FReeper Canteen - Happy Retirement Arrowhead1952 - 29 Dec 2011

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[AZamericonnie]

The FReeper Canteen invites you to a....



Happy Retirement Arrowhead 1952!

We would like to recognize Arrowhead for his long & honorable service with the Texas Army National Guard 1972 - 2012!



It is the soldier, not the reporter,
Who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the soldier, not the poet,
Who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the soldier, not the campus organizer,
Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.

It is the soldier, not the lawyer,
Who has given us a right to a fair trial.

It is the soldier, like Arrowhead1952,
who salutes the flag,
Who serves under the flag.



The tables are set...



BBQ's on the pit...



And the beer's on ice!

Thank you Arrowhead1952 & we wish you a very happy & fufilling retirment!

[AZamericonnie]

[ConorMacNessa]

REQUEST PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD!

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!!!





BOSTON, (Oct. 21, 2009) Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).



Detachment of Marines in 1812 regalia aboard USS Constitution.

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[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~

[AZamericonnie]

Permission granted & presence requested Conor! *Hugs*

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[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

Yet I Will Rejoice
December 29, 2011

Life in our world can be difficult. At some point, most of us have wondered, Where is God in my trouble? And we may have thought, It seems like injustice is winning and God is silent. We have a choice as to how we respond to our troubles. The prophet Habakkuk had an attitude worth following: He made the choice to rejoice.

Habakkuk saw the rapid increase in Judah’s moral and spiritual failings, and this disturbed him deeply. But God’s response troubled him even more. God would use the wicked nation of Babylon to punish Judah. Habakkuk did not fully understand this, but he could rejoice because he had learned to rely on the wisdom, justice, and sovereignty of God. He concluded his book with a wonderful affirmation: “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation” (3:18). Though it was not clear how Judah would survive, Habakkuk had learned to trust God amid injustice, suffering, and loss. He would live by his faith in God alone. With this kind of faith came joy in God, despite the circumstances surrounding him.

We too can rejoice in our trials, have surefooted confidence in God, and live on the heights of His sovereignty.

Be this the purpose of my soul
My solemn, my determined choice:
To yield to God’s supreme control,
And in my every trial rejoice. —Anon.

Praising God in our trials turns burdens into blessings.

Read: Habakkuk 3:11-19

Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. —Habakkuk 3:18

Bible in a year:
Zechariah 9-12; Revelation 20

[AZamericonnie]

Praising God in our trials turns burdens into blessings

That's just beautiful Mayor & thank you for our Daily Bread! *Hugs*

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[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks very much, Connie!

*HUGS*

Thanks very much for tonight's retirement party for Arrowhead1952!

Arrowhead, thanks very much to you for four decades of faithful service! I hope you have a great retirement!

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[AZamericonnie]

A future endeavor retirement cake!:)

[Old Sarge]

Enjoy your day, Sarmajor!

Here's one on the house:

[ConorMacNessa]

REST IN PEACE, FALLEN BROTHER!




Sapper Elijah Cooper Bond, British Army, 35 Engineer Regiment, Royal Engineers, Died 8Dec2011 of Wounds Sustained in Afghanistan






I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)

Flowers of the Forest



Black Watch Piper

The Soldier

If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is forever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam;
A body of England's, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.

Rupert Brooke



Last Post

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[The Mayor]

Thank you! And for the thread! Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year...

[AZamericonnie]

Rofl...cool graphic Sarge! *hugs*

[AZamericonnie]

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[AZamericonnie]

Rest In Peace our Heroes

Il Silenzio

Let Them In St. Peter

[AZamericonnie]

Had a blessed Christmas & a very happy New Year to you & yours!

[lightman]

Arrowhead1952 is a member of the Lutheran Ping list, therefore this retirement party anouncement is worthy of a:

Lutheran Ping!

Christ is Born, Glorify Him!

[ConorMacNessa]

REST IN PEACE, FALLEN BROTHER!

Sgt. Christopher L. Muniz, USA, 3rd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, KIA Afghanistan 11Dec2011



I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)

God Of Our Fathers



Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in peace!
We who remain hold you in high honor.
Rest, fallen brother, in this sacred precinct;
We who remain keep this place sacred.
Rest, fallen brother, among these, your comrades;
We who remain keep the watch.
Rest, fallen brother, among these who answered the Nation’s call;
We who remain press the fight forward in your name.
Rest, fallen brother, lay down thy burden;
We who remain have taken up the torch.
Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in eternal peace!



Taps

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you very much Lightman! *hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Happy Retirement Arrowhead1952 ~

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ARGHHHHHH!!! The internet quit! It has been a problem ALL day, and is still snail slow.

Thanks, Connie, for the great retirement thread for Arrowhead. *HUGS*