FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops ~ 21 January 11

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops ~

HORNET HEAT

An F/A-18C Hornet launches from the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 8, 2011. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. The hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 25. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Nicolas C. Lopez

Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

AIRMAN ARMS

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Mabel Aguirre tends to Ajamal Hazrat, a patient at the Craig Joint Theater Hospital, on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2011. Ajamal and many family members were badly injured after the propane tank heating their home exploded. Aguirre is a medical technician assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Medical Operation Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Voss

BAGHDIS DROP

U.S. troops retrieve cargo dropped from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III near Forward Operating Base Todd in Afghanistan's Baghdis province, Jan. 6, 2011. The base and more than a dozen nearby combat outposts rely on U.S. and Italian airdrops for all their supplies. The C-17 air crew is from Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace

SANDBAG BUDDIES

U.S. Army Spcs. Jamus Grandstrom and Daniel Collazo sit on sandbags in the Daymirdad district of Wardak province, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2011. Grandstrom and Collazo are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Brigade Special Troops Battalion. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean P. Cas

Blue Grass Boogiemen ~ Jambalaya On The Bayou

Boston ~ More Than A Feeling

Frank Sinatra ~ Old Devil Moon

Grandpa Jones ~ Jesse James

Marty Robbins ~ The Master’s Call

TANDEM DIVE

U.S. Staff Sgt. Joe Jones takes Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta for a 14,000-foot tandem skydive over Stinson Airfield, San Antonio, Jan. 6, 2011. Jones is a U.S. Army Parachute Team member. Giunta is the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. U.S. Army photo by SSG Jared Zell

UNDER FIRE

U.S. Army soldiers take cover as they receive fire on a riverbed near Combat Outpost Delorean in Bala Murghab in Afghanistan's Baghdis province, Jan. 9, 2011. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace

COORDINATING SECURITY

U.S. Army soldiers Staff Sgt. Chad Kair, Sgt. 1st Class Travis Leonhardt and Sgt. 1st Class Charles Houston coordinate security during a meeting to discuss improvement projects in the Daymirdad district, Wardak province, Afghanistan, Jan. 9, 2011. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 2nd Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sean P. Casey

The Cleftones ~ Little Girl of Mine

Toby Keith ~ Does That Blue Moon Ever Shine On You?

Richard Marx ~ Hazard

The Dubs ~ Chapel of Dreams

Zac Brown Band ~ Colder Weather

MARINE RIGGERS

U.S. Marines move containers filled with water on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2011. The Marines are parachute riggers assigned to the 1st Marine Logistics Group, Headquarters and Service Company, 1st Marine Logistics Group. The water was air dropped in Helmand province to Marines assigned to the 1st Marine Division's 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Kenneth Jasik

MILLION MILESTONE

Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. talks with members of the Tuskegee Airmen at the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in Dallas, Jan. 11, 2011. The airmen and hundreds of volunteers from the "Welcome Home a Hero" program greeted troops and participated in a ceremony marking the one-millionth soldier returning home for rest and recuperation from Iraq and Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen

SAILOR SIGNAL

A U.S. Navy sailor signals for an F/A-18C Hornet to move forward on the flight deck after landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 6, 2011. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans

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[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[2111USMC]

IN

[2111USMC]

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[2111USMC]

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[SandRat]

missed it ... dang ....

[Kathy in Alaska]

It’s Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops

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Honoring those who have served before.

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[2111USMC]

Wow. Some hiccups in the system tonight.

Does this mean I get 2nd, 3rd, and 4th?

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy!

I don't know if it's me or FR running slow tonight!

[SandRat]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Tanniker Smith]

Good evening, Kathy! Good evening, all!
Finals!

[2111USMC]

Very Very S — L — O — W!

Been timing out completely on me.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...((HUGS))...it must be FR. The thread posted just fine and now I am fighting every inch of the way to get anything to post.

[SandRat]

FR is actin Forest Gump tonight ...

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in first, on a snail slow FR....Nana Hope grabs the gold!!

[luvie]

Um. It’s night? :)

[luvie]

Thanks for starting the weekend for us, Kathy! (((hugs)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

And finally getting in 2nd and 3rd and 4th....Marine snags the silver!!