USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ 15 October 2003

Canteen FRiends ~ Radix

[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Army Maj Kevin Whitney from 64th Forward Support Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, evaluates a young Iraqi girl who was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, Oct .11, 2003 in the town of Abu Hassan near Balad, Iraq. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. John Marlow

A U.S. soldier from the 10th Mountain Forward Support Battalion can't help but smile as he uses a stethoscope to listen to a child's breathing., Oct. 7, 2003. U.S. and Romanian troops from Kandahar Army Airfield in Afghanistan conducted a combined medical assistance exercise mission in the province of Ruhabad to provide the medical assistance to the village residents. U. S. Army p hoto by Pfc. Hugo A. Baray-Vasquez

[Kathy in Alaska]

Young girls from the village of Najoy in Afghanistan wait in line to be seen by medics. U.S. and Romanian troops from Kandahar Army Airfield Afghanistan visited the village to provide the villagers with medical care and distribute food supplies, Oct. 6, 2003. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan

U.S. Army Staff Sgt.Timothy McGuffie checks a young girl for an ear infection in the village of Anguran, Afghanistan, Oct. 9, 2003, as part of a combined medical assistance exercise. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Hugo A. Baray-Vasquez

[Kathy in Alaska]

Children from the village of Anguran, Afghanistan, greet U.S. Army Sgt. Christine Smith from the 407th Civil Affairs Battalion, Oct. 6, 2003. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Gul A. Alisan

U.S. Army Spc. David Gonzales with 321st Civil Affairs Battalion vaccinates a goat during a combined medical assistance visit to Loy Karezak, Afghanistan, Oct. 8, 2003. U.S. Army photo by: Spc. Gul A. Alisan

[Kathy in Alaska]

ARABIAN GULF, Sept. 3 -- Chief Machinery Technician Chuck Bratcher, of Big Fork, Mont., assists with the vibration signature analysis in the engine room of Coast Guard Cutter Wrangell, underway in the Arabian Gulf, Sept. 3, 2003. The analysis is used to check the overall condition of the main diesel engines by mapping the vibrations at various segments. The analysis will be completed aboard all four 110-foot patrol boats assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia, deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. USCG photo by PA3 Kyle Niemi

[tomkow6]

THEY started it MA!

Holler at THEM!

[Kathy in Alaska]

DID YOU REMEMBER TO EAT??Pushover!?

How are all the kitties getting along, and the goat upon his return?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[Soaring Feather]

A U.S. soldier from the 10th Mountain Forward Support Battalion !!!!!!!!

[Soaring Feather]

THEY started it MA!
Holler at THEM!
We did not start this fight, Tom, you did!!!!

Hey Tom, you want war??

[Old Sarge]

Glad to see you're doing your part in the morale support effort!

All too well do I remember that despicable "welfare" thread. PLEASE keep the word going over there.

I also rerad your earlier report about your exploits in the Med. You're all too right about the President's quote: "This war will be secret, even in success."

Check Six, LC...

[SevenofNine]

Well Aussie Age wire report that North Korea DO HO ERR I mean Kim Jong II freakking out that he might end up like Romania bad boy Nicholas Casuuaua

YEAH GEE WONDER WHY KIMMMY HELLO you starving people to death

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[Radix]

 

 

Spc. Jesse Chamberlain, 21, from Washington, Ill., with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), searches people leaving the Nabi Younis market in Mosul, Iraq, on Monday during a mission to clear the place of weapons.

 

The newest "Halloween dummy" which decorates the display in front of headquarters has facinated a number of the local citizens, who were until recently ignorant of the significance of 31 October to Americans. 

 

 

 

Pfc. Frederick Higgins, 36, from Cleveland, keeps his guard up during a mission to clear the Nabi Younis market of weapons Monday.

 

The recently held car wash for raising funds for Iraqi orphans was a big hit with the locals.

 

 

 

Members of 401 Military Police Battalion, wearing riot gear, teach crowd control techniques Wednesday at their base in Tikrit, Iraq.

