FReeper Canteen ~ The Berlin Airlift Part 2: Operations ~ 10 December 07

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[PROCON]

or even better.. Do my sleeping for me?

Oh, I'm good at sleeping/napping, but we're in different time zones.

Wouldn't work!!/LOL

[The Mayor]

Good evening, your very welcome.

[Kathy in Alaska]

It has come to my attention that the link for Part 1 isn't working. Here it is... Link to Part 1

[Kathy in Alaska]

From Xerox ~ Let's Say Thanks to our Troops

Simple. Easy. Involve your kids.
We can each send thanks every single day.

[TASMANIANRED]

Shucks, I thought I had a solution for my insomnia...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Jade Falcon, for helping keep us free.

[tongue-tied]

‘Morning AZ, how’re you doing this evening? (LOL...confusing)

[tongue-tied]

Yeah, frozen right now this morning but will thaw and get messy later. They pulled the snow forecast for today, naturally.

Checked Kiev's forecast, they're getting snow for the next few days. Come January, I'll be building snowmen. Woohoo!

[Kathy in Alaska]

How is your day/evening going, Taz? Besides needing to build an ark. I’m gonna have to see where to order gopherwood.

[SevenofNine]

OH BOY I think maybe Tomkow lend the Israelis hand here there is report off Jerselum Post that IDf going used Tomkow version of Kitty cats to air out terrorists try get into Israel by tunnel

Also UK Sun has report of Gordan Brown p***ying out report he claim in upcoming Brit Christmas message to the troops War is over come back home Brit troops

[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band~National Anthem

[tongue-tied]

...wouldn't you like to see it from the beach, fishing?
Sounds like maybe I could break away from the cold for that. LOL I mean, FORCE myself and all. Rumor is, I may be hitting HI in March for some R&R. Still in the planning stage.

[AZamericonnie]

LOL...I’m not confused TT.

Did ya get a good breakfast?

Project going well?

[laurenmarlowe]

December 08, 2007 Lt. Gen. John M. Brown III, commander, U.S. Army Pacific, talks with Pearl Harbor survivor Darryl Finch prior to the 66th Anniversary Pearl Harbor Day commemoration Dec. 7. After the annual commemoration, the USS Oklahoma Memorial was officially dedicated.

Photo by Courtesy photo December 06, 2007 Field service representatives traveled to Camp Victory to train Soldiers on A2C2S system capabilities.

Photo by Staff Sgt. Curt Cashour December 07, 2007 Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander, Multi-National Corps - Iraq, greets Sheikh Sabah Athab Al-Janabi in Jurf as Sakhr, Iraq. Al-Janabi, one of the senior sheikhs in the area, has been working with U.S. Soldiers to eliminate Al Qaeda elements in the area.

[TASMANIANRED]

If I got a call about a hang nail today it would turn life threatening...

Procon has the Gopher wood market cornered.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Jade Falcon, for helping keep us free.

[tongue-tied]

Nice pics lauren! Morning too...er, evening to you.

[gpapa]

This Day in U.S. Military History December 10

1941: HM Ships Repulse and Prince of Wales sunk

The sinking of these powerful warships by Japanese torpedo bombers off Malaya came as a shock to those who had under-estimated Japan's military ability and had relied on the imagined impregnable Singapore naval base. The sinkings heralded the significance of air power in the Pacific war.

[tongue-tied]

No breakfast yet....gotta go shower and start day though. Will see you all later!

[KC-10A BOOMER]

I was privileged to be part of a KC-10 crew that flew in to an air show in 1987 to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the “Berlin Airlift.” This was when the Berlin wall and iron curtain were still up and deadly. The bell of the ball was the C-5A, because of it’s capability to carry so much cargo (we always referred to it as hauling trash), but they also liked the capability of the KC-10 to carry trash too. I will never forget going to “Checkpoint Charlie” in the American zone of Berlin. It was a very sobering experience. I can’t imagine the dangers to weather, Soviet aviation threats, and lack of proper crew rest the men who flew these missions to save Berlin from falling to Communism.