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FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 12 November 2015
Serving The Bestest Troops & Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 11/11/2015 6:00:55 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska




~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~


PLACING WREATH

Army Staff Sgt. Robbie Petry places a rose at each of the four crypts at the Tomb of the Unknowns during his last walk ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, Dec. 19, 2014. Petry is a tomb sentinel assigned to the Army Honor Guard, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment.




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.




AIR RECONNAISSANCE

A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker crew refuels a U.S. Air Force RC-135W Rivet Joint reconnaissance aircraft near Okinawa, Japan, Dec. 24, 2014. The KC-135 is assigned to the 909th Air Refueling Squadron. The RC-135W is assigned to the 82nd Intelligence Squadron.


GIBRALTAR LIGHTS

U.S. sailors aboard the USS Fort McHenry prepare the ship's forecastle for a transit through the Strait of Gibraltar, Dec. 26, 2014.


HELICOPTER FLYOVER

Coast Guard H-65 helicopters fly over Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium at the start of the Military Bowl 2014 in Annapolis, MD, Dec. 27, 2014.



LOADING SUPPLIES

U.S. Marines load supplies onto the USS Iwo Jima on Naval Station Rota, Spain, Dec. 26, 2014. The Marines are assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit.


IRON STRIKE

Army Spc. Macmillan Ekedede fires a round downrange during Exercise Iron Strike on Fort Bliss, TX, Dec. 8, 2014. Ekedede, an assistant gunner, is assigned to Battery A, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Armored Division Artillery


HEAVY HOSE

U.S. Army Spc. Dustin Atkins brings a set of fuel hose back to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter after fueling a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in Tapita, Liberia, Dec. 19, 2014. Atkins is a crew chief assigned to the 1st Armor Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 501st Aviation Regiment, from Fort Bliss, TX.




NIGHT SKY

The guided-missile destroyer USS Mitscher lights up its mast during night-delayed landing qualifications with Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 26 in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Dec 15, 2014.


WINTER MANEUVERS

An HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter practices maneuvers above Bryant Army Airfield on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK, Dec. 17, 2014. The service member and helicopter are assigned to the Alaska Air National Guard's 210th Rescue Squadron.


AIRLIFT OPERATIONS

U.S. soldiers attach cargo to a CH-47 Chinook helicopter on Roberts International Airport in Harbel, Liberia, Dec. 12, 2014. The mission was to airlift incinerators to a new ebola treatment unit built in support of Operation United Assistance.



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; y'all; Arrowhead1952; beachn4fun; E.G.C.; GodBlessUSA; ConorMacNessa; HiJinx; ...

Well, forget Hump Day, Early Birds!
Friday Eve is way better....
....and we can see the weekend from this head!
Hope all you working stiffs have a good one!
I can say that...I'm off. LOL!
Anywhoooooo.....
Have a sort-of-Thrilling Thursday!
[nothing seems to go with Thursday! LOL]
((((hugs))))

61 posted on 11/12/2015 7:44:40 AM PST by luvie (Cruz or Lose!)
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To: LUV W

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


62 posted on 11/12/2015 10:25:57 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: LUV W

Well, this has been the Thursday afternoon from the darkest depths of Hades, if you ask me.

Thank goodness it’s almost over!


63 posted on 11/12/2015 2:30:59 PM PST by HiJinx ("Man rides the ocean of history and does what he can to weather its storms.")
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To: HiJinx; LUV W; Kathy in Alaska; E.G.C.; beachn4fun

64 posted on 11/12/2015 5:18:31 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: MEG33

Thanks, Meg, for always remembering our troops. ((HUGS))

Are you having rain issues? I need to find a map of Texas...I’m hearing that Austin is drowning.


65 posted on 11/12/2015 5:33:39 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: HiJinx

Sorry for the bad day, HJ...hope you are safely home and relaxing.


66 posted on 11/12/2015 5:52:19 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: SandRat

Eeek!!


67 posted on 11/12/2015 7:53:30 PM PST by luvie (Cruz or Lose!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Thanks Kathy, I have been super busy and rarely wait for replies.

I know it is considered rude but sometimes I’m posting late and have a 6am wake up.

I just let them go. I really appreciate your support of all Veterans and the time you take to show it.

God Bless.

Mike


68 posted on 11/15/2015 12:11:41 PM PST by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: eyedigress

No worries....I know the posting late and getting up early routine.


69 posted on 11/15/2015 11:23:35 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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