Vets For Freedom...They Have A blog

Just in case some of you wonder where I get quite a bit of my data in regards to Boots On The Ground, I get it from the blog at Vets For Freedom. I get data from other milblogs also but VFF has some interesting contributors.

The Leftinistra cannot boast of such purity in the stories at milblogs. Every time, in recent months, their "in the know" types have been discredited and exposed as the Fraud Veterans which they are.

A sampling of the contributors at VFF:

Of Mice and Men

Last week we heard Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid proclaim that General Patreaus was out of touch with the situation on the ground in Iraq (as a refresher, General Patreaus is the one who is trying to win a war against ruthless extremists; Harry Reid is the one who wants to pack up and go home because he can win a few Senate seats out of an American defeat). This week we get word of a Gallup poll that shows how much the American people actual approve of the Harry Reids and the General Patreauses of the world:

"The percentage of Americans that expressed they had a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in the U.S. Congress was only a mere 14%. This is the lowest percentage ever recorded by the Gallup organization and was the lowest confidence level given to any of the 16 institutions evaluated. Gallup analysts asserted that this was the lowest level recorded in the past 30 years....

...Almost 7 out of 10 Americans (69%) said that they had "quite a lot" or a "great deal" of confidence in the military."

Good work, Harry.

I don’t think Harry Reid’s Democrats will care to read Ralph Peters’ (a retired soldier) op-ed today about our recent and remarkable successes Iraq:

And let's not lose sight of our own national-security priority, which is defeating al Qaeda. Terror International is having a really bad time in Iraq these days: More and more Sunni Arabs are breaking with al Qaeda and its affiliates over their insufferable brutality. The Baquba-area operations involve former enemies now fighting on our side against the foreign terrorists. That's not just good news for Iraq. It's good news for America....

...Still, there's reason for sober optimism at the moment: We've finally got a coherent approach to defeating our enemies, not just parrying them. It looks like our military leaders have gotten serious at last.

God help us, it almost looks like we want to win."

Read the whole article here.

And the leftinistra think they have "it" over such men as this...one of "ours".

Friggin morons.

Good News For America...Horrible News For the Democratic Party Leaders

Ain't it a shame?

Jeff Emanuel reporting in from Kuwait:

It's no secret that the Middle East is one of the hottest places on earth. However, even when time and effort has been spent preparing for it -- including hikes and runs in the heat of the day in Atlanta, Israel, and Jordan -- there still is nothing that can keep down the sinking feeling that comes when, upon landing in Kuwait City in the early evening, the pilot says "the temperature in KC is 118 degrees Fahrenheit" -- and the Kuwaiti lady sitting next to you says, "Praise Allah -- a cool day!"

Jeff Emanuel, a special operations military veteran who served in Iraq, will be reporting from "Inside the Surge" in that country throughout August and September. In order to perform this mission, he is dependent on the generosity of his readers; so, if you are so inclined, please consider clicking the link at right and donating to help support his effort.

Click the links to read on...

BlackfiveTV moving right along

I have been mucking about with video for a while, mostly trying different things. I have weak gear and no real talent, but I think some has been passable and the concept is valid. This will be the second installment of Blackfive TV and we are looking to raise our game up here. We have a couple of major sponsorship deals underway that may allow us to have some actual professional production done.

The Fourth Rail

As Iraqi and US security forces are conducting clearing operations in Samarra, US Special Forces killed Haitham Sabah Shaker Mohammed al Badri, al Qaeda's emir in Salahadin province. Al Badri was a high value target who was behind the February 2006 bombing of the Golden Dome of the Al Askaria mosque and this year's destruction of the two remaining minarets at the mosque. He was "in charge of an al Qaeda unit consisting of two Iraqis, four Saudis and a Tunisian," Reuters reported.

Click the links provided to read on.

The progress FINALLY getting properly covered by The New Media as well has the stragglers of the once "Main Stream Media" has the Moonbat Brigades in a tail spin. That claim is "Rather" evident from the videos showing the moonbattiness of the Daily KOSmonoffs at their silly little irrelevant convention.

As I have said many times before, the Leftinistra are slipping into the abyss of obscurity.

There isn't any "buzz" about this at memeorandum yet there sure is at The Victory Caucus.

Milblogging Issues

Whose Side Is The Army On? Anyway?

Whose Side Is The Army On? Anyway?

Monday, May 14, 2007 5:19 AM

This is totally friggin’ retarded… I don’t get it. Can we crush the morale any further or what? Let’s surrender already. Will that make everyone a little more happier? Friggin’ morons.

