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

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

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~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

 

 

[Mrs.Nooseman]

It's one of those A$$ clowns from IVAW.

I had the pleasure to counter protest those A..wipes at the GOEIII in September of last year.

Funny thing is they are only brave enough to engage Patriots and Soldiers when they are in a group,but are silent when they are alone.

They are cowards and some probably never even seen combat or have never served for our country.

We got to see one of those cowards at the airport after the protest.
It just so happened that a bunch of our heroes where at the same terminal coming home from Iraq.
My daughter and I thanked each and everyone of our heroes for their service and the idiot turned beet red,but never said a thing.

To boot it all, my daughter said that he could not have been in the military since he had tattoos running up both of his arms and they did look like he had them for a long time.(faded)

She knows her stuff and is very observant.The moron got very uncomfortable and moved away from the terminal.

Our Heroes had noticed him as well,since her wore his stupid IVAW T-shirt and just shook their heads.

I was ready to engage the idiot if he would have uttered just one word against our Heroes,but he never did.

They are Cowards and my then 14 year old could have debated him until he would have cried.

Anyway enough of this.The Canteen is supposed to be a fun place for our troops and Veterans.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

ROFLOL.

That is funny.

[Arrowhead1952]

No, not any additional rain yet. We may have more storms on Thursday. Yesterday was the wettest Mar 10th ever recorded in Central Texas. Some places had over 3.75”. There was some minor localized flooding.

[Arrowhead1952]

To boot it all, my daughter said that he could not have been in the military since he had tattoos running up both of his arms and they did look like he had them for a long time.(faded)

If they were faded, he may have never been in the military, because he could not have had any visible tattoos when wearing the Class A uniform by the older regulations.

From the link below:

"Tattoos are now permitted on the hands and back of the neck if they are not “extremist, indecent, sexist or racist."

Army Changes Tattoo Policy

[Mrs.Nooseman]

That is what we thought.

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!!

{{HUGS}}

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, gpapa, for This Day in US History.

[luvie]

That is scary! Guess if I ever decide to go, I’d better start saving my pennies reeeeealy early! LOL!

Talk later!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, beachy...((HUGS))...sorry your mouth is still sore.

[Mrs.Nooseman]

You better.

See Ya later.

[luvie]

I am sorry that I had to go catch a plane! LOL! That would
have been something to see, Pretty_Kitty mopping the floor with a coward!

Now...back later! LOL!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

LOL.

Well she didn’t get to mop the floor with him, because the coward did what cowards do and stayed silent.

Later Gator.

[MeekMom]

Thank you so much friends!

((hugs))

P.S. What a lovely cake, Arrowhead! :D

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

beachy.....#450!!

[Mrs.Nooseman]

You are welcome.

Enjoy your day.

{{{HUGS}}}

[Arrowhead1952]

You are welcome. Have a Great Birthday.

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