FReeper Canteen ~ Finally Friday ~ 03 October 08

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[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

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and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[SandRat]

Day is done, the weekend is mine, well minus what Mrs SR sys to do. Slooooowwww day.

How’s yours going?

[LakeLady]

THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR THE CAKE AND SONG AND BIRTHDAY WISHES!!!

[LakeLady]

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY, MIKEY!!!!!!!

[tongue-tied]

Pssst...hi Ma, running through.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Look at you, Mikey! Having a lot of fun swimming?

[Kathy in Alaska]

tt...((HUGS))...hard at work at your new duty station?

[tongue-tied]

{{HUGS}} Nope, still on leave and messing around. Will have to really go to work before too long but for now am just getting ready to move and packing and loading, processing travel claims from recent trip (woohoo whole year!), and enjoying quisine like burritos, chimichangas, pizzas and other frozen fare.

How ya doing?

[tongue-tied]

You around? In for hugs and such?

LOL Missing ya kiddo

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! We will have a party for you, BUT since you cook so well, YOU bring the eats. OK.....d:o)

[Radix]

 

Co-Ed Muslim Wheelchair Surfing...... Coming to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

[Radix]

 

OK Trigger, we make our escape move just after the guy in the top hat lowers the lights and blows his whistle.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Glad you are having a good time, getting some rest, I hope. ((HUGS)) No more Narmy man...back to a Navy man. Will you still be the Black Knights?

Working hard, under trying “conditions” at times. “They” just upgraded the system, and in the process seem to have broken other things....cutting checks this week was “interesting”. And “they” changed the spacing on the checks so that when folks tear off the edges to open them, they tear off the banking numbers. SOOO....we didn’t seal them, put a warning sticker on them, and put them in envelopes. Did they read the warnings...calls all day about tearing off the numbers.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
Missing you too, TT!
You here?
I’ve been fighting with the wood stove..
LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

I love it! Are you winterized? Snow is creeping down our mountains.

[tongue-tied]

Yikes. Well, at least “they” are upgrading their checks and making them user friendly....nyuk nyuk nyuk

[Kathy in Alaska]

Busy, but productive day...finally. Up until an hour ago we couldn’t print any checks, so had to be creative. We figured out a workaround for us. Can’t wait for the day to be over. Oh, it’s raining, and the snow is coming down the mountain.

[tongue-tied]

Hey you! Wish I could fight with a wood stove, or at least have a reason to.

Here, we're expecting MAYBE rain tonight and tomorrow. But no big percentage....sigh....like 30 or 50. Balls.

[tongue-tied]

You got snow?! I am so way very jealous.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

LOL
It was a brisk Autumn day..
A little rain, but then it cleared off and got breezy..
It’s only about 52 outside right now..
Pleanty of reason to fight with a wood stove!
Brrr!

[SandRat]

Oh, it’s raining, and the snow is coming down the mountain.

Is that normal for your neck of the woods?