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!!

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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

 

 

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

[radu]

I hope they’ll find some grass to line the nest with. Those pine twigs don’t look very comfy.

I don’t mind if it isn’t “live” when I’m after scaps and just watching them interact with each other. The cams that can’t be rolled back are the ones I don’t like. Can’t go back to see if any action was missed.

I noticed it was snowing again at “The Hole”. It was snowing last night too. The sound of it falling right now is soothing. But does it ever look cold!

How are your DIL and the girls feeling about the move at this point? A far cry from what they’re used to. BRRRR!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Belated 4th Birthday, Callie!!

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[luvie]

I think they have mixed feelings. It’s gorgeous, but it is cold and the girls really can’t go outside to play much. Of course, living in an apartment doesn’t give them much of a place to play outside anyway.

Piper probably gets more bored than Callie, since she’s a ‘tween and is probably missing her friends. She has started her school lessons today, though. Since she’s homeschooled and Callie is sort of beginning hers, my DIL tries to keep her on a schedule of sorts so it’s more routine. She’s a very smart young lady, too! Even if I am her Grammie. :)

Guess I’d better go. My eyelids are getting heavy....zzzzzz......-_-

[Kathy in Alaska]

Cold and snowy. We’ve warmed up to double digits.

Good morning, Mooch...cold and miserable doesn’t sound like much fun.

Stay warm and dry!

[Kathy in Alaska]

The wind has bent my flagpole, to 90 degrees, a couple inches above the bracket. I’m thinking I want a replacement pole out of PVC pipe.

[radu]

Even if they had a place with a big yard, that isn’t exactly “play weather”. Not for long any way. BRRRRR

Missing friends probably doesn’t help. At least there’s schooling to help the time go by. They’ll adjust but it would be easier if it was warm enough to get out to blow off some energy, and kids do have a lot of that! LOL

Good night and sleep well. See ya tomorrow night and looking forward to the quiz.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Being a POW in the United States was a bit different than the other way around.

[Kathy in Alaska]

My brother and his wife just moved to Hamilton...the west edge, “coast”, of Georgia.

You all stay safe.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mac, for the Missing Man Setting as we remember those who have given their all that we may gather safe and secure.

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

radu.....#50!!

[radu]

Ooooo! An eagle “WooHoo”! Beautiful!

Hammered with homework tonight?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Boojum, and thank you for the link.

An interesting read.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...how’s hunting?

You and Bo have a great Tuesday.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Not able to concentrate tonight. Program issues today, so no edits til tomorrow morning sometime.

I’m off to bed. Rest well when you get there.

[radu]

Program issues AGAIN? Always on a Monday, it seems. Hope everything is straightened out so you can get your work done tomorrow.

Good night and sleep well.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Prayers for Arrowhead's recovery, and in his absence....

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[E.G.C.]

Tuesday Morning Coffee Bump.

No moles or gophers yesterday. He did slip and fall on the grass and hurt himself for a time. I gave him an arthritis pill last night and another this morning. He seemed to walk around OK after that.