FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 17 October 2013

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

DAUGHTER DELIGHT

An Army soldier embraces his daughter while being recognized at a welcome home ceremony on Fort Campbell Army Airfield, March 1, 2013, when he returned from a deployment to Afghanistan. He and soldiers in his unit returned after about six months rather than the full nine months due to the progress of Afghan forces, which are conducting operations independently. U.S. Army photo taken by Sgt. Alan Graziano

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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.

USNS LARAMIE

The Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Laramie replenishes the amphibious assault ship USS Peleliu in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, March 3, 2013. The Peleliu is the flagship for the Peleliu Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, supports maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Duran

OPERATION BULLSEYE

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kody King engages enemy positions with an M2HB .50-caliber machine gun during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Feb. 27, 2013. King, a machine gunner, is assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kowshon Ye

DIRECTION CENTER

Artillerymen set up a center to give direction to field howitzers after transporting them with parachutes onto a drop zone during a large airborne training exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 25, 2013. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

ENEMY POSITION

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David Romero, right, points out an enemy position to U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Kody King during Operation Bullseye in Kajaki in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Feb. 27, 2013. Romero, a combined anti-armor team section leader, and King, a machine gunner, are assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 7. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kowshon Ye

EVACUATION TRAINING

Army medical personnel offload a simulated injured soldier from a HH-60L Black Hawk helicopter during aeromedical evacuation training on Fort Polk, La., Feb. 23, 2013. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John R. Nimmo Sr.

FIGHTING VEHICLE

A soldier keeps watch from the hatch atop a M2 Bradley fighting vehicle as it maneuvers during a training mission at the National Urban Warfare Center in the Mojave Desert on Fort Irwin, Calif., Feb. 24, 2013. DOD photo by EJ Hersom

SAND TABLE STRATEGY

Army Capt. Genaro Prieto arranges placards for a sand table in the Mojave Desert at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Ca., Feb. 21, 2013. Prieto, a engineer, is assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team. DOD photo by EJ Hersom

PLAY TIME

U.S. Navy sailors play with children at Liberty Children's Home during a Southern Partnership Station 2013 community service event in Ladyville, Belize, March 5, 2013. The Southern Partnership Station is an annual deployment that exchanges training and expertise between U.S. military and civilian agencies with their counterparts in Central and South America and the Caribbean. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ashley Hyatt

NIGHT FLIGHTLINE

U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots await take off for a night mission during exercise Red Flag 13-3 on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 25, 2012. The pilots are assigned to the 79th Fighter Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenny Holston

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[SandRat]

Every day!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))

Are you keeping up?

[The Mayor]

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Barrier-Free Love
October 17, 2013

Not long ago I heard the distressed chirping of a bird coming from the side of my neighbor’s house. I discovered that a nest of baby birds was inside a vent covered by a screen, placing a barrier between the mother bird who was trying to feed her hungry chicks. After I told the neighbors, they removed the screen and took the nest and chicks to a safe place to be cared for.

Few things are as heartbreaking as a barrier to love. Christ, the long-awaited Messiah of Israel, experienced a barrier to His love when His chosen people rejected Him. He used the word picture of a hen and her baby chicks to describe their unwillingness to receive it: “O Jerusalem, Jerusalem . . . ! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing!” (Matt. 23:37).

Our sin is a barrier that separates us from God (Isa. 59:2). But “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life” (John 3:16). Jesus took care of the barrier to God’s love by His sacrificial death on the cross and His resurrection (Rom. 5:8-17; 8:11). Now He longs for us to experience His love and accept this gift.

My heart is stirred whene’er I think of Jesus,
That blessed Name that sets the captive free;
The only Name through which I find salvation,
No name on earth has meant so much to me. —Eliason

Through His cross, Jesus rescues and redeems.

Read: Matthew 23:37-39

O Jerusalem . . . ! How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were not willing! —Matthew 23:37

Bible in a Year:
Isaiah 50-52; 1 Thessalonians 5

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[Kathy in Alaska]

United States Marine Corps Band ~ National Anthem

[puppypusher]

Hi!there Kathy.Just loved the K-9 Picture there.Hope All is well this evening.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sand is first!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Kate Smith ~ God Bless America

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!
((((HUGS))))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Poor Ted...he’s in a training class.

Good evening, puppypusher...((HUGS))...all is well here.
Pretty warm..52 degrees.

How are your knees?

[Kathy in Alaska]

CANINE COMFORT

Army Sgt. Leslie Langford, left, comforts his military working dog, Ted, a Labrador retriever and bomb specialist, as he receives simulated medical care in the veterinary section of the Combat Support Hospital during aeromedical evacuation training on Fort Polk, La., Feb. 23, 2013. Langford, a canine handler, and Ted are assigned to the 550th Military Working Dog Detachment, Fort Bragg, N.C. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. John R. Nimmo Sr.

[Kathy in Alaska]

And The Mayor is second!!

[The Mayor]

Thank you !!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And puppypusher is third!!

[puppypusher]

“Poor Ted...he’s in a training class.

Good evening, puppypusher...((HUGS))...all is well here.
Pretty warm..52 degrees.

How are your knees?”

Kathy,My knees are doing pretty well and I hope they continue to keep me going because I’d hate to have to use this Obama Care health system coming down the pipeline.

From what I have heard recently the Northeastern United States is going to have a brutally cold winter.I just hope these weather forecasters are wrong.

Last year on Halloween we had 3 feet of snow on the ground and i didn’t leave the house for three days.

I don’t want to see that again.

[ConorMacNessa]

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CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2008) The first major snowfall of the New Year blankets the USS Constitution. Despite the weather "Old Ironsides," remained open for free public tours. At 210 years-old, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 67 active-duty United States Sailors and visited by nearly half a million visitors annually. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown (Released)

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!!!





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).
(Click for Bosun’s Whistle)



USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

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