 

Senior Officers in the military have determined that the new modified "shower curtain shields"  testing was not likely to result in the Army's  adopting of the radical, new, controversial technology.

 

 

 

 

Members of the 401st MP Battalion train on crowd control techniques Wednesday in Tikrit.

 

 

 

Visitors tour the Air Mobility Command Museum at Dover Air Force Base, Del., on Monday. The museum reopened after being closed to the public because of heightened security following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

 

( U-238 is also called uranium I )

 

• Atomic Mass: 238.0507826 +- 0.0000021 amu
• Excess Mass: 47303.664 +- 1.980 keV
• Binding Energy: 1801694.651 +- 2.006 keV
• Beta Decay Energy: B- -147.065 +- 1.145 keV
  

 

 

 

Boatswain’s mates from Deck Department’s 3rd Division heave in mooring lines Monday during aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk’s departure for sea trials.

 

The new Navy "magical troupe" has been very popular on their tour, and the rope tricks seem to be a particular favorite of audiences everywhere.

 

 

 

Pararescuemen and aircrew members from the 101st Expeditionary Rescue Squadron at Baghdad International Airport prepare an HH-60 Pave Hawk for lift off in response to the bombing of the Baghdad Hotel on Sunday. The airmen are deployed from the New York Air National Guard.

 

For failure to say "mother may I," the  crew was ordered to return to home base and start all over.

 

 

 

Nieves Alvarado hugs her son, Jorge Alvarado, as he arrives at his south Minneapolis home Saturday from Iraq, where he was wounded in action.

 

 

 

Members of the Alaska Army National Guard at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage prepare to load one of eight UH-60L Black Hawk helicopters aboard an Air Force C-5B Galaxy transport plane Tuesday for shipment to Fort Stewart, Ga. Approximately 70 troops and officers from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment are headed for a one year deployment to Kosovo to conduct peacekeeping and humanitarian support.

 

 

 

Alaska Army National Guardsmen load a UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter aboard a C-5B Galaxy transport jet Tuesday.

 

 

 

An Iraqi watches soldiers in a tank manning a roadblock Wednesday in Baghdad.

 

 

Bank employees count old Iraqi dinar featuring the face of Saddam Hussein before exchanging it for the newly printed bills with the same value in Mosul today, the first day the new bills were made available.

 

 

 

Sgt. Anthony Wright, 21, from Baltimore, with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) watches Iraqis examine new bills as they wait in line to exchange old Iraqi dinar for the newly printed bills with the same value. Each bank has roughly 4.9 billion dinars to exchange during the 90-day window.

 

 

 

Staff Sgt. Larry “Shawn” Campbell, 24, from Tuscaloosa, Ala., with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), watches for threats outside a bank while employees inside count old Iraqi dinar before exchanging it for the newly printed bills.

 

An inside the park Home Run by Nomar, a passed ball moves Manny to third, and an error scores a run.

 

The Red Sox 6 Yankees 6.

 

Folks, we have a ball game here, and it is only the 7th Inning!

 

All of this, and just, and just .....

 

Just another day at the office for our Troops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Beth! I'm way behind, but finally getting to you. Hope your day has gone well. I'm trying to fall asleep at my desk. LOL!

Hi Connor!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Rob Curtis / Military Times staff

Spc. Jesse Chamberlain, 21, from Washington, Ill., with 3rd Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), searches people leaving the Nabi Younis market in Mosul, Iraq, on Monday during a mission to clear the place of weapons.

Rob Curtis / Military Times staff

Pfc. Frederick Higgins, 36, from Cleveland, keeps his guard up during a mission to clear the Nabi Younis market of weapons Monday.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Karel Prinsloo / AP photo

Members of 401 Military Police Battalion, wearing riot gear, teach crowd control techniques Wednesday at their base in Tikrit, Iraq.

Karel Prinsloo / AP photo

Members of the 401st MP Battalion train on crowd control techniques Wednesday in Tikrit.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hi Hondo. If it gets too bad, I just send the Kids here.