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.

[Jet Jaguar]

LOL!

Those would have been some fine kids!

[Stephanie32]

Good evening!

[AZamericonnie]

So that’s what that whizzing noise was! LOL

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Hello Stephanie!
Welcome to The Canteen!

[ConorMacNessa]

Greetings To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, Our Veterans, Their Families, FRiends and To Our Allies!

Missing Man Setting

Never Forget Those Who Sacrificed All That We Could Live In Freedom!!

[laurenmarlowe]

ATLANTIC OCEAN (July 30, 2008) Members of the weapons department aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) transport ordnance in the ship's hangar bay during an ammunition onload with the Military Sealift Command fast combat support ship USNS Supply (T-AOE 6). The Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group is participating in Joint Task Force Exercise "Operation Brimstone" off the Atlantic Coast. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Wilyanna C. Harper/Released)

POPONDETTA, Papua, New Guinea (July 30, 2008) Steelworker 3rd Class Michael Featherston, assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133, hands out coloring books, crayons and frisbees to children attending the Uni Elementary School. NMCB-133 is working on the BottomTown Health Clinic Project, a Pacific Partnership engineering civic action project across the street from the school. (U.S. Navy photo by Lieutenant Amy Yoon/Released)

SOUDA BAY, Crete (July 30, 2008) The Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Alexandria (SSN 757) arrives for a routine port visit. Alexandria is on a six-month deployment in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Paul Farley/Released)

[AZamericonnie]

Happy Birthday DC & many happy returns of the day! *Hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, al....are you safe from all the fires?

[ConorMacNessa]

FREEDOM ISN’T FREE!

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It is purchased with the blood of Patriots!

[Stephanie32]

Thank you Connie, hope I did it right. (Hugs)

[al baby]

smoochs

[Stephanie32]

Thank you, I’m happy to be here!

[AZamericonnie]

Happy Birthday Jemiansterror & many happy returns of the day!

[ConorMacNessa]

THE SOLDIERS CODE

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The Soldier’s Code

1) I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense.

2) I will never surrender of my own free will. If in command, I will never surrender my men while they still have the means to resist.

3) If I am captured, I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.

4) If I become a prisoner of war, I will keep faith with my fellow prisoners. I will give no information or take part in any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior, I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me, and will back them up in every way.

5) When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am bound to give only name, rank, service number, and date of birth. I will evade answering further questions to the utmost of my ability. I will make no oral or written statements disloyal to my country and its allies, or harmful to their cause.

6) I will never forget that I am an American fighting man, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and in the United States of America.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower, August, 1955.

[Kathy in Alaska]

How ya doing this fine day, Sarge? Swording this weekend?

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*curtsey*
Good evening Sir Conor!
How dost thou fare this evening?

[laurenmarlowe]

Happy Birthday and Congratulations D.C.!!

[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.

[SandRat]

LOL!!!

[ConorMacNessa]

I fare well, thank thee. *BOW*