Verbatim: (with some commentary…bold print and highlights)

Defense Department Blocks Some Web Sites

Monday, May 14, 2007

Soldiers serving overseas will lose some of their online links to friends and loved ones back home under a Department of Defense policy that a high-ranking Army official said would take effect Monday.

The Defense Department will begin blocking access “worldwide” to YouTube, MySpace and 11 other popular Web sites on its computers and networks, according to a memo sent Friday by Gen. B.B. Bell, the U.S. Forces Korea commander.

The policy is being implemented to protect information and reduce drag on the department’s networks, according to Bell. (horse-hockeys!)

“This recreational traffic impacts our official DoD network and bandwidth ability, while posing a significant operational security challenge,” the memo said. (don’t like the criticisms morons?)

The armed services have long barred members of the military from sharing information that could jeopardize their missions or safety, whether electronically or by other means.

The new policy is different because it creates a blanket ban on several sites used by military personnel to exchange messages, pictures, video and audio with family and friends. (ya…can’t have any GOOD news coming out, can we?)

Members of the military can still access the sites on their own computers and networks, but Defense Department computers and networks are the only ones available to many soldiers and sailors in Iraq and Afghanistan. (selective security, skippy?)

Iraqi insurgents or their supporters have been posting videos on YouTube at least since last fall. The Army recently began posting videos on YouTube showing soldiers defeating insurgents and befriending Iraqis.

But the new rules mean many military personnel won’t be able to watch those achievements _ at least not on military computers.

If the restrictions are intended to prevent soldiers from giving or receiving bad news, they could also prevent them from providing positive reports from the field, said Noah Shachtman, who runs a national security blog for Wired Magazine.

“This is as much an information war as it is bombs and bullets,” he said. “And they are muzzling their best voices.”

The sites covered by the ban are the video-sharing sites YouTube, Metacafe, IFilm, StupidVideos, and FileCabi, the social networking sites MySpace, BlackPlanet and Hi5, music sites Pandora, MTV, and 1.fm, and live365, and the photo-sharing site Photobucket.

Several companies have instituted similar bans, saying recreational sites drain productivity.

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Army memo: (morons)

http://tinyurl.com/2×2qka

101st Airborne Blogroll

101st Airborne Blogroll

101st Airborne Blogroll

Thursday, May 10, 2007 5:20 PM

Blue Crab Boulevard — Deployed!
Captain’s Quarters — Deployed!
Texas Fred’s — Deployed!
Chicagoray — Deployed!
Noisy Room — Deployed!
Pursuing Holiness — Deployed!
sisu — Deployed!
The American Mind — Deployed!
DeMediacratic Nation — Deployed!
GM’s Corner — Deployed!
Gribbit’s Word — Deployed!
Gop3.com: The Triumvirate
Pirate Cove
Hyscience
Three O’Clock in the Morning
Freedoms Zone
The Kool Aid Report
Pettifog
FullosseousFlap’s Dental Blog
Knowledge Is Power
Unalienable Rights Blog
Woman Honor Thyself
Gawfer
Dean’s World
Cap’n Bob
All Things Beautiful
FREEDOM EDEN
The Wide Awake Cafe
Physics Geek
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Are We Lumberjacks?
Leather Penguin
Technicalities
Bacon Eating Atheist Jew
Stop The ACLU
Six Meat Buffet
And Rightly So!
Hillbilly White Trash
Phantom Observer
Dr. Sanity
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INSIGHT on Freedom
PC Free Zone
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Baldilocks
Reject the U.N.
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Discerning Texan
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123beta
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGER
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violet
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yeah yeah sure sure
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annavenger
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the will to exist
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Milblog Palsy

Coleman, Coburn and DeMint Stand Up For Milblogs

Coleman, Coburn and DeMint Stand Up For Milblogs

Friday, May 04, 2007 3:38 PM

NZ has the scoop here at TVC and Truth Laid Bear has the actual letter.

Senators Coleman, DeMint and Coburn have written to Secretary Gates asking for reconsideration to the Army’s counterproductive stand on milblogs.

Milblogging

Army Clarification On Military Member Blogs

Army Clarification On Military Member Blogs

Thursday, May 03, 2007 4:55 PM

Thursday, May 03, 2007

The Army Clarifies: So, Are We Back To The Old Policy?

