FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday!! ~ 17 April 09

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It’s Finally Friday!! ~

LIGHTNING FIGHTERS

Lightning strikes behind two F/A-18C Hornet strike fighters on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, April 8, 2009. Stennis is on a scheduled six-month deployment to the western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Elliott Fabrizio

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.

HARRIER OVERHEAD

An AV-8B Harrier piloted by U.S. Marine Capt. Daniel S. Fiust takes in fuel while training above Fort Hunter Liggett, Atwater, Calif., March 28, 2009. A KC-130J Hercules turboprop aircraft from San Diego-based Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 352 circled dozens of times, 22,000 feet above the remote Army post, and refueled the Harrier three times, pumping 15,000 pounds of fuel in total. Fiust is assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 513. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Gunnery Sgt. Scott Dunn

DEPLOYMENT BRINGS BROTHER, SISTER TOGETHER

Army Sgt. Jordane Lovin, right, shares a joke with her older brother, Army Pfc. Robert Lovin, at Camp Echo, Iraq, April 6, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Rodney Foliente

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The Mills Brothers ~ Tiger Rag

Creedence Clearwater Revival ~ Who’ll Stop The Rain

Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra ~ By The Light of The Silvery Moon

Clarence “Gatemouth” Brown ~ Better Off With The Blues

Hank Snow & The Rainbow Ranch Boys ~ I’m Movin’ On

RETIREMENT!

090414-N-2143T-002 SILVERDALE, Wash. (April 14, 2009) Military Working Dog "Benny" passes through side boys with Master-at-Arms 1st Class Allan Tetreault after his retirement ceremony at Naval Base Kitsap. Bangor. Benny retired after ten years of military service. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Maebel Tinoko/Released)

DEPLOYING

090414-N-6692A-026 PHILIPPINE SEA (April 14, 2009) The amphibious dock landing ship USS Tortuga (LSD 46) deploys amphibious assault vehicles from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (31st MEU) for a landing at Gray Beach, Philippines during Balikatan 2009. (BK09). Balikatan 2009 is an annual combined, joint-bilateral exercise involving U.S. Military and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel as well as subject matter experts from Philippine Civil Defense Agencies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Geronimo Aquino/Released)

Elvis ~ Aloha Oe

Junior Brown ~ Cagey Bea

Peter Rowan & Tony Rice ~ Walls of Time

Don Henley ~ Sunset Grill

Alaska Button Box Gang ~ Rootie Kazootie

COMING “HOME”

090413-N-0120A-251 SOUTH CHINA SEA (April 13, 2009) A CH-53E Sea Stallion helicopter assigned to the Air Combat Element of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit lands aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) as a landing craft utility vehicle approaches to enter the well deck. Essex is participating in Balikatan 2009, an annual combined, joint-bilateral exercise involving U.S. Military and Armed Forces of the Philippines personnel as well as subject matter experts from Philippine Civil Defense Agencies. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark R. Alvarez/Released)

MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS VISIT SOLDIERS IN BAGHDAD

Medal of Honor recipients retired Army Command Sgt. Maj. Gary Littrell, left, and retired Army Col. Robert Howard, center, sign and hand out copies of their award citations to soldiers serving in Multinational Division Baghdad with the 1st Infantry Division’s 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team on Camp Liberty, Iraq, April 14, 2009. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dustin Roberts

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

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

You mean the Confiscator-in-Chief?

[Izzy Dunne]

All they have in Maine is rocks.

Not exactly, no.

We got some big 'uns, ayuh, but in between them there's dirt.

And when the ground freezes, it freezes from the top down.

No big deal.

But when it thaws, it ALSO thaws from the top down.

Which means there's a whole lot of ice down below, and the melted snow, and rainwater has nowhere to go except to make soupy mud in between the rocks.

[ConorMacNessa]

May 1 is the traditional day here. I still have my tropicals inside.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening my,

Weather permitting my hands are going in the dirt this weekend.

[mylife]

That’s the fellow

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Evening, Taz.

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Mac. Hugs.

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Meeky, Hugs.

[SandRat]

HiYa

[Izzy Dunne]

Ah, you must be that dental-floss tycoon I been hearin' bout.

Raisin' it up.

Waxin' it down.

In a little box that you can

Sell uptown.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Good for you!
I’ve lived here all of my life.
When I was younger, I used to enjoy lots of winter sports.
I was pretty good at most of them, but skating was my favorite!
After a couple of knee surgeries, I can’t do that stuff anymore, so I cringe by the stove and complain!
*kidding*
Are you in Northern or Southern Maine?

[mylife]

Well,
Plant in pots because its to early to put in the garden unless you have blankets and such for your plants.

I just place them in the garage if bad weather is coming, and I transplant mid May

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
Hiya, Hon!
How are you this evening?

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

Yup, and by myself I don’t have no boss.

[mylife]

I love skating and sledding.

skiing kicks my butt

[Izzy Dunne]

I was in Rockland last night and heard the peeper frogs!

A bit early, I think.

They're not out yet on my pond (a dozen miles west of there).

Next stop BLACK-FLY SEASON!

[TASMANIANRED]

It’s about time you had some nice weather...

[SandRat]

100?

[SandRat]

100?

[SandRat]

100?