FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip ~ Cape May, New Jersey ~ 11MAR 2008

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World | The Canteen Crew

[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Cape May, New Jersey

Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is the home of the Coast Guard enlisted corps - it is the U. S. Coast Guard enlisted accession point and recruit training center. The finest young men and women in service to the United States of America pass through the gates each year. The goal at Cape May is to graduate apprentices with the pride, commitment and basic skills to serve the American Public in the U.S. Coast Guard.

United States Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is the home of the Coast Guard enlisted corps and is the Coast Guard's only enlisted accession point and recruit training center.

Sewell Point, the area occupied by the Training Center, has a long history of naval presence. During the American Revolutionary War and throughout the nineteenth century, Cape May Sound was used as a harbor of refuge. In 1917, the Navy established a "section base" in Cape May, to provide training, vessel support and communication facilities for coastal defense.

Initially, the Navy converted an abandoned amusement center, built along the oceanfront, for military use. The old skating rink became the mess hall and sleeping quarters, the stage was made into a galley, the "human roulette wheel" -- a scrub table and the "barrel of fun" became a brig. When the old wooden structure burned down in 1918, the Navy built standard military facilities along the harbor front (some of these buildings still stand today).

Read More About the Cape May Training School!

The Cape May Lighthouse is a lighthouse located in New Jersey at the tip of Cape May, in the town of Cape May Point. It was built in 1859, was automated in 1946, and continues operation to this day. There are 199 steps to the top of the Lighthouse. The view from the top extends to Cape May City and Wildwood to the north, Cape May Point to the south, and, on a clear day, Cape Henlopen, Delaware, to the west.

The lighthouse is owned by the United States Coast Guard, which maintains it as an active aid to maritime navigation. The Coast Guard leases the structure and the grounds (but not the navigation equipment) to the State of New Jersey which, in turn, sub-leases the structure and grounds to the Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts (MAC).

MAC raises funds for the restoration and upkeep of the structure and allows visitors to climb to the top. On the way, MAC has placed interpretive exhibits about the lighthouse's history, the lives of the former keepers, and other maritime history of the Jersey Cape.

Learn More About the Cape May Lighthouse Here!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, WMM, and thanks for the video for the troops and families...nice!

[MeekMom]

Doin’ pretty good tonight. Just have some tummy cramps. Yucky! Tomorrow morning I go to see my Dr. then, hopefully visiting with my boy Craig. :D

You have a good day tomorrow too!
& don’t work too hard! :D

(((hugs)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Late as usual, Sarge...are you dug out? How’s Clifford?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, AZ, for the red, white, and blue tribute.

[Kathy in Alaska]

You and Craig have a great birthday visit...((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

How about a donut?

Coffee is always on........

Or a sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Just tryin to do what Brian would’ve done.

Thanks...he would have.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Extract her roots!

LOL!

[trussell]

 

By request...
Enjoy!

Music ping!
If you would like to be added to / removed from the Canteen Music Ping List,
please FReepmail Kathy In Alaska.

WARNING: This is an EXTREMELY HIGH-VOLUME PING LIST!!
You could get 100 or more pings on Friday and Saturday.

 

The Who - Pinball Wizard

 

Music provided for the entertainment of the troops, past and present, and their families.

 

Music may not be appropriate for all listeners.
If you think you may be offended, please don't click.
 

[tongue-tied]

Good day for you Ma? Not too crazy, 'puters all cowed into obedience?

Here is crappy warm, sunny, clear sky weather. Blech.

But good news: a guy that recently transferred steered some folks my way that wanted to help sponsor our schools. I am out of room in my corner or the room because of several boxes (stacked to the roof!) of school supplies, including laptops. My interpreter friends pointed out that the principal, supervisors, some teachers, etc. would see them as "their" laptops because they're so easy to pack up and take home, so they're working a deal out in town to trade the laptops for desktops that will stay where they belong. In a classroom set up for the kids.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, eleni121...thanks for stopping by.

[Pusterfuss]

Good morning Kathy. (22)

[Kathy in Alaska]

tt...good morning to you...((HUGS))...did you have a good lunch? My day went well. It’s 29 here, one of the few times below freezing in the last 2 weeks. Driving in the morning could be interestng if it stays this way....there is melt/water EVERYWHERE!!

That’s cool that you are getting more sponsors for your school. Interesting about the laptops...hadn’t thought about that. Hope the trade goes well.

[tongue-tied]

Good lunch overall really, great salad and veggies, but "steak" was tough as shoe leather. Oh well.

Yeah, and can't really scream "thief!" like we would in the west as it is really sort of a part of their culture here.

Some kind of gray area in the Koran or something, where no one is terribly surprised or offended that it would more than likely happen (the laptops would disappear) just simply stating it as a fact to me. And yet, I'll leave my laptop, cell phone - anything at all, laying around at work with no concern whatsoever that any of the guys wuld grab them.

Strange really, that on the one hand it is accepted but someone stealing from me personally would probably enrage them were it to happen. I mean, I'm their friend, you can't steal from T-T! LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Pusterfuss...((HUGS))...it’s 29 right now and I hope it warms up a tad by 7:15a when I need to be on the road. There is water everywhere and I don’t like ice.

I think the city might be out thawing drains on the main roads because there aren’t so many HUGE puddles with no place to go. We were talking at work..no one thinks winter is done.

Have a great Tuesday.

[tongue-tied]

Good lunch overall really, great salad and veggies, but "steak" was tough as shoe leather. Oh well.

Yeah, and can't really scream "thief!" like we would in the west as it is really sort of a part of their culture here.

Some kind of gray area in the Koran or something, where no one is terribly surprised or offended that it would more than likely happen (the laptops would disappear) just simply stating it as a fact to me. And yet, I'll leave my laptop, cell phone - anything at all, laying around at work with no concern whatsoever that any of the guys wuld grab them.

Strange really, that on the one hand it is accepted but someone stealing from me personally would probably enrage them were it to happen. I mean, I'm their friend, you can't steal from T-T! LOL

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. How's it going?

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[E.G.C.]

BTTT