will try as much as possible to keep you guessing about what is "tongue in cheek" and...

Published Tue, Aug 18 2009 5:06 PM by BLACKFIVE

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