FReeper Canteen ~ Finally Friday ~ 03 October 08

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It's Finally Friday!! ~

STORM-STALLED REAPER

An MQ-9 Reaper sits in a hangar during a sandstorm at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 15, 2008. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jason Epley

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.

Pearl Harbor Port Call

080930-N-5476H-032 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Sept. 30, 2008) Visitors to the USS Arizona Memorial gather along the shore to watch as the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) moors pierside for a brief port visit to Pearl Harbor Naval Station. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility operating in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Hight/Released)

USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Renders Honors

080930-N-5476H-008 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (Sept. 30, 2008) The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) renders honors to the USS Arizona Memorial as the ship enters Pearl Harbor Naval Station for a brief port visit. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility operating in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Hight/Released)

Buster Bailey ~ Jazzbo Brown From Memphis

Fletcher Henderson ~ Shuffling Sadie

Jabbo Smith's Rhythm Aces ~ Lina Blues

Johnny Dodds ~ Flat Foot

King Oliver ~ Snag It

Deployment

080928-N-1120L-130 GULFPORT, Miss. (Sept. 28, 2008) Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 7 board their aircraft to deploy to locations throughout the Middle East. NMCB-7 is deployed to provide construction support to U.S. Forces Central Command supporting Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael B. Lavender/Released)

Home Again

080927-N-5758H-229 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (Sept. 27, 2008) Machinist's Mate 2nd Class Clint Latimer, assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS Nassau (LHA 4), greets his 19 month old daughter upon his return from a week of supporting local, state and federal authorities in recovery effort for Galveston, Texas, in the wake of Hurricane Ike. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication 3rd Class Specialist Kenneth R. Hendrix/Released)

Louis Armstrong ~ Skid-Dat-De-Dat

Mezz Mezzrow ~ I'se A'Muggin

Muggsy Spanier ~ Riverboat Shuffle

Red Nichols ~ Original Dixieland One Step

Scott Joplin ~ The Entertainer

CANOPY VIEW

The refueling boom from a KC-135 Stratotanker arches over an F-15 Eagle as it refuels the aircraft over eastern Florida, Sept. 20, 2008. An F-22 Raptor and another F-15 Eagle from Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., are participating in the training mission with the Mississippi Air National Guard. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Scott Reed

GABBI'S HUNT

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Stacey Harrington, not shown, waits as his Military Working Dog "Gabbi" searches the Neighborhood Activities Center prior to a Business Development Seminar in the Gazaliyah district, Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 21, 2008. Harrington and Gabbi are assigned to the 435th Security Forces Squadron attached to 4th Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Charles W. Gill

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Marilyn is going to make quite the splash. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks for unique for the graphic.....

[amom]

Isn’t that the way? Glad you made it through and I truly hope she remembers and can relay so you have less silliness. It’s already a lot to stay on top of...sheeze.

On lunch break. Gotta run back.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Micro-croak technology: The Nuremberg Zoo is making great strides in breeding ultra-compact tree frogs.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Balancing act: South Korea's Kwon Won-tae walks a cable stretching 1,000 meters across the Han River during the World High Wire Championships in Seoul. The halo around the sun is caused by lens refraction.

[dfwgator]

Balancing act: South Korea's Kwon Won-tae walks a cable stretching 1,000 meters across the Han River during the World High Wire Championships in Seoul. The halo around the sun is caused by lens refraction.

The perfect headline for that picture would have been, "Skywalker Crosses Han Solo."

[Kathy in Alaska]

Off the zebra fence, over the ostrich pen, nothing but throat: Zookeepers shoot hippo hoops at Germany's Cologne Zoo.

[Kathy in Alaska]

The new head of the British Museum: A visitor to the new Statuephilia exhibit in London contemplates "Mask II" by Ron Mueck.

[Radix]

 

Godfather, I must tell you (after having a drink first) as a result of last night's debate, Joe Biden now sleeps with the Vulcans.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh my gosh, Radix.....that is PRICELESS!!! I knew you would has a good caption.

[Kathy in Alaska]

When I was your age [lick, lick], I couldn't reach [lick, lick] this spot either: Mother knows best at the Persian leopard habitat at France's Douz-la-Fontaine Zoo.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, dfwgator....I had to go read it again. You picked a perfect caption! Good job!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shut your mouths, girls! The gnats are particulary bad today in Broken Bow, Neb.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the woohoo!

Luv.....#50!!
HJ.....#100 and #150!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Psst. Your choices are, go faster or be eaten. Any questions? A circus marking China's National Day in Xiamen, Fujian Province, features one of the stranger equestrian acts you'll ever see. (AP)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Birthday, LakeLady!!

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[HiJinx]

Whose brilliant idea was this????

What can I say? They love her cooking.

[LakeLady]

Oh how cruel and evil are the woes of this world,
That would remind an old fart she’s no longer a girl!!!!!

I truly, truly, truly don’t feel any older and I am ready to rock on. Y’all wanna come with me?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy 3rd Birthday, James Valentine Michael!!

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