FReeper Canteen ~ Part VIII of Women Warriors:European Women Leaders ~ March 9, 2004

441 posted on 03/09/2004 5:18:46 PM PST by Fawnn (Canteen wOOhOO Consultant and CookingWithPam.com person)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Army Maj. Gen. William G. Webster, commander of the 3rd Infantry Division, salutes Sgt. 1st Class Ralph Durman during a field visit at Fort Stewart, Ga., on Monday. Webster last week received the order for a second rotation to Iraq for his soldiers. The 3rd Infantry Division sent 16,500 troops into Iraq when the war began last March, and its tanks and armored Bradley vehicles led the assault on Baghdad. The troops were home by the end of last summer.

Iraqi insurgents were absolutely elated to learn of the impending return of the dreaded 3rd Infantry Division, NOT!

Marines line up in formation before leaving the National Palace on a foot patrol around the city center in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Monday.

The Marines have been practicing diligently for the upcoming World Series of "Freeze Tag."

A woman passes through a line of Marines preparing to patrol Port-au-Prince’s city center on Monday after a ceremony formally installing Boniface Alexandre as the interim president of Haiti.

The Haitian version of Hop Scotch is a lot more complex than the American version.

French Col. Daniel Leplatois listens to U.S. Marine Col. Charles Gurganus during a press conference at the airport in Port-au-Prince on Monday. Gurganus confirmed that Marines shot and killed a gunman during an outbreak of violence at a weekend demonstration by Haitians celebrating the ouster of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide.

The precise terms of the French governments surrender to the Haitian insurgents have been kept secret for the time being.

The Army’s SmarTruck III is displayed at the Society of Engineers World Congress in Detroit on Monday. The truck is designed to detect an airborne biohazard and alert authorities, track attackers in complete darkness and sense an incoming missile.

SmartTruck IV though still in prototype stage is expected to alert the Canteen and FR.com authorities of the presence of burkas, and other biohazards such as unbathed crazy people.

A U.S. armored vehicle drives past a truck in Baghdad on Tuesday that was damaged by a roadside bomb, one that apparently was intended for U.S. military convoys. The driver of the truck was killed.

Truck washes in Iraq are reported to be using some very powerful solvents which have been banned in most western nations.

Just another day at the office for our Troops.

442 posted on 03/09/2004 5:22:29 PM PST by Radix (Stop by the FR Canteen and show support for the Troops sometime.)

What are you doing?

I am just curious!

443 posted on 03/09/2004 5:23:10 PM PST by Radix (Stop by the FR Canteen and show support for the Troops sometime.)

444 posted on 03/09/2004 5:23:28 PM PST by Radix (Stop by the FR Canteen and show support for the Troops sometime.)

445 posted on 03/09/2004 5:23:33 PM PST by Radix (Stop by the FR Canteen and show support for the Troops sometime.)

446 posted on 03/09/2004 5:23:34 PM PST by Radix (Stop by the FR Canteen and show support for the Troops sometime.)

447 posted on 03/09/2004 5:23:35 PM PST by Radix (Stop by the FR Canteen and show support for the Troops sometime.)

448 posted on 03/09/2004 5:23:46 PM PST by Radix (Stop by the FR Canteen and show support for the Troops sometime.)

449 posted on 03/09/2004 5:23:46 PM PST by Radix (Stop by the FR Canteen and show support for the Troops sometime.)

450 posted on 03/09/2004 5:23:50 PM PST by Radix (Stop by the FR Canteen and show support for the Troops sometime.)

451 posted on 03/09/2004 5:23:50 PM PST by Radix (Stop by the FR Canteen and show support for the Troops sometime.)

Welcome back, and Congrats and Woo-Hoo!

452 posted on 03/09/2004 5:25:42 PM PST by Old Sarge

Great pictures of our troops "at work". Enjoying the commentaries. Thanks, Radix.

453 posted on 03/09/2004 5:30:43 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protects Her)

Yeah,

I was not entirely playing by the rules, but then again, I could get booted off at anytime by my nefarious computer and it's lately troublesome proclivities.

454 posted on 03/09/2004 5:34:32 PM PST by Radix (Stop by the FR Canteen and show support for the Troops sometime.)

Hiya, Seven....they finally rescued the shipload of beer, huh? LOL!! And the Achille Laro dude......good riddance.

455 posted on 03/09/2004 5:40:08 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protects Her)

WTG, Radix....you grabbed #450!!

456 posted on 03/09/2004 5:41:07 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (God Bless America and Our Military Who Protects Her)

WOO HOO! All YOU! RADIX! #450

457 posted on 03/09/2004 5:41:55 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross (Every heart beats true for the red ,white and blue!)

Radix!!! #450!!!

458 posted on 03/09/2004 5:45:36 PM PST by Fawnn (Canteen wOOhOO Consultant and CookingWithPam.com person)

459 posted on 03/09/2004 5:48:15 PM PST by Diva Betsy Ross (Every heart beats true for the red ,white and blue!)

To: Radix; Kathy in Alaska

Behold, the latest in Canteen weapons technology: Kathy's custom Urban Assault Vehicle, which is known among the troops as:

The MA-rauder!

460 posted on 03/09/2004 5:49:39 PM PST by Old Sarge

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