Posted by Hugh Hewitt | 3:27 PM

The Army has issued the following clarification, which makes it sound like the new new policy is the old policy. Fine by me:

Fact Sheet
Army Operations Security: Soldier Blogging Unchanged

Summary:
o America’s Army respects every Soldier’s First Amendment rights while also adhering to Operations Security (OPSEC) considerations to ensure their safety on the battlefield.
o Soldiers and Army family members agree that safety of our Soldiers are of utmost importance.
o Soldiers, Civilians, contractors and Family Members all play an integral role in maintaining Operations Security, just as in previous wars.

Details:
* In no way will every blog post/update a Soldier makes on his or her blog need to be monitored or first approved by an immediate supervisor and Operations Security (OPSEC) officer. After receiving guidance and awareness training from the appointed OPSEC officer, that Soldier blogger is entrusted to practice OPSEC when posting in a public forum.

* Army Regulation 350-1, “Operations Security,” was updated April 17, 2007 - but the wording and policies on blogging remain the same from the July 2005 guidance first put out by the U.S. Army in Iraq for battlefield blogging. Since not every post/update in a public forum can be monitored, this regulation places trust in the Soldier, Civilian Employee, Family Member and contractor that they will use proper judgment to ensure OPSEC.
o Much of the information contained in the 2007 version of AR 530-1 already was included in the 2005 version of AR 530-1. For example, Soldiers have been required since 2005 to report to their immediate supervisor and OPSEC officer about their wishes to publish
military-related content in public forums.
o Army Regulation 530-1 simply lays out measures to help ensure operations security issues are not published in public forums (i.e., blogs) by Army personnel.

* Soldiers do not have to seek permission from a supervisor to send personal E-mails. Personal E-mails are considered private communication. However, AR 530-1 does mention if someone later posts an E-mail in a public forum containing information sensitive to OPSEC considerations, an issue may then arise.

* Soldiers may also have a blog without needing to consult with their immediate supervisor and OPSEC officer if the following conditions are met:
1. The blog’s topic is not military-related (i.e., Sgt. Doe publishes a blog about his favorite basketball team).
2. The Soldier doesn’t represent or act on behalf of the Army in any way.
3. The Soldier doesn’t use government equipment when on his or her personal blog.

* Army Family Members are not mandated by commanders to practice OPSEC. Commanders cannot order military Family Members to adhere to OPSEC. AR 530-1 simply says Family Members need to be aware of OPSEC to help safeguard potentially critical and sensitive information. This helps to ensure Soldiers’ safety, technologies and present and future operations will not be compromised.

* Just as in 2005 and 2006, a Soldier should inform his or her OPSEC officer and immediate supervisor when establishing a blog for two primary reasons:

1. To provide the command situational awareness.

2. To allow the OPSEC officer an opportunity to explain to the Soldier matters to be aware of when posting military-related content in a public, global forum.

* A Soldier who already has a military-related blog that has not yet consulted with his or her immediate supervisor and OPSEC officer should do so.

* Commands have the authority to enact local regulations in addition to what AR 530-1 stipulates on this topic.

chris writes:	Thursday, May, 03, 2007 4:23 PM
milblogs
I hope this is a return to status quo. One of the few avenues to understanding Iraq as part of a war is the milblog world. An area of security that merits some policing is the use of servicemen’s names and personal info like hometown and family member details. The writer should treat the message as available to foe as well as friend.

Snooper writes:	Thursday, May, 03, 2007 4:49 PM
WHEW!!
Glad they cleared that up! I guess the bazilion emails, letters, postcards and calls that swamped the 5-sided “complex” was overwhelming.

Move America Forward

From A Marine Mom
From A Marine Mom
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 9:46 PM

go here and get invloved…or else we lose

The following message is from Marine Mom, Deborah Johns. Her son, SGT William Johns of the U.S. Marines, is currently serving his 3rd tour of duty in Iraq.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007To the American PeopleI am sick and tired. Sick and tired of how some in this country are turning their backs on our troops at a time when they need our support the most!

This is why I am taking action to speak up, and in particular, why I am helping to lead the “THESE COLORS DON’T RUN” national pro-troop/patriotic caravan being organized by Move America Forward.

This is my letter to you, the American people.

Semper Fidelis: These are not just mere words, they have a meaning greater than their literal definition in a dictionary. They mean “Always Faithful.”

Not only is this the motto of the United States Marines, but also of their families, and it has spilled over into the hearts and souls of all those who serve in every branch of our military and their families as well.

Always Faithful to God. Always Faithful to your brother (or sister) who serves along side you. Always Faithful to your Country… Always Faithful to your Family… Always Faithful to your Commander in Chief.

People ask me every day, “how do you get through the days with a son serving in Iraq?”

