FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday ~ 17 July 09

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It's Finally Friday!! ~

SIDE BY SIDE

U.S. Air Force airmen load two Army Humvees onto a C-17 Globemaster III during a noncombatant evacuation exercise on Mackall Army Airfield, N.C., June 26, 2009. The airmen are assigned to the 621st Contingency Response Wing. During the exercise, the airmen on-loaded and off-loaded more than 1,500 passengers and 75 short tons of cargo and equipment. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Phelps

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ARMY GENERAL DAVID D MCKIERMAN RETIRES

U.S. Army Gen. David D. McKiernan and his wife, Carmen, pay respect during the national anthem prior to his full honors retirement ceremony on Fort Myer, Va., July 15, 2009. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison

PROUD DAD, PROUD DAUGHTER

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates greets West Point Cadet and daughter of Army Gen. David D. McKiernan, Stephanie McKiernan, prior to her father's full honors retirement ceremony on Fort Myer, Va., July 15, 2009. DoD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jerry Morrison

Henry Mancini ~ Peter Gunn

Barbara Fairchild ~ Another Lonely Night

Banjo Dan & The Mid-nite Plowboys ~ Fire In The Sugarhouse

The Kingston Trio ~ Stay Awhile

Bob Seger ~ The Fire Inside

APIA NATIONAL HOSPITAL, SAMOA

090701-N-9689V-004 APIA, Samoa (July 1, 2009) Seabees assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion (ACB) 1 and Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 1 renovate a building at Apia National Hospital during a Pacific Partnership 2009 engineering civic action project. Apia National Hospital is the primary medical facility for the residents of Upolu Island, Samoa. The Seabees will spend 10 days renovating the hospital's waiting area, conducting roof repairs, and applying non-skid surface to slippery walkways. Pacific Partnership is a humanitarian and civil assistance mission in the Pacific Fleet area of responsibility. This year Pacific Partnership will travel to Oceania, including Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga. The Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) serves as the enabling platform for Pacific Partnership. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Valcarcel/Released)

MAKING MUSIC IN UPOLU, SAMOA

090706-N-9689V-001 UPOLU, Samoa (July 6, 2009) Chief Musician Brian Chaplow, a member of the Pacific Fleet Band embarked with Pacific Partnership 2009, practices with members of the Royal Samoan Police Band before marching in a parade honoring National Library Week. Pacific Partnership is a humanitarian and civil assistance mission in the Pacific Fleet area of responsibility. This year Pacific Partnership will travel to Oceania, including Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga. The Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) serves as the enabling platform for Pacific Partnership. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Valcarcel/Released)

Jim Reeves ~ Chicken Hearted

Kitty Wells ~ She’ll Have To Go

Buck Owens ~ Cryin’ Time

The Clancey Brothers ~ All For Me Grog

Meatloaf ~ Paradise By The Dashboard Light

HONORING MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPEINT LT MICHAEL P MURPHY

090709-N-8848T-438 NEWPORT, R. I., (July 9, 2009) Daniel Murphy touches a plaque dedicated to his son, U.S. Navy Lt. Michael P. Murphy. Murphy, his wife, along with Lt. Murphy's mother, Maureen, left, and his brother John, right, were the special guests of honor at the dedication ceremony of the new Lt. Michael Murphy Combat Training Pool at Officer Training Command Newport. Also attending the dedication and unveiling was Rear Adm. Garry Bonelli, deputy commander, Naval Special Warfare Command, far right, and Rear Adm. Mark Boensel, commander, Navy Region Mid-Atlantic, left. The pool will be used by officer candidates and students at Officer Training Command Newport for swim qualifications. Murphy, a Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient, was killed in action in Afghanistan on June 28, 2005. Murphy was awarded the nation's highest military honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty for trying to call for help from an exposed location for his wounded four-man team against superior odds of between 30 to 40 enemy fighters. (U.S. Navy photo by Scott A. Thornbloom/Released)

SOLDIERS SCAN SKIES FOR MORTARS, ROCKETS