FReeper Canteen~What Makes you Happy?~25 Jan 2007

Canteen Crew | Supporting The Best Troops In The World

[AZamericonnie]

Your a happy man indeed Ern!

[AZamericonnie]

Good afternoon Blues Man!:)

[AZamericonnie]

Doh....#622 is mean't for you.....:)

[AZamericonnie]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Hope, for today's Pledge. Thanks to you, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your parts in helping keep all of us free and safe.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Look at you all smiley and happy. Good afternoon, AZ.

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

beachy.....#550!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

5pm Alaska time....noted.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, kalee.

[Kathy in Alaska]

LITTLE SHEPHERD — An Afghan boy brings his animals to be vaccinated and dewormed during a veterinarian civic action program conducted by Combined Joint Task Force 76 in Panjshir, Afghanistan, Jan. 17, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Marcus J. Quarterman

[MEG33]

I have a long list of things that make me happy..family ,of course..and so many of God's gifts.

Today the sun is out, a redbellied woodpecker and male cardinal at the bird feeders, a lovely small olive colored bird, titmice and chickadees,good Freeper FRiends to share with. It is a happy day!

I AM HAPPY THIS NATION IS BLESSED WITH OUR WONDERFUL ARMED FORCES.

[kalee]

"I AM HAPPY THIS NATION IS BLESSED WITH OUR WONDERFUL ARMED FORCES."


Me too!

[Lady Jag]

 

One winter morning a couple was listening to the radio over breakfast. They hear the announcer say,  "We are going to have 8 to10 inches of snow today. You must park your car on the even-numbered side of the street, so the snowplows can get through."

Norman goes out and moves his car.

A week later while they are eating breakfast again, the radio announcer says, "We are expecting 10 to 12 inches of snow today.  You must park your car on the odd-numbered side of the street, so the snowplows can get through."

Norman goes out and moves his car again.

The next week they are again having breakfast, when the radio announcer says, "We are expecting 12 to 14 inches of snow today.  You must park..."

Then the power goes out. Norman is very upset, and with a worried look on his face says to his ever patient wife, "Honey, I don't know what to do.  Which side of the street do I need to park on so the snowplows can get through?"

With the love and understanding in her voice that all married women exhibit, she says, "Why don't you just leave it in the garage this time?"

[Kathy in Alaska]

43 Insurgents Detained, Weapons Found, Captives Freed American Forces Press Service

WASHINGTON, Jan. 25, 2007 – In a string of operations across Iraq over the past four days, Iraqi and coalition forces detained 43 suspected terrorists, found several weapons caches, stopped an illegal checkpoint, and freed three captives, military officials reported. -- In Karmah, Iraq, coalition forces detained 12 suspected terrorists today. Intelligence reports indicate the detainees have key logistical ties to the al Qaeda in Iraq network and to improvised explosive device production. Reports indicate that they are responsible for the recent increase in IED attacks in the Karmah area. During the raid, coalition forces found several AK-47s and ammunition.

-- In Mosul, coalition forces captured a foreign fighter facilitator with ties to a senior al Qaeda leader responsible for bringing large numbers of suicide bombers into Iraq.

-- Special Iraqi police forces captured five members of an illegally armed militia and detained seven others during operations with coalition advisors yesterday near Kawam, south of Baghdad. The suspects are allegedly responsible for coordinating and carrying out numerous IED and other attacks against Iraqi police, Iraqi security forces and coalition forces in the Babil province.

-- A tip from a local citizen to an Iraqi army unit enabled soldiers to stop an illegal checkpoint in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Ghazaliyah yesterday. Shortly after noon, an unidentified Iraqi phoned Company C, 4th Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, stating that a number of men had set up an illegal checkpoint in a southern Ghazaliyah neighborhood. A patrol was dispatched to the area and upon arrival was engaged by AK-47 and pistol fire. The patrol returned fire but was unable to prevent the escape of the terrorists.

