FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Camp Shelby, Mississippi ~ 23 January 2017

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Camp Shelby, Mississippi

Camp Shelby is a military post whose North Gate is located at the southern boundary of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, on United States Highway 49. It is the largest state-owned training site in the nation. During wartime, the camp's mission is to serve as a major independent mobilization station of the United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM).

Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center is the largest reserve component training site, covering 136,000 acres, allowing up to battalion-level maneuver training, Gunnery Table 8-12, field artillery firing points and a wide range of support facilities.

 Camp Shelby is a training ground for the Abrams M1 Tank, Paladin Howitzers and home to the 3rd Brigade 87th Division Training Support. Camp Shelby serves as a training site for National Guardsmen and Reservists from throughout the country hosting as many as 100,000 personnel annually.

In mid-2007, the Air National Guard opened a new combat training runway at Camp Shelby. The 210-acre Shelby Auxiliary Field One is one of only two facilities in the world designed for C-17 Globemaster III short-field landing training. It was constructed to meet Air Force C-17 training requirements.

Learn More About Camp Shelby 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

 

 

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy! Cold & miserable here. How’s by you?

[radu]

Howdy, PRO!

Did you get out to take care of errands and have soup and sammidges at the VFW? Or did you say the heck with it and stay in the warm and dry? :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro....hope you are warming up.

We are supposed to have snow most of the week, but rain and a temp spike to 39 on Wednesday. Really???? I can do without rain on snow.

[radu]

Well howdy there, HJ! *HUGZ*
Long time, no see.

So your dad’s from MS, is he?

[radu]

Howdy, ML.

Hope you haven’t had to go outside with Penny too often in your crummy weather today. Just not fun to get out in that stuff, is it?

[left that other site]

No...and she doesn’t like it either.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good Evening, Kathy!
***HUGS***



Thanks very much to you and Lauren for tonight's Road Trip to Camp Shelby, Mississippi!

Coming aboard as we speak. Rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors and to the Officer of the Deck!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, HJ...

[radu]

Well who can blame her? LOL!
It’s just a shame she HAS to go out there at some point here and there. Kinda hard to take care of business in those conditions.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...sounds like a good night to stay in and stay warm with a cool dog to share your space.

[ConorMacNessa]

A good day, thanks very much! Nasty weather here - temps in the 40's - high winds and rain. I sallied forth on several errands but curtailed my trip due to the winds. Also, I had to have John Man bring the Flag in due to the winds.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Repeal. Prayers for all the victims.

Are you and yours safe and unharmed?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Publius...did you warm up yet?

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Radu!

*HUGS*

A good weekend, thanks. Other than venturing out to run errands and cooking dinner, not much to speak of.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[Repeal The 17th]

Thank you, wonderful Kathy; me and all my family are fine.
We are in northeast Georgia, half-way between Atlanta and South Carolina.
Far south Georgia near the Florida line had 15 confirmed dead
from pre-dawn tornadoes on Sunday morning.
Prayers for their families.

[left that other site]

Well, she has a very nice purple parka to keep her from getting too wet.

[Publius]

Back in the high 40s during the day, low 30s at night. Everything is back to normal.

[PROCON]

Hiya radu!

I went out real early to do a bit of grocery shopping and then stopped off and brought breakfast home from a favorite Mom and Pop Cafe.

Stayed inside for the rest of the day mostly.

Wuz up your way? Anymore rain?

[left that other site]

She is such a sweetheart! :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi yarddog....sounds like a good use of their minds and time.

And they must have done a good job. The stories they must have had when they got home about being in a POW camp. Probably not what they expected.

Thanks for sharing the story.