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~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~
~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
KEEPING A LEAD Marine Corps Sgt. Anthony McDaniel keeps a lead on his opponent in the men’s mixed 1500m run in the track and field competition during the Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, CO, Oct. 2, 2014. The sporting event includes more than 200 wounded, ill and injured service members.
      
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.
WELL DECK RETURN
A landing craft departs the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge in the Atlantic Ocean as sailors return to the ship's well deck, Sept. 19, 2014.
SLINGLOAD OPERATIONS
As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. soldiers prepare to hook an M777A2 weapon system to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during slingload operations on Forward Operating Base Lightning in Afghanistan's Paktya province, Sept. 24, 2014. The mission is part of an ongoing retrograde on Forward Operating Base Lightning. The soldiers are assigned to Field Artillery Squadron, 3rd Cavalry Regiment.
SLED HOCKEY SMILE
Air Force Master Sgt. Axel Gaud-Torres reacts to playing a game of sled hockey at the World Arena in Colorado Springs, CO, Oct. 2, 2014. Gaud-Torres and other athletes competing in the 2014 Warrior Games played sled hockey with local wounded warriors as a demonstration before the Los Angeles Kings and Colorado Avalanche professional hockey game. The Kings scored a 2-1 win over the Avalanche.
FIRE DRILL
U.S. soldiers conduct fire phobia training during Rotation 14-09 on the Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Oct. 4, 2014. The rotation is based on the current operational environment and is designed to prepare the unit for peace support, stability, and contingency operations. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 40th Cavalry Regiment.
UNLOADING SOLDIERS
U.S. paratroopers disembark from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter during Operation Silver Arrow in Adazi, Latvia, Oct. 5, 2014. The multinational exercise includes forces from Latvia, Estonia, Great Britain, Norway and the Michigan Army National Guard, and is being held in conjunction with U.S. Army Europe and Operation Atlantic Resolve. The paratroopers are assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, Airborne, Vicenza, Italy.
AIRCRAFT CONTROL
U.S. Air Force pilots assigned to an E-3B Sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft fly a mission to support airstrikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant targets over northeastern Iraq, Oct. 2, 2014.
MISSION CARGO
U.S. airmen load cargo onto the ramp of a C-130-J Super Hercules aircraft on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 7, 2014, to prepare for a mission to help contain the Ebola outbreak in Liberia. U.S. Africa Command is supporting the U.S. Agency for International Development as part of Operation United Assistance, a comprehensive U.S. government effort to contain the outbreak.
FIRE WALL
A wall of fire explodes behind the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, during the Marine Air Ground Task Force demonstration at the annual Miramar Air Show on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, Oct. 4, 2014.
DISASSEMBLING A TENT
U.S. Army Pvt. 1st Class Jacob Frey, right, cuts a protective covering free from its anchors while other soldiers disassemble other sections of a tent on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 2, 2014. Disassembling old tents is part of the downsizing efforts to prepare for Resolute Support Mission, which officially begins Jan. 1, 2015. Frey is an engineer assigned to the 220th Engineer Company, 315th Eng. Battalion, Missouri National Guard.
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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