[LaDivaLoca]

 

CANTEEN CONTEST GIVEAWAY

Welcome To Our Canteen Contest Giveaway!
Good luck everyone!!

Congratulations To Colonel_Flagg & HiJinx for winning yesterday's Contest. They are now out of the field! Everyone else is still in!

The Rules
 

1. Below we will provide you questions that will need to be answered. The answers will be found all around the web. We tried to keep it fun, silly, and somewhat serious.

2. Once you get the answers, please FReepmail them to MoJo2001.

3. You may only enter ONCE per day.

4. You must also remember the times to enter to win. (We will post the times below. We've had to revise them to allow everyone the opportunity to play.) 

5. If you enter before the time we specify, you will be declared ineligible for the day. You will then have to wait for the following day.

6. If you have any questions, please FReepmail MoJo2001.

7. The winners will be announced on the thread immediately after the close of the contest.

8. If you are announced as a winner, then you are out of the contest game. We want to give everyone the opportunity to play and win.

9. When you send the FReepmail to MoJo2001, please put "CONTEST" in the subject line.

10. After we notify the winners, we will need to have your mailing address to send out your prize.

Times To Play
 

1. Beginning at 8AM (EST) through 6PM (EST), all answers can be FReepmailed to MoJo2001.

2. Remember not to answer any questions until the game has begun.

3. At the end of the allotted time, we will post the correct answers and winners.


 

Let's Play! Good Luck!

 

Questions
 

1. Who was the first Marine "Commandant"? It is not the same as "Captain Of The Marines".

2. If you visit The Corn Palace, what state would you be visiting?

3. Where is the world headquarters for Netscape?

4. Where was Isaac Asimov born?

5. What are the first 4 Poetic selections from Poetbentfeather.com?

6. What are the first 3 lines of "Your Smile" from poetbentfeather.com?

7. What State is known as the "Land Of Lincoln"?

8. Who is the creator of Ebay?

9. What country does the creator of Ebay hail from?


Remember not to enter until the allowed time.
Don't forget to put "CONTEST" in the subject line.
Two winners will be picked today!

 

What You're Playing For Today!
 

 

Michael Moore Is A Big Fat Stupid White Man

Or

 

The Passion Of The Christ

Thank you to the generous company in the Hampton Roads area that donated all the prizes and DVDs. We were able to send out over 190 DVDs to our Troops. The remainder were given to us to "Thank those that support our Troops". The company has many Veterans and family members currently serving. We thank them for their support of our Troops. Also, we thank them for allowing us to share items with you.
 

 

 

[LaDivaLoca]

Have a wonderful day!



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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners . . . The Prodical Returns.

[tomkow6]

 

SALUTE!

 

[tomkow6]

Good morning, LaDiva! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOOD  

MORNING

TROOPS!

Me for PREZ! VOTE !!!

[tomkow6]

 

Today's FEEBLE

YOKE :

Patient: Nurse, I keep seeing spots in front of my eyes.
Nurse: Have you seen a doctor?
Patient: No, just spots.

[tomkow6]

FINAL

CUBS 12

Reds 5 

 

TONIGHT

September 28 @ 7:05 p.m. CT
 Radio: WGN 720

  VS  
 

 

FINAL

CUBS 12

Reds 5 

 

TONIGHT

September 28 @ 7:05 p.m. CT
 Radio: WGN 720

  VS  
 

[tomkow6]

 

Chicagoland Weather

September 28, 2004
Chicago, IL
Sunrise	6:45 AM (CDT)
Sunset	6:37 PM (CDT)
Hrs. of Daylight	11 Hrs., 52 Mins

Currently
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Cloudy

	Hi: 67

	Lo: 40

5 Day Forecast

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Scattered Thunderstorms

High:	72
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Partly Cloudy

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[GummyIII]

Jan Asbury hugs her twin sons, Jimmy and Jase, and her husband, Ken, as they arrive for leave at the local airport Thursday afternoon. She has not seen her husband, who is serving in Afghanistan, since July and her sons — who have both been in Iraq — for more than a year. Bless 'em all!!!!

[aomagrat]

Today's classic warship, USS Iosco

Sassacus class "double-ender" steam gunboat

Displacement 1173 t.
Lenght. 240'
Beam. 35'
Displacement. 11' 6"
Speed. 9 k.
Complement. 173
Armament. 2 100-pdr. Pr. 4 9" D. sb. 2 24-pdr. how., 1 heavy 12-pdr., 1 12-pdr.

USS IOSCO, a wooden double-ended, side-wheel gunboat, was launched by Larrabee & Allen, Bath, Maine, 20 March 1863; and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard 26 April 1864, Comdr. A. J. Drake in command.

She was at New London, Conn., 9 June when ordered to New York to complete her crew.

IOSCO sailed for the Gulf of St. Lawrence 28 August to protect American fishing vessels in that vicinity. Off Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, she assisted several ships endangered by fierce storms. She towed GENERAL BURNSIDE off a reef 15 September and aided battered COLONEL ELLSWORTH and the English Bark EMPRESS 2 days later.

Ordered to Hampton Roads 2 October to join the 1st Division of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, IOSCO was stationed off Wilmington, where she captured British schooner SYBIL attempting to escape to sea with 307 bales of cotton 21 November.

On Christmas Eve 1864, IOSCO participated in the first amphibious attack on Fort Fisher, N.C. which protected Wilmington, one of the South's most active centers of blockade running and her last port of entry for European aid. Her guns engaged the batteries at Mound Fort and succeeded in shooting down the Confederate flag which flew above the works. During the firing a Confederate shot carried away the head of IOSCO's foremast. The next day, she led nine other ships in an attack on the fortress, closing the shore as near as her draft would permit. Meanwhile her boats dragged the channel for torpedoes. Throughout the operation she protected the right flank of the Union troops ashore until they reembarked under orders from the Army commander, Major General B. F. Butler 27 December 1864.

A fortnight later IOSCO was again in the thick of the fighting during the second attack on Fort Fisher. She assisted the landing of troops and covered the right flank of the Army as it fought on shore 13 January 1865. Forty-four of her own men fought beside the soldiers on the beaches while her cannon fired at the mound until the Confederates surrendered 15 January.

The remainder of IOSCO's wartime service was in the North Carolina Sounds carrying out operations as Confederate resistance ceased. She sailed north 15 July and decommissioned 28 July 1865. Her engines were removed and her hull turned over to the Bureau of Construction and Repair for service as a coal hulk at the New York Navy Yard in February 1868.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

040925-N-0295M-028 Naval Air Station Oceana, Va. (Sept. 25, 2004) - Six F-14 Tomcats conduct a flyby in close formation at the start of the tactical air power demonstration at the 2004 "In Pursuit of Liberty," Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show. The demonstration showcased multiple F-14 Tomcats and F/A-18 Hornets displaying various maneuvers and simulated bomb and staffing passes in front of the crowd. The F-14 Tomcats are assigned to the "Red Rippers" of Fighter Squadron Eleven (VF-11) and the "Black Lions" of Fighter Squadron Two One Three (VF-213). The air show, held Sept. 24-26, showcased civilian and military aircraft from the Nation's armed forces, which provided many flight demonstrations and static displays. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain (RELEASED)

040925-N-0295M-087 Naval Air Station Oceana, Va. (Sept. 25, 2004) - A U.S. Air Force A-10A Thunderbolt II takes off for a flight demonstration and the 2004 "In Pursuit of Liberty," Naval Air Station Oceana Air Show. The air show, held Sept. 24-26, showcased civilian and military aircraft from the Nation's armed forces, which provided many flight demonstrations and static displays. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain (RELEASED)

040922-N-4374S-012 Arabian Gulf (Sept. 22, 2004) - An E-2C Hawkeye assigned to the “Tigertails” of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron One Two Five (VAW-125) makes an arrested landing aboard the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67). Kennedy and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Seventeen (CVW-17) are operating in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility (AOR) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Units attached to the Kennedy Carrier Strike Group (CSG) are working closely with Multi-National Corps-Iraq and Iraqi forces to bring stability to the sovereign government of Iraq. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate 2 Class Michael Sandberg (RELEASED)