-- Coalition and Iraqi army soldiers detained 10 suspects and seized four caches in the Al-Doura district as part of Operation Wolverine Feast yesterday. The operation began as witnesses reported seeing several men load a mortar tube and ammunition into the trunk of a car. Soldiers of the 10th Mountain Division's Company C, 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, and 3rd Battalion, 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division, were alerted and cordoned off the target area. In the first objective they captured one wanted man with an 82 mm mortar system, two AK-47 assault rifles, a 9 mm pistol and two hand grenades. A sweep of a second targeted area uncovered six men with 10 120 mm mortar rounds. The third cache contained a 60 mm mortar system and various rocket-propelled grenade launchers and RPG rounds. Three men were detained at this location. The last cache contained several RPG rockets and accelerators.

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[NicknamedBob]

God shook up our snow globe here today. It didn't last, but it was pretty coming down.

Fog Flowers

I like to call them Fog Flowers, those tiny crystals of rain.
They carpet the world in silence, they glorify dirt in the lane.
There seems all a hush to their presence, the softest tinkle of sound,
And even the animals quiet, as a blanket descends on the town.

Some look upon it as frigid, but warming and soft is the throw,
The flowers asleep in the garden, will snuggle and smile under snow.
“But it makes the road too slippery!” I hear the complaints starting now.
As it furrows and windblows and softens the marks that were left by the plow.

You seem to not understand it, this miracle silently wrought.
For where will you go now to find it, when this is what you have sought?
A promise of hope from your Father, a gentle reminder of love,
Each entity fallen from Heaven, is getting a kiss from above.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 5, 2004

Fog Flowers

I like to call them Fog Flowers, those tiny crystals of rain.
They carpet the world in silence, they glorify dirt in the lane.
There seems all a hush to their presence, the softest tinkle of sound,
And even the animals quiet, as a blanket descends on the town.

Some look upon it as frigid, but warming and soft is the throw,
The flowers asleep in the garden, will snuggle and smile under snow.
“But it makes the road too slippery!” I hear the complaints starting now.
As it furrows and windblows and softens the marks that were left by the plow.

You seem to not understand it, this miracle silently wrought.
For where will you go now to find it, when this is what you have sought?
A promise of hope from your Father, a gentle reminder of love,
Each entity fallen from Heaven, is getting a kiss from above.

NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 5, 2004

[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Marines and local citizens unload donated goods from a KC-130 aircraft during Operation Goodwill Delivery II in Zamboanga, Philippines, Jan. 20, 2007. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. RamonaMarie G. Peñala

Marines based out of Okinawa, Japan, are distributing more than 25,000 pounds of clothes, food, health care items and sporting goods to Negros, Leyte and Legaspi communities throughout the Philippines during the second phase of this year's annual delivery.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. RamonaMarie G. Peñala

[Kathy in Alaska]

"Why don't you just leave it in the garage this time?"

LOL!!! That's where my vehicle is...in the garage.

[Kathy in Alaska]

The sun and the birds....nice.

I AM HAPPY THIS NATION IS BLESSED WITH OUR WONDERFUL ARMED FORCES.

Hear, hear!! God Bless them all!

[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Marines, Philippine army soldiers, and local residents work together to break down a pallet of supplies. Each year, U.S. Marines based in Okinawa, Japan, and their families donate clothes, food, and other items to thank the local community for welcoming the Marines to the area for annual bilateral exercises.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. RamonaMarie G. Peñala

Filipino children of Cavalry (SIC - me thinks it should be Calvary) Chapel Children's Home welcome U.S. Marines bearing donated items during Operation Goodwill Delivery II in Bacolod, Philippines, Jan. 20, 2007.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. RamonaMarie G. Peñala

[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Philippe Chasse visits with children at Calvary Chapel Children's Home during Operation Goodwill Delivery II in Bacolod, Philippines, Jan. 20, 2007.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. RamonaMarie G. Peñala

U.S. and Philippine service members pose for a photo with donated toys that they will distribute during Operation Goodwill Delivery II in Zamboanga, Philippines, Jan. 20, 2007.U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. RamonaMarie G. Peñala