FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 23 January 2014

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

BAMBI BRIGADE

Navy Chief Petty Officer Jay Okonek, left, and 1st Class Petty Officer Jason Blase help guide pilots as they fill a 360-gallon Bambi bucket to help extinguish fires near Naval Base Ventura County's base housing at Point Mugu, CA, May 3, 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Fahey

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.

REPLENISHMENT

A crew member aboard the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd attaches cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter while conducting a replenishment-at-sea with the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean, April 28, 2013. The Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing 11 are conducting a western Pacific deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Aiyana Paschal

SIMULATED TRAINING

Soldiers spray water onto a UH-1 Huey helicopter to contain a fire during a simulated training crash site exercise on Camp Santiago Joint Maneuver Training Center in Salinas, Puerto Rico, May 1, 2013. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Rivera Rebolledo

CLEANING CREW

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David Denseley, center, helps Afghan mortarmen clean the bore of a 60mm mortar at a mortar range near Camp Shorabak in Afghanistan's Helmand province, May 4, 2013. Denseley is assigned to the Regional Corps Battle School. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe

HOWITZER EXERCISE

Marines fire an M777 A2 howitzer during a series of integrated exercises at the Combat Center’s Quakenbush Training Area in Twentynine Palms, CA, April 26, 2013. The Marines are assigned to 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William J. Jackson

SWIMMING PRACTICE

Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Ray practices his swimming techniques in Colorado Springs, CO, May 2, 3013. Ray will compete during the 2013 Warrior Games, May 11-16, 2013. DOD photo by Marvin Lynchard

SOLDIER VOLUNTEERS

U.S. soldiers prepare bags of school supplies during a volunteer opportunity on Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 3, 2013. Operation Outreach Afghanistan, an organization that provides assistance to the Afghan people in the forms of food, clothing, toys, school supplies and household items, gathered the supplies primarily through donations. U.S. Army photo by Maj. Meritt Phillips

SCRUB DOWN

Marine Corps chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialists perform decontamination procedures during a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, April 30, 2013. The Marines took part in training to increase mission readiness and rehearse standard operating procedures. The specialists are assigned to Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Keonaona C. Paulo

WING WALKER

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin Liskey inspects an F/A-18 Hornet before a flight during morning operations in Pensacola, FL, May 8, 2013. Liskey is assigned to the Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Lindsey

HONORING VETERANS

Army Staff Sgt. Michael Drake places the remains of Pvt. Lycurgus McCormack, a Civil War veteran, inside the new Columbarium Court No. 9 in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, May 9, 2013. A full-honors service for six unclaimed remains of veterans from all branches of the U.S. armed forces were the first to be inured at the new site. Drake is assigned to Company D, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as "The Old Guard." U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jose Torres Jr.

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[luvie]

Nite, Conor! :)

[luvie]

It’s doing much better, thank you. Still have about 1 1/2 months of PT to do and hope that I have just about my full range of motion at the end of that.

[luvie]

Yom!! That sounds SO good! Glad it turned out well for you. Hope you had enough for leftovers! :)

[TASMANIANRED]

I’ll take a big fan and wave it back to you.

Girls like the cold. Makes them feisty.

We have had a couple of Carbon monoxide related issues at work.. Not everyone uses good judgement when it comes to heating.

Too cold for our snow to melt.. Crunchies and slick places everywhere.

[TASMANIANRED]

6 more weeks.. That’s a lot.

What exercises do they have you doing?

[TASMANIANRED]

We had a new tiny baby in the family.

December 3. Came in at 2 pounds 4 ounces.

Got to go home from the hospital this week. Doubled her birth weight.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Incomprehensible is right...and we have at least another week of this, with rain the next couple of days.

[TASMANIANRED]

Yippie, we are warming up.

Was 3 this morning when I got off work.

[TASMANIANRED]

Be back later, searching for something sweet.

[luvie]

I ride a stationary bike only pulling and pushing with my affected arm, “codmans’.....swinging my arm freely while bending over and holding a 5lb weight, wall walks, isometrics, using the rubber bands in 3 positions, pulley, etc... plus they apply a moist heat before I start, then when I’m finished exercising they do ultrasound and then ice and electrods at the same time. It takes me nearly 2 hours for the whole routine. I’d rather be napping to tell the truth! LOL!

[luvie]

Aww...that is so sweet! Whose baby is it? I pray that she will continue to thrive and grow up healthy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

There are always bad things happening when it is so cold....and heating issues are routine problems.

We’ve probably had half a dozen major apartment fires in the last few weeks...a couple were bad space heaters and one was ashes left on the deck next to the house.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[Kathy in Alaska]

TAPS

RIP

CWO/2 Edward Balli, USA
Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 2nd Cavalry Regiment

Amazing Grace

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. How's it going?

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, LUV W. How’s it going?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT