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FReeper Canteen~Thank You Troops~Sept.08.05~
Sept. .07.05 | bentfeather/Canteen Crew

Posted on 09/07/2005 7:03:58 PM PDT by Soaring Feather

For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday...
Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.

Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom?
Support The United States Armed Forces today!!

Thank You TROOPS!
Dedicated to our TROOPS, and their rescue efforts in the face of disaster.


A Navy sailor takes down information from a woman evacuee brought aboard the USS Tortuga (LSD 46) moored in New Orleans, La., on Sept. 5, 2005. The evacuees will be given hot meals, showers, and beds to sleep in aboard the dock landing ship. Department of Defense units are mobilized as part of Joint Task Force Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. DoD photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael B. Watkins, U.S. Navy. (Released)



Navy Search and Rescue Swimmer Petty Officer 1st Class Scott Chun hangs on to an evacuee pulled from a rooftop in New Orleans, La., as his SH-60B Seahawk helicopter heads for the landing zone on Sept. 5, 2005. Department of Defense units are mobilized as part of Joint Task Force Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster-relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jay C. Pugh, U.S. Navy. (Released)



Forklift operators move pallets of bottled water and Meals, Ready-To-Eat onto an aircraft elevator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) on Sept. 6, 2005. The relief supplies will be moved to helicopters on the flight deck for airlift to those in need in the areas along the Gulf Coast affected by Hurricane Katrina. Department of Defense units are mobilized as part of Joint Task Force Katrina to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster relief efforts in the Gulf Coast areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina. DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Wilson, U.S. Navy. (Released)



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Let's give our Troops a huge Thank You for serving our nation both at home and on foreign soil.
If you have favorite pictures of our Troops in action, please feel free to post them.
Favorite links are welcome, too.
Don't forget about having some fun along the way, music is great, post it if you wish.


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Click here...

bentfeather



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To: GodBlessUSA

YES!


501 posted on 09/08/2005 9:38:16 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: beachn4fun

502 posted on 09/08/2005 9:40:27 AM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
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To: tomkow6
I've seen it before! Yawn!


503 posted on 09/08/2005 9:42:01 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: HiJinx
Never mind! LOL


504 posted on 09/08/2005 9:43:24 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: tomkow6
Hey, Tom. What happened to your Burka King?


505 posted on 09/08/2005 9:44:42 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: beachn4fun; Kathy in Alaska

That was the day I let Ma work the grill....


506 posted on 09/08/2005 9:50:19 AM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
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To: Lady Jag; All

507 posted on 09/08/2005 9:50:26 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: tomkow6

Oh dang you! I should have known you were up to something, posting little birdies for me. Called Buttering Up the Blonde.










Sheeeesh this picture is horrible.


508 posted on 09/08/2005 9:53:35 AM PDT by Soaring Feather
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To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska
Tom....tom....tom.....you know you never let Ma near the stove without having this guy present


509 posted on 09/08/2005 9:53:48 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: beachn4fun; Kathy in Alaska

Yeah, I hear the the local fire departments around where she lives, wants alarm sensors installed in all the stoves in the area, so if she gets within 3-feet of one, the local fire depts. will be notified....


510 posted on 09/08/2005 9:59:01 AM PDT by tomkow6 (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ ...)
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To: All
Sand castles


511 posted on 09/08/2005 10:00:35 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: tomkow6; Kathy in Alaska
Whew! That's a scary thought

good thing they have a large force


512 posted on 09/08/2005 10:03:26 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: All
Sand Castles


513 posted on 09/08/2005 10:04:45 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: Jet Jaguar
Sand Castles


514 posted on 09/08/2005 10:05:51 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: txradioguy
Sand Castles


515 posted on 09/08/2005 10:06:29 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: Laurita
Sand Castles


516 posted on 09/08/2005 10:07:15 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: GodBlessUSA
Sand Castles


517 posted on 09/08/2005 10:08:34 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Sand Castles


518 posted on 09/08/2005 10:09:08 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: uncleshag; radu
Sleepover


519 posted on 09/08/2005 10:10:45 AM PDT by beachn4fun ("Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; ...... (Thomas Paine))
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To: beachn4fun

Oh, now that last one is great - the Three Musketeers...!


520 posted on 09/08/2005 10:10:45 AM PDT by HiJinx (~ Serving Those Who Serve Us ~ www.proudpatriots.org ~ Operation Semper Fi)
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