Well, the answer is an obvious one. Always Faithful to God, Always Faithful to the heroic men and women of the U.S. military who serve along side my son. Always Faithful to the Commander in Chief, Always Faithful to my Country.

However, it does not seem that our political leaders and media representatives have remained Always Faithful

I have traveled across this country and I have listened to the American people. I have heard the support that is expressed for our military and I know that the American people do support the war on terror. They just want communication. They just want to know what the goals and objectives are.

I understand that the American people wanted change in leadership in the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. I understand the American people want things to go better in Iraq so our troops can come home. However, none of this can be accomplished because of the partisan politics that are taking place, which is ultimately hurting our military. You can’t imagine how much it sickens me to see our troops used as little more than pawns in a chess game where some politicians care more about putting our President in “checkmate” than they do in winning the war our sons and daughters are bravely fighting.

I am tired of those defeat & retreat politicians who say they are patriotic, and then insult the Commander in Chief at a time when we have boots on the ground in war zones.
I am tired of the politicians who want us to wave the white flag of surrender, but who then tell me how much they “support our troops.” As a military mom I can tell you that no soldier, Marine, sailor, airmen or Guardsmen wants to risk his or her life in a military mission, only to have political leaders denouncing the validity and morality of the missions that these troops are serving in. That is NOT supporting our troops.

Can you imagine being over in Iraq or Afghanistan, facing Islamic terrorists hell-bent on killing you, and returning to your base to hear that the best plan to win this war is with a “phased redeployment” (liberal-speak for retreat) out of the combat zone to someplace like Okinawa?

I am tired of the anti-war politicians whining for months on T.V., in the New York Times, and in the House and Senate that we need more troops to win the war in Iraq, and then when the President plans to do just that, they say that this is the wrong plan, it won’t work, and we need a “new direction.” Yet they don’t offer any new direction or a better plan.

I am tired of the decisions of Sergeants and Privates made in the heat of battle being scrutinized by lawyers and political commentators who were not there. Those who snub their nose at the military, and who look down at the men and women who serve in the Armed Forces, will never really know the state of mind of the young Marines or soldiers who were there and what is asked of them in order to survive.

I am tired of certain media outlets like CNN claiming that they are showing “news,” with anti-American propaganda videotapes sent to them by terrorists that show Marines and Soldiers being shot at by snipers—but then refusing to show what happens when our military builds a new school, paves a road, hands out food and water to children, opens a water treatment plant, provides much needed medical supplies to children in an orphanage.

I am tired of the politicians who act as Monday morning armchair generals, second-guessing the war effort and our military men and women. If you cannot stand behind our military and support them, go stand in front of them. Far better you stand in front of them than their parents, because they have to follow the Rules of Engagement and we don’t!

I am tired of the thousands of people in the rear who claim that they are working hard to support the troops and their way of supporting them is to bring them home. When was the last time any of you who made this statement went out to the airport to greet our troops during their redeployments back home? When was the last time any of you who say you “oppose the war, but support the troops” ever helped out a grieving widow or mother? When was the last time any of you provided help at the facilities for the wounded? When was the last time any of you sent Christmas Cards, or a care package to our troops?

I am tired of politicians who are running for office suddenly showing up at the opening of rehab facilities for our wounded for their photo opportunities as if they had really been supporting our troops all along.

I am tired of Code Pink, Daily Kos, Al-Jazzera, CNN, Reuters, the Associated Press, ABC, NBC, CBS, the ACLU, and CAIR thinking that they somehow get to have a vote in how our troops on the ground blast, shoot and kill these terrorist who have no regard for human life and who would seek to subdue and destroy us every chance they get.

I am sick and tired of people like Cindy Sheehan who not only go around the United States bashing our military, our President, but goes around the world and hugs thugs like Hugo Chavez, as if he has been her best friend her entire life. Cindy Sheehan: “You Don’t Speak for Me” and it’s time for you to zip your lip, go back home to your family and stop playing the role as this generation’s “Tokyo Rose.”

I am sick and tired of the politicians and their whining about this war, because it is this constant whining that is emboldening the terrorists to continue to kill and injure our troops and kill innocent civilians in Iraq. Can’t you give up even for a little while, your pathetic desire to get time in front of the TV cameras by doing the politically correct thing of denouncing the war effort? Could you please shelve your personal and political ambition, take your unhelpful bickering behind close doors and put your self-glorification aside for the good of our troops and this nation?

I am tired of people like Meredith Vieria from NBC asking oxygen thieves like Senator Chuck Hagel questions like “Senator, at this point, do you think we are fighting and dying for nothing?” Meredith might not get it, but Marines and soldiers do know the difference between fighting and dying for something and fighting and dying for nothing.

