FReeper Canteen ~ Finally Friday ~ 1 August 08

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It's Finally Friday!! ~

KC-10s 'extend' air ops

A Navy F/A-18 Hornet fighter receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender over Afghanistan. On July 30, coalition tankers flew 63 sorties and off-loaded approximately 3.1 million pounds of fuel to 276 receiving aircraft. (DOD photo/Navy Lt. Peter Scheu)

Canteen Mission Statement

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

Getting a check up

An F-16 Fighting Falcon sits on a trim pad July 16 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Engine mechanics and crew chiefs were conducting tests to ensure all systems were fully functional before putting the fighter back into operational use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

Hurricane Dolly

Texas Task Force 1 convoy rolls through the aftermath of Hurricane Dolly July 24 towards South Padre Island, Texas. The convoy was composed of Army and Air Force National Guard members along with civilian emergency response team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)

Patti Page ~ Tennessee Waltz

Boxcar Willie ~ Cold Cold Heart

Jimmy Dean ~ Big Bad John

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ~ Hector The Hero

Roy Orbison ~ Almost Eighteeen

I'll be back soon

1st. Lt. William Jacks hugs his daughters Rachel (left) and Anna July 22 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., before deploying. Lieutenant Jacks is a B-1B Lancer pilot assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Marc I. Lane)

WHMC ECMO team

Airman 1st Class Andrew Pamintuan suctions the infant's endotracheal tube on the Wilford Hall Medical Center's extra corporeal membrane oxygenation transport cart in the neonatal intensive care unit at the Kapiolani Medical Center in Honolulu July 22. The ECMO team was needed to transport the critically ill infant to California for advanced medical treatment. Airman Pamintuan is a neonatal intensive care unit respiratory therapist assigned to the 59th Medical Operations Squadron. (U. S. Air Force photo/Maj. Kreangkai Tyree)

Kenny Ball ~ British Grenadiers

John Coltrane ~ Lazy Bird

Jimmy Murphy ~ Put Some Meat On Them Bones

Creedence Clearwater Revival ~ Have You Ever Seen the Rain

Chip Hanna & The Berlin Three ~ Old South Jamboree

No worries, it will fit

Air Force Reservists load an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter onto a C-5 Galaxy at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The Airmen are from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Allen)

Osan exercise tests Airmen

Airmen prepare an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft for an upcoming mission during a base-wide exercise July 21 at Osan Air Base, South Korea. The operational readiness exercise tests Osan AB Airmen's ability to execute combat operations, receive follow-on forces and defend the base from attack. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Boitz)

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, GodBlessUSA. How’s it going?

[GodBlessUSA]

Pretty good, thanks! How are you today? It’s been a busy week. I’m glad it’s Friday.

[E.G.C.]

Oh doing OK. Been doing some odds and ends and other stuff for Chuck.

Forecast to be in triple digits this weekend.

[beachn4fun]

woo hoo

[beachn4fun]

[MEG33]

104 predicted!..and days more of triple digits..Whew.. it is an oven in the afternoon...
Had a thunderstorm last night..and some welcome rain..It was not nearly enough...but I loved it while it lasted.

*HUGS*

[luvie]

You lookin' for me? :D

[luvie]

....and ya got it!

Wooooohooooo!!

[luvie]

What’ja do..take the woohoo and run away!

Sheesh! That’s no way to play! :D

(((hugs)))

Hope you and Booboo have a great weekend! (((hugz)))Booboo!

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!!

{{HUGS}}

[luvie]

Hmmmm...no one here? I might as well
go back to bed! :D

[luvie]

I’m glad you had some rain...we sure didn’t. Well, if you
count the 1/10th of an inch from Wednesday night, I guess
we got some, but it was like spitting on the street around
here!

[GodBlessUSA]

Thanks! Are ya still here? Sorry I disappeared, I had to run an errand.

Good morning to you! :) How are you today?
TGIF!
HUGS

[GodBlessUSA]

Oh no 104! I won’t complain now. I hope the heat breaks with lots of rain for you soon.

[GodBlessUSA]

[Stephanie32]

Thank you so much Jinx. She’s being admitted today to a large teaching hospital about an hour from us to see if there’s anything they can do. Only God knows now.

[GodBlessUSA]

LOL!! I love these adorable photos of Piper!! :)

[GodBlessUSA]

:)

backatcha

[beachn4fun]

Huh! I never got out of bed.

[Soaring Feather]

Gene Vincent~Be Bop A Lula