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FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 13 July 2017
Serving The Bestest Troops and Veterans In the Whole World !!
| The Canteen Crew
Posted on 07/12/2017 6:00:04 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~
~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
AMPHIBIOUS COMMUNICATIONS Marine Corps Cpl. Ryan Dills communicates with other assault amphibious vehicles while traveling from amphibious assault ship USS America to the Australian navy amphibious ship HMAS Canberra during Rim of the Pacific 2016 in the Pacific Ocean, July 18, 2016. Dills is a vehicle commander assigned to Combat Assault Company, 3rd Marine Regiment. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher Giannetti
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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.
MISSION BRIEF
Air Force Capt. Anne Marie Kemp, second from left, briefs paratroopers before participating in a static-line airborne operation over Sicily drop zone during Battalion Mass Tactical Week at Pope Army Airfield, NC, July 12, 2016. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sandra Welch
TRAINING JUMP
A soldier conducts a training jump out of a C-17 Globemaster III to prepare for Arctic Thunder Open House at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, July 20, 2016. The soldier is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's 4th Brigade Combat Team. Air Force photo by Senior Airman James Richardson
PILOT IN FLIGHT
Marine Corps Lt. Col. William Sheridan pilots a F-5N above Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, AZ, July 15, 2016. Sheridan commands the Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401, which is the Marine Corps' only adversary squadron. Marine fighter pilots man the squadron with each averaging well more than 2,500 flight hours in tactical fighter aircraft. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Conner Robbins
TAILORED TRAINING
An MH-47G Chinook helicopter sits on the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson flight deck in the Pacific Ocean, July 19, 2016. The aircraft carrier is conducting the Tailored Ship's Training Availability and Final Evaluation Problem to prepare for their upcoming deployment. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sean M. Castellano
READING ROOM
Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Juliet Moth reads through a safety study guide in the weapons handling area aboard the USS Ronald Reagan, the Navys only forward-deployed aircraft carrier, in the South China Sea, July 16, 2016. The Reagan is patrolling in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan McFarlane
BARBELL SQUATS
Air Force Tech. Sgt. David Alderete grits his teeth as he does barbell squats during the Fourth Annual Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort Meade, MD, July 11, 2016. Alderete is assigned to the 1st Combat Camera Squadron. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman
Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.
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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
07/12/2017 6:00:52 PM PDT
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ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Permission Granted!
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posted on
07/12/2017 6:08:54 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list
Intimate Details
July 13, 2017
You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar.
Psalm 139:2
The universe is astonishingly grand. Right now the moon is spinning around us at nearly 2,300 miles an hour. Our Earth is spinning around the sun at 66,000 miles an hour. Our sun is one of 200 billion other stars and trillions more planets in our galaxy, and that galaxy is just one of 100 billion others hurtling through space. Astounding!
In comparison to this vast cosmos, our little Earth is no bigger than a pebble, and our individual lives no greater than a grain of sand. Yet according to Scripture, the God of the galaxies attends to each microscopic one of us in intimate detail. He saw us before we existed (Ps. 139:1316); He watches us as we go about our days and listens for our every thought (vv. 16).
It can be hard to believe this sometimes. This tiny pebble has big problems like war and famine, and we can question Gods care in times of personal suffering. But when King David wrote Psalm 139 he was in the midst of crisis himself (vv. 1920). And when Jesus said God counts each hair on our heads (Matt. 10:30), He was living in an age of crucifixion. Biblical talk of Gods caring attention isnt a naïve wish. It is real-world truth.
The One who keeps the galaxies spinning knows us intimately. That can help us get through the worst of times.
Father God, Your eye is on me as much as it is on the stars in the sky. Thank You for Your love, Your care, Your attention.
The God of the cosmos cares for us intimately.
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posted on
07/12/2017 6:09:12 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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
07/12/2017 6:11:21 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...how you doing these days? Renovations still in progress?
Just about all my time is spent taking care of my Mom. Things are steadily going downhill and she wants only to be with my Dad.
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posted on
07/12/2017 6:11:35 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
Expecting Thunderstorms tonight.
Penny is not amused.
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posted on
07/12/2017 6:14:30 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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
07/12/2017 6:14:50 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Hi ConorMacNessa!
(((HUGS)))
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posted on
07/12/2017 6:15:53 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; 300winmag; ..
~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
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and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
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posted on
07/12/2017 6:16:34 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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
07/12/2017 6:17:28 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
~ Jess Hangin ~
~ Good Evening ~
~ Welcome To My World ~
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posted on
07/12/2017 6:18:19 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
To: left that other site
Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...stay dry. And congratulations on your guitar shopping excursion.
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posted on
07/12/2017 6:19:20 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
My student, Born on the 4th of July, turned 15. He has done so well in the barely two months that I have been teaching him that he really does deserve a nice electric and a nice acoustic.
My brother, his grandfather, is astounded at his progress! (And of course, I am using Classic rock to teach him. REAL Guitar music! :-))
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posted on
07/12/2017 6:27:56 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Renovations are underway. John Man and his friend pulled up the remainder of the carpet on the first floor and I bought the new flooring today. Our contractor is coming Monday to install.
Mrs. MacNessa and I are refinishing the kitchen cabinets - project is going well.
Prayers up for your Mom and for you. Certainly a difficult time for both of you. Your Mom and Dad will soon be together again for eternity in Paradise.
"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
07/12/2017 6:29:41 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
Standing on tiptoes I can see the weekend.
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posted on
07/12/2017 6:31:41 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: left that other site
Good evening, ML!
*HUGS*
Just trying to keep cool here. I spent most of the morning in the Van - Dr's appointment and errands. John Man went out and watered and fertilized the gardens while I stayed inside with cool airs being blown upon me.
"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
07/12/2017 6:35:56 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
...till they all come home....
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posted on
07/12/2017 6:38:37 PM PDT
by
luvie
(Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
To: ConorMacNessa
A/C is a marvelous invention, isn’t it!
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posted on
07/12/2017 6:43:01 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: left that other site
Nothing but the best for your student. d:o)
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posted on
07/12/2017 6:43:19 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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