FReeper Canteen~Thank You Troops~Sept.08.05~

Sept. .07.05 | bentfeather/Canteen Crew

[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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bentfeather

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Mine?

[SandRat]

Thank you I try; for us and the Troops.

[luvie]

I salute all those brave ones---and you, too, for your service to our beloved America!

[luvie]

Yes, the mornings are wonderful--it was 64 this morning! I even had to use a little cover!

How's your work going? Getting busier?

[AZamericonnie]

Uhhhhh WOW & again WOW! Wonderful collage!

[luvie]

You do good! You may end up a preacher yet! (((hugs)))

[AZamericonnie]

There's a varmint on my patio! LOL I was sitting out there & heard something...I turned on the light and there was a little head poking out of my storage door! EEEEEKKKK! Needless to say I'm in the house now! LOL

[luvie]

Just.......beautiful! Thank you for sharing them--it is sorta like being there--without the heat! LOL! Glad you got to go,since you had missed the first one!

[SandRat]

Funny you should say that. My old boss at work and the current Chairman of the Scout District just got his first Church in Douglas AZ.

I actually thought about being a preacher early in High School.

[EsmeraldaA]

Great thread, thank you!



Beautiful pictures too.

[TASMANIANRED]

That is a cut to the bone.

[NYTexan]

SEARCH AND RESCUE – U.S. Air Force crewmembers fly a UN-1N helicopter day and night providing search, recovery and relief of evacuees on Sept. 4, 2005. The members are assigned to the 620th Air Expeditionary Squadron at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Molly A. Gilliam Bet David wishes he was here!

[AZamericonnie]

Please tell your husband I said thank you for his service! Thanks to your whole family!

[laurenmarlowe]

LOL! The office phone starts ringing at 7:30 a.m. these days. Just makes me want to hide under the covers!

[EsmeraldaA]

Very touching and lovely. :0)

[WestVirginiaRebel]

[luvie]

it's never too late! You have a sincere love for the Word.

[AZamericonnie]

Lovely SA! *Hugs*

[Colonial Warrior]

[Soaring Feather]

Thank You, Esmeralda!