~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~
~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
CALL FOR FIRE
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Elyse Ping Medvigy conducts calls for fire during artillery training on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2014. Medvigy is a fire support officer assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company D, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Inf. Brigade Combat Team.
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.
GLOBEMASTER MISSION
A U.S. airman guides a driver as they load a mine-resistant, ambush-protected all-terrain vehicle into a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 11, 2014
REFUELING POINT
U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Samantha Medellin ensures fuel is properly flowing to a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter at a forward arming and refueling point on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Sept. 3, 2014. Medellin is a nozzle operator assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 274. The refueling point on Camp Bastion's airfield plays a key part in ensuring that Marine air support has fuel for Regional Command Southwest missions.
MINE CLEARING
Soldiers detonate a mine-clearing line charge during Decisive Action Rotation 14 on the National Training Center in Fort Irwin, CA, Aug. 10, 2014. The soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team.
BLOOD DRAW
U.S. sailors draw blood from U.S. Marines during a walking blood bank on Camp Leatherneck in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Aug. 14, 2014.
LUCKY LEAP
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Mitchell D. Crowther leaps into the water from an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter in the Arabian Gulf, Sept. 4, 2014.The Seahawk is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22, which is embarked aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan. Crowther is an aircrewman, helicopter.
MESSAGE MOMENT
U.S. Navy Seaman Marten Palomo, right, relays a message to Petty Officer 2nd Class Julius Gomez during an engineering casualty drill on the guided-missile frigate USS Rodney M. Davis in the Philippine Sea, Aug. 28, 2014. The frigate is patrolling in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility to support security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
SINKING EXERCISE
The USS Stethem launches a harpoon missile near Guam, Sept. 15, 2014, during an exercise. The ship is on patrol with the USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.
BLUE BEACH, RED FLAGS
U.S. Navy Seaman Sydney Stewart directs a landing craft air cushion as it arrives on Blue Beach, Okinawa, Sept. 8, 2014, during efforts to load equipment onto the amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown.