I am tired of journalists like William Arkin who say: “So, we pay the soldiers a decent wage, take care of their families, provide them with housing and medical care and vast social support systems and ship obscene amenities into the war zone for them, we support them in every possible way, and their attitude is that we should in addition roll over and play dead, defer to the military and the generals and let them fight their war, and give up our rights and responsibilities to speak up because they are above society?”

Please tell me what a decent wage looks like for them Mr. Arkin? You need to meet Cindy Sheehan at the closest airport and fly back home with her and stop insulting the men and women of our military.I am tired of people whining about how costly this war is when they hear of a casualty. You have no idea what we as families go through when we hear 12 Marines killed; 8 Soldiers killed. You cannot even imagine the pain and difficulty we experience with the instantaneous news in our face on a daily basis. We grieve for the loss of a hero, we grieve for their families and we feel tremendous guilt when we feel relieved that it was not us who received that knock at the door.

But we stand in solidarity with our troops overseas. We become even more committed to rallying support for them and their missions. So, could you please stop trying to undo that by voicing opposition to what our troops are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan? If you are so upset with the news of U.S. casualties in these areas, then do what you can to help our troops achieve VICTORY and SUCCESS so they can come home as soon as their missions are completed.

I am tired of Rules of Engagement being made by JAG lawyers and not Combat Commanders; and politicians who have never served in the military second-guessing everything after the fact. Our military is not playing Hopscotch over there. There is no 2nd place trophy either. I think that if the enemy knew some rough treatment was at hand for them, instead of prayer rugs, special diets and free Korans; this might help send a message to the terrorists that this nation means business.

I am tired of hearing people say to me I am glad it is your son and not mine. Well you know what me too, because I would not want your coward of a son serving next to mine because it might be him and his lack of back bone that would cost my son his life. So you just let your kid go to an anti-war rally on a college campus, or attend the next MoveOn.org organizational meeting and be a wimp, while mine defends this great nation with Honor, Courage, and Commitment.

I am tired of hearing that my son has to stand down when being shot at by terrorists from inside of a Mosque, or terrorists inside a home with women and children when they are used as human shields—like the first battle in Fallujah. No, that’s not the key to victory… instead let us turn loose our troops to do what they must to defeat, kill and annihilate enemy combatants so that this war can be over and our military men and women can finally come home.

We are in Iraq and Afghanistan to kill our enemies. It is that simple.It is only possible to defeat an enemy who kills indiscriminately by utterly destroying him. He cannot be made to yield or surrender or sit down and talk nicely about the situation. This is not Barney “I Love You, You Love Me and we are one big happy family.” These terrorists will fight to the death by the thousands to kill the infidels who do not believe in their way of life and that means you and me and our Marines and Soldiers serving in Iraq.

As the President asked in his recent speech to the Nation: Please all of you put down your own selfish agendas. Take a good long look at what you are doing. Because I am telling you your actions, the mud slinging you all have going on against one another is hurting and hindering our military men and women and their families.All of you politicians had access to the same intelligence the President had when you voted for this war. You all had a similar view of Saddam Hussein, and you all knew that Iraq was a state sponsor of Islamic terrorist groups. The fact is that we are in Iraq and Afghanistan, and our troops need our support to get the job done so they can come home, and all of you politicians need to stop acting like a bunch of whining 2 year-olds who are not getting your way. I am telling you if you cut the funding to our military and do not provide them with the manpower and equipment they need to get this job done, you are no better than the terrorists who shot at them and try to kill them.

I know the American People want change in Iraq, our military wants change and so do their families. The change we want is for everyone to stop undermining the war effort and support our troops so that they may achieve a complete military victory in Iraq and Afghanistan alike.
Please, as a Mother of a Marine serving his third tour of duty, on his behalf, on the behalf of his brothers serving along side him, our troops, and their families, lay down your anger towards one another and do what is right and in the best interests of our Military.

God Bless them until they come home, God Bless those who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, God Bless their families who are Always Faithful and God Bless this Country.

Please join us for the “THESE COLORS DON’T RUN” national caravan hosted by Move America Forward and the “Gathering of Eagles” event in Washington, D.C. on March 17th.

Semper FidelisDeborah K. JohnsVery Proud Marine Mom ofSGT William Johns, USMC 3rd Tour of Duty in Iraq

P.S. You can learn more about our planned efforts by watching my appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Your World with Neil Cavuto”: right heref olks