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FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 09 February 2017
Serving The Bestest Troops and Veterans In The World !!
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Posted on 02/08/2017 6:01:29 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~
~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
NIGHT BOARDING Paratroopers board and position their gear inside an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft before participating in a night jump at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 31, 2016. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena
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.
ROCKET EXERCISE
A Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom fires rockets during an urban close air support exercise at Yodaville near Yuma, AZ, April 1, 2016. The Venom is assigned to Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron One. The Marines conducted the exercise during an event in part to provide standardized advanced tactical training. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachary M. Ford
GREEN GUISE
Army Staff Sgt. Brian Dolan applies camouflage to his face during an Expert Infantryman Badge qualification at Fort Jackson, SC, March 31, 2016. Dolan is assigned to Company B, Special Troops Battalion, 171st Infantry Brigade. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton
DEFLECTOR INSPECTORS
Sailors prepare to inspect jet blast deflectors on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, April 5, 2016. The Eisenhower is conducting a unit training exercise to prepare for a deployment. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class J. Alexander Delgado
VALVE VIEW
Army Sgt. Joseph St. Germain, left, and Army Staff Sgt. Andrew Markham close a valve on an Alaska railroad water tender, or tanker, during exercise Alaska Shield 2016 in Palmer, Alaska, April 2, 2016. Germain and Markham are assigned to the Alaska National Guards 103rd Civil Support Team. The tender served as the source of a simulated sulfuric acid leak. Alaska Army National Guard photo by Sgt. David Bedard
HARPERS HYDRATION
Navy Seaman Chance Blackey cools down with water during a fire drill aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry in the Indian Ocean, April 2, 2016. The Harpers Ferry is supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Eshleman
CLEARING A PATH
Sailors clear a path to a fighting position on Camp Badger during International Mine Countermeasures Exercise 2016 in Aqaba, Jordan, April 3, 2016. The Navy led the multilateral exercise, which is the worlds largest maritime exercise with forces from more than 30 nations training across the Middle East. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Furey
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To: Kathy in Alaska
REQUEST PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD
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).
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!!!!!!!
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:02:07 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS()))
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:02:28 PM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list
The Advocate
February 9, 2017
If anybody does sin, we have an advocate with the FatherJesus Christ, the Righteous One.
1 John 2:1
From a Florida prison cell in June 1962, Clarence Earl Gideon wrote a note asking the United States Supreme Court to review his conviction for a crime he said he didnt commit. He added that he didnt have the means to hire a lawyer.
One year later, in the historic case of Gideon v. Wainright, the Supreme Court ruled that people who cannot afford the cost of their own defense must be given a public defenderan advocateprovided by the state. With this decision, and with the help of a court-appointed lawyer, Clarence Gideon was retried and acquitted.
But what if we are not innocent? According to the apostle Paul, we are all guilty. But the court of heaven provides an Advocate who, at Gods expense, offers to defend and care for our soul (1 John 2:2). On behalf of His Father, Jesus comes to us offering a freedom that even prison inmates have described as better than anything theyve experienced on the outside. It is a freedom of heart and mind.
Whether suffering for wrongs done by us or to us, we all can be represented by Jesus. By the highest of authority He responds to every request for mercy, forgiveness, and comfort.
Jesus, our Advocate, can turn a prison of lost hope, fear, or regret into the place of His presence.
Father in heaven, please help us to know what it means to have the freedom of Your love and presence. May we experience this freedom even in places that we have only seen as our confinement!
The one who died as our substitute now lives as our advocate.
John encourages us to be honest about ourselves. Actually, his words are more of a warning than they are encouragement. Writing to a struggling church, John reminds his readers that we all struggle with sin and the claim that we dont struggle has several drastic consequences: We deceive ourselves, the truth is not in us (1 John 1:8), we make God out to be a liar, and His word is not in us (v. 10). But Johns point is not a downer. Those warnings surround a very familiar promise. Our sins do not keep us from Godbecause when we acknowledge (confess) them, we are forgiven for them (v. 9). What do you need to confess as sin and then trust that God has forgiven?
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:03:29 PM PST
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Well Sitting In A Hotel Room At Chicagos OHare Having an overnighter And Will Leave in the Morning To Cincinnati Then Hmmm NYC I Think.
~ Good Evening ~
~ Welcome To My World ~
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:04:21 PM PST
by
SkyDancer
(Ambition Without Talent Is Sad, Talent Without Ambition Is Worse)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:04:29 PM PST
by
PROCON
(Defending the Border isn't a Political Option, it's a Constitutional Obligation ~ Rick Perry)
To: MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; 300winmag; ..
Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.
~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:04:46 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: ConorMacNessa
Hunkering down for a thumg (1-2 inch per hour snowfall in the predawn hours) followed by a thud (lows in the teens high below freezing.
Snow equipment gassed and on the trickle charger.
Woodstove filled with kindling “match-ready”.
Bring it on!
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:04:55 PM PST
by
lightman
(Trump = The Twenty-first century's Teddy Roosevelt!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Permission Granted!
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:05:58 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks very much, Kathy! ***HUGS***
Striding up the gangplank as we speak, rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors and to the Officer of the Deck! Thank you very much for this evening's "Remembering Our Troops" thread!
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:07:41 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: The Mayor; ConorMacNessa; SandRat; mountainlion; HiJinx; Publius; Jet Jaguar; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:07:57 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
I am afraid the green eye shadow the Sgt is using would clash with my grey beard and mustache.
Supposed to be low of 40’s for three nights 60 degrees one day. Global warming is so unpredictable. Looks like another global warming conference as the snow sets in the north east.
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:09:47 PM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; AbnSarge; ..
Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!
Missing Man Setting
"The Empty Chair"
By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004
"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.
The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.
AS YOU REMEMBER.
The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.
We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each others company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:
The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.
The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.
The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.
The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.
The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate. The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them. The bible represents the faith that sustained them. The glass is inverted they cannot share in the toast. The chair is empty they are not here. They are missing.
And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.
We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.
But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER."
Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."
"Träumerei" Robert Schumann (Click)
Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:10:25 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; AbnSarge; ..
GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!
"The Star Spangled Banner" Verse Four (Click)
Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war's desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: "In God is our trust." And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
Please let me know by Freepmail if you would like to be admitted to or released from my music ping list.
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:12:23 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...I’m hearing about bad weather on the right coast. Are you involved?
We are headed below zero again.
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:17:08 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
We're supposed to have a little Winter precipitation starting tomorrow. We were in the 70's yesterday and high 60's today. Very peculiar weather.
"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense." |
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:21:16 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: left that other site
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...are you buried in snow again? I’m hearing bits and pieces about BAD weather.
Did you get to sing on pub night?
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:23:30 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: lightman
Good evening, lightman....you are prepared!!
Stay safe and warm.
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:26:25 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
We got a lot of freezing rain...but the real snow is supposed to come tomorrow. Last night was so miserable out, I didn’t go out at all.
I’ll be OK...
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:28:39 PM PST
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; Soaring Feather; SandRat; ...
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
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posted on
02/08/2017 6:35:22 PM PST
by
radu
(May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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