FReeper Canteen ~ Marine Barracks Washington ~ 16 SEPT 2008

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

[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Marine Barracks Washington

Marine Barracks Washington, also known as "8th & I," is the oldest active post in the Marine Corps. Located on the corners of 8th & I streets in southeast Washington, D.C., the Barracks supports both ceremonial and security missions in the nation's capital.

The selection of the location of Marine Barracks Washington was of national and strategic interest. President Thomas Jefferson accompanied by the second commandant of the Marine Corps, Lieutenant Colonel William Ward Burrows, searched for a suitable location to station the Marines within proximity to the Washington Navy Yard and within "an easy marching distance of the Capitol."

The Body Bearer Section is a unit within Bravo Company, one of the ceremonial drill companies at Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C. The section is comprised of 15 Marine infantrymen whose primary mission is to conduct funerals for Marines, former Marines and Marine family members at Arlington National Cemetery and the surrounding cemeteries in the Washington, D.C., area.

The road to becoming a body bearer is not an easy one and has great physical requirements. A typical day for a body bearer includes ceremonial burial practice and hours of weight training and conditioning. The remainder of the day is spent attending infantry proficiency training classes.

The United States Marine Drum and Bugle Corps performs martial and popular music for hundreds of thousands of spectators each year. The Corps of more than 80 Marine musicians, dressed in ceremonial red and white uniforms, is known world-wide as a premier musical marching unit.

Throughout the summer months the unit performs in the traditional Friday Evening Parades held at the Marine Barracks, Washington, D.C., and in Sunset Parades at the U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial (Iwo Jima Monument) near Arlington, Virginia, every Tuesday evening.

These "Parades" are not street parades but are dramatic military ceremonies which are a symbol of the professionalism and discipline of the United States Marines. The Drum and Bugle Corps travels more than 50,000 miles annually, performing in excess of 400 events across the nation and abroad.

Learn More About Marine Barracks Washington 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

 

 

[tongue-tied]

Well, mostly new folks. Only skeleton crew here until tomorrow, so EVERYone I saw was new past few days. Plus pics of pilots on squadron board were mainly new people. We got 2 wimmen!! (Too cool btw, I'm just surprised we have 2 women pilots at once. I think our percentage is above average which is cool. Black Knights rule!)

We'll find out tomorrow if anyone remembers me, or if I'm treated as another "new guy". Too funny, I've been here for 4 years.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor...hope you had a nice weekend. Your teams performed well. Thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

No, not off tomorrow..
But it will be a short stint, 2-8pm, and I can sleep in!
I will have this upcoming weekend off too!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

No, not off tomorrow..
But it will be a short stint, 2-8pm, and I can sleep in!
I will have this upcoming weekend off too!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Sorry for the double post!
FR is wonky tonite!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Kate Smith ~ God Bless America

[luvie]

It’s okay. The same thing has been happening to me, too.

It’s getting really old!

Glad you at least get to sleep in tomorrow morning. That
helps! So does having a weekend off coming up! WOOHOO!

[Kathy in Alaska]

[tongue-tied]

LOL...changing the vocabulary must be due to spreading salt and stuff. I’m just theorizing here....

[Kathy in Alaska]

Don’t worry about the double posts....FR is causing all sorts of issues. Good evening, BTW, ms b...((HUGS))...I’m heading home in just a minute.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Don’t worry about the double posts....FR is causing all sorts of issues. Good evening, BTW, ms b...((HUGS))...I’m heading home in just a minute.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

It’s due to the SNOW, TT!
LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

And my comment double posted...LOL!! I’m gone.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

LOL
I saw that!
I thought you were showing me solidarity!
;0)

[tongue-tied]

Okay, gonna go scrape food into my gullet. I need sustenence for sleep and work (sigh) tomorrow.

G'night all!

[luvie]

Good night TT! So good to have you around again!

(((hugs)))

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
G’nite TT!
Welcome home, and thank you for your service!

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you Lauren for this evenings thread! *Hugs*

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Lauren!

Though I really don't like visiting Foggy Bottom, the Navy Yard and Marine Corps Barracks were safe havens. Thanks for tonight's thread.