FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colorado ~ 28 JULY 2015

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Cheyenne Mountain Air Force

Station, Colorado

The

Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military

installation and nuclear bunker located in

Colorado Springs, Colorado at the Cheyenne

Mountain Air Force Station, which hosts the

activities of several tenant units. Also

located in Colorado Springs is the Peterson

Air Force Base, where the North American

Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United

States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)

headquarters are located.

The

center for the United States Space Command

and NORAD monitored the air space of Canada

and the United States through a world-wide

system for missiles, space systems, and

foreign aircraft through its early-warning

system.

The military complex has included many units

of NORAD, U.S. Space Command, Aerospace

Defense Command (ADCOM), Air Force Systems

Command, Air Weather Service, and Federal

Emergency Management (FEMA). The complex's

communication center is also used by the

nearby U.S. Civil Defense Warning Center.

The station is open 24 hours a day.

Since

2002, the complex has been classed as

Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station and has

been used in crew qualification training,

while the former command function has been

redesignated as the "NORAD and USNORTHCOM

Alternate Command Center" since 2008 after

all the original functions of the complex

were removed to Peterson Air Force Base.

The

complex is maintained by the 721st Mission

Support Group which provides support and

maintenance for the 'NORAD/USNORTHCOM's

training, exercise and alternate command

center functions, U.S. Strategic Command's

Missile Warning Center, Detachment 2 of the

17th Test Squadron, Air Force Technical

Applications Center's research laboratory,

the Defense Intelligence Agency's Western

Continental United States Regional Service

Center.

Learn More About

Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station and

NORAD HERE!!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support

and boosting the morale of our military and

our allies military and the family members

of the above. Honoring those who have served

before.

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to

honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen

is family friendly. Let's have

fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be

strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will

return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity

remain unbroken, so that you may show others

the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and

Always

To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...

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

21 posted on 07/27/2015 6:49:48 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)

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

22 posted on 07/27/2015 6:53:22 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: Kathy in Alaska

I did indeed Sally Forth today, Kathy!

*HUGS*

And smote the enemy with vigor!

In the 90's today with high humidity - more of the same coming up.

"Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre / mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
"Thought must be the harder, heart be the keener / mind must be the greater, as our might lessens."

23 posted on 07/27/2015 6:56:40 PM PDT 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; PROCON; ...

REST IN PEACE, FALLEN BROTHER!

Gy.Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, USMC
Mike Battery, Third Battalion, Fourteenth Marines
KIA Chattanooga, Tennessee, 16 July 2015

"Eternal Father, Strong to Save"
U.S. Marine Band & Choir
(Click)

Taps
(Click)

24 posted on 07/27/2015 6:58:34 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)

25 posted on 07/27/2015 6:59:42 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; PROCON; ...

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

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
(Click)

Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who
Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

26 posted on 07/27/2015 6:59:56 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Good Evening Kathy...((HUGS))...We have Maddi tomorrow and Wednesday. Got the backyard all mowed this morning.

27 posted on 07/27/2015 7:00:12 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)

To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W

28 posted on 07/27/2015 7:17:05 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)

PRO is first and grabs the gold!!

29 posted on 07/27/2015 7:24:39 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: ConorMacNessa

And in second....Mac snags the silver!!

30 posted on 07/27/2015 7:26:35 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; PROCON; ...

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!

TATTOO
(Click)

Must retire for the evening.

The Bugler, his grim visage replete with an evil sneer,
already mounts the parapet.

Soldiers of the Greatest Generation
Stand The Watch Tonight!

Standing With Them:

Gy.Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, USMC
Mike Battery, Third Battalion, Fourteenth Marines
KIA Chattanooga, Tennessee, 16 July 2015

TAPS
U.S. Marine Band
(Click)

"Do poor Tom some charity, whom the foul fiend vexes!"

(King Lear, Act III, Scene iv)

All Gave Some – Some Gave All!!!
(Click)

Good night, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America!

Godspeed our Troops around the Globe – especially those in harm’s way – by virtue of their service and sacrifice we continue to live in Freedom!

31 posted on 07/27/2015 7:38:29 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)

And rounding out the top three....The Mayor bags the bronze!!

32 posted on 07/27/2015 7:38:30 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

Welcome to the Canteen, Crazieman...this?

Stargate command

33 posted on 07/27/2015 7:47:26 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: Tanniker Smith

Good evening, TS...nice to see you.

Are you doing summer school this year?

34 posted on 07/27/2015 7:57:13 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: Kathy in Alaska

Yes, I used to walk through those blast doors every day—or night—depending on what shift I was on. The old NORAD schedule: 4 Swings, 4 Mids, 4 Days, and 3 days off! The blue short bus stopped right before these blast doors. Even had a little turn around area. If you missed the bus you could wait for the next one or start walking—about half mile to the tunnel mouth!

35 posted on 07/27/2015 8:00:31 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (As we say in the Air Force, "You know you're over the target when you start getting flak!")

To: Soaring Feather

Good evening, Ms Feather...*hugs*...glad your day is cooling down.

Tough Mom weekend.

36 posted on 07/27/2015 8:02:41 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: left that other site

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...Mom report?

Confusion lessening?

37 posted on 07/27/2015 8:04:17 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: ConorMacNessa

Nite, Conor! (((hugs)))

38 posted on 07/27/2015 8:20:07 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!w)

To: Kathy in Alaska

No.i don't think I could handle the stress of summer school again, or the loss of down time. I substitute and I tutor for a few extra hours at my old school. (I'm in the neighborhood, so they call me first)

and things are crazy this summer. I and Mrs. smith and Little Tann are in Rochester, MN right now. Things get crazier in the morning and in the hours after.

39 posted on 07/27/2015 8:22:18 PM PDT by Tanniker Smith (Rome didn't fall in a day, either.)

To: Kathy in Alaska

40 posted on 07/27/2015 8:34:47 PM PDT by The Mayor (Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)

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