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Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Better a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to heed a warning. Ecclesiastes 4:13 (NIV) Shot heard around the World! This phrase has come to represent the beginning of many historical events - like the American Revolution (1775 - 1783). And its genesis can be traced to Ralph Waldo Emerson's Concord Hymn : "Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world ..." ! Emerson words immortalized the American Minutemen resistance to the British forces back in...

~Favorite "Time" Songs~ *Video* Time To Say Goodbye Sarah Brightman Andrea Bocelli [Sarah:] Quando sono sola sogno all'orizzonte e mancan le parole, si lo so che non c'è luce in una stanza quando manca il sole, se non ci sei tu con me, con me. Su le finestre mostra a tutti il mio cuore che hai accesso, chiudi dentro me la luce che hai incontrato per strada. Time to say goodbye. Paesi che non ho mai veduto e vissuto con te, adesso si li vivrò. Con te partirò su navi per mari che, io lo so, no, no, non...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ EQUIPMENT CHECK Army Sgt. Nicholas Parrott prepares a Bambi bucket for a CH-47 Chinook helicopter to help fight the East Peak fire near La Veta, CO, June 21, 2013. Parrott is assigned to the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, stationed on Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, CO. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Darin Overstreet Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. SUNSET MONITOR Navy...

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Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Communion on the Moon, 1969 Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. Psalm 139:7,8 (NIV) ----

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ SEARCHING BAGS A U.S. soldier and Staff Sgt. Alex, his military working dog trained to detect explosives, search bags of recently graduated Afghan local police officers on former Forward Operating Base Bostik in Afghanistan's Kunar province, June 5, 2013. As of June 19, 2013, Afghan national forces assumed the lead for security in their country. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brittany Armstrong Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. SECURITY...

In testimony to Congress last week, military leaders told Congress that military personnel are understanding as to why they must take pay cuts. The officials told Congress that troops are ready and willing to sacrifice their pay. The officials said that pay cuts must come first over making cuts to equipment and training, and that the troops understand this best. ____________ Senior Pentagon officials told Congress on Tuesday that troops are willing to sacrifice portions of their pay and benefits if it means keeping and improving the training and equipment needed to do their jobs. Vice Adm. William F. Moran,...

Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous be shaken. Psalm 55:22 (NIV) ----

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ GLOBEMASTER JUMP Paratroopers jump from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft over Malamute Drop Zone during Operation Spartan Reach on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK, June 4, 2013. The paratroopers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company A, 3rd Battalion, Airborne, 509th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. SMOKY REFLECTION The reflection of the Black Forest fire...

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Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 2 Corinthians 3:17 (NIV) ----

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ SUNSET PARADE The U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps performs during a sunset parade at the Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington, VA, June 11, 2013. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Mondo Lescaud Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. BAMBI BUCKET A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies into thick smoke while using a Bambi bucket to release water during the Black Forest fire in El Paso County, CO,...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending military aircraft and more special operations forces to Uganda to assist in the search for fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony. A senior U.S. military official confirmed Monday that the U.S. is sending at least four CV-22 Osprey aircraft about about 150 more Air Force special operations members and airmen to assist local forces in their long-running battle against Kony's Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA. The official confirmed the plans, first reported by The Washington Post, on condition of anonymity without authorization to discuss them on the record.

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Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Spring 2014 And God said, “Let there be lights in the vault of the sky to separate the day from the night, and let them serve as signs to mark sacred times, and days and years, and let them be lights in the vault of the sky to give light on the earth.” And it was so. God made two great lights— the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars. Genesis 1:14-16 (NIV) ----

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ MARKSMENSHIP TRAINING U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Baltazar Perez the M-240B fires a machine gun as he participates in marksmanship training on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, June 1, 2013. Perez is assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 15, an expeditionary element of U.S. Naval Forces that supports units worldwide through force readiness, civil engineering, humanitarian assistance, and building and maintaining infrastructure. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Garas Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members...

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Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Deuteronomy 6:4-7 (NIV) ----

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe Come on in, we're open Need a place just to hang out? This is it. We serve coffee, tea, green pancakes, conversation and music. Our AWESOME military, our AWESOME allies, and their families are welcomed and honored here. No worries in the FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe. Grab a glass and start a conversation. You never know who you might meet in the Cafe. Glad...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 100 METER WINNER Retired Army Spc. Luis Puertas wins the men's 100-meter above-the-knee single- and double-amputations event during the 2013 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, CO, May 14, 2014. DOD photo by EJ Hersom Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. A LEG UP A paratrooper weaves through a ladder obstacle while competing in a team assault obstacle course competition that is part of the 82nd Airborne Division's All-American week...