FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday ~ 30 January 09

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It's Finally Friday!! ~

PATRIOTIC RAPPEL

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robbie Bean and Senior Airman John Ostrowske rappel with the American flag during the opening ceremony of an Arenacross 2009 series dirt bike race event in Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 17, 2009. Both airmen are pararescuemen assigned to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Libby Stevenson

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.

NAVY HONORS CIVILIAN JOURNALIST FOR SAVING MARINE'S LIFE

Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Paul Lefebvre, deputy commanding general for Multinational Corps Iraq, awards cameraman Chris Jackson with the Department of the Navy Distinguished Public Service Award at Al Faw Palace on Camp Victory, outside of Baghdad, Jan. 24, 2009. He received the award for saving a Marine from a burning vehicle in Afghanistan, Aug. 3, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joy Pariante

RAPTOR'S FLARE

A U.S. Air Force F-22 Raptor shoots out a flare during an air-combat training mission over Japan, Jan. 15, 2009. The F-22 is deployed to Kadena Air Base, Japan, from the 27th Fighter Squadron on Langley Air Force Base, Va., in support of U.S. Pacific Command. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Clay Lancaster

Elvis ~ Love Me Tender

Dean Martin ~ Memories Are Made of This

The Platters ~ The Great Pretender

Gogi Grant ~ The Wayward Wind

Pat Boone ~ I Almost Lost My Mind

VIETNAM VETERAN, FORMER STEELER SHARES LESSONS WITH GUARD

Bleier gives Army Capt. Doug Larsen an opportunity to try on Bleier's four Super Bowl rings at the North Dakota National Guard's 2009 Safety Conference in Bismarck, N.D., Jan. 24, 2009. Bleier was the keynote speaker for the conference. U.S. Army photo by Bill Prokopyk

PRESIDENTIAL PARADE

The U.S. Fife and Drum Corps marches down Pennsylvania Avenue during the 2009 presidential inaugural parade in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2009. More than 5,000 men and women in uniform are providing military ceremonial support to the presidential inauguration, a tradition dating back to George Washington's 1789 inauguration. DoD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Timothy Kingston

Perry Como ~ Hot Diggity

Kay Starr ~ Rock and Roll Waltz

Four Lads ~ No Not Much

Jim Lowe ~ The Green Door

Carl Perkins ~ Blue Suede Shoes

10th MOUNTAIN DIVISION LEADS NEW DEPLOYMENTS TO AFGHANISTAN

Armored vehicles move onto Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, as part of a convoy that carried soldiers to from the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team to the base from Bagram Airfield. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Amber Robinson

10th MOUNTAIN DIVISION LEADS NEW DEPLOYMENTS TO AFGHANISTAN

A soldier with the 10th Mountain Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team guides a truck loaded with equipment-filled metal containers on Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Amber Robinson

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

[PERKY2004]

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[luvie]

Didja?

[TASMANIANRED]

I’m plenty warm.

Have a hound plastered up against me right now.

Thanks for the kind thoughts.

[TASMANIANRED]

We used a bunch of them with Ike too. We got the wind without the wet.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
Thank you!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*smooch*
Did you fall down and go boom?
Wha happened?

[The Mayor]

Evenin Taz....

[MS.BEHAVIN]

That’s a typical winter in Maine!

[luvie]

Very true. I had forgotten about that!

It’s been a bad few months for your area!

[mylife]

Heyyup...

[luvie]

Beautiful, Perky! Thanks for sharing!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I made it home....my Mom called midway wanting to know when I’d be home....my Dad fell up the last stair yesterday. Now he was in the kitchen and he couldn’t get back to his chair in the living room. She needed help. Tomorrow I told her to call the doctor about a prescription for a walker, actually 2 walkers, one for upstairs and one for down. Then I told him to get on the internet and start looking for one of those “elevator” thingys that go up and down stairs.

I think I’m gonna have to get serious real quick about how to make this work. No way can my Mom help him get around. Figuring out how to keep him mobile during the day is #1 on my list, I think.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I hate to leave, but I hafta!
Off to me bedchamber!
Good night, and hugs alla round!

[Kathy in Alaska]

w h !!

Thanks, unique, for the WooHoo!!

TS.....#100!!
Taz.....#150 and #200!!

[luvie]

Nite, Sis!

I’ll be going soon, too!

(((hugs)))

Have a good Friday!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and rest well, ms b...*HUGS*
Thanks for all you do for our troops.

[HiJinx]

What a big baby...over 8 pounds?!?! Wow!
And he looks like a little prize fighter with all those red spots...just like our oldest at birth...

[TASMANIANRED]

My foot hooked over the puppy gate and down I went.

Got both knees.

Nearly threw the cat across the room.

[TASMANIANRED]

My foot hooked over the puppy gate and down I went.

Got both knees.

Nearly threw the cat across the room.

[TASMANIANRED]

LOL...

This is supposed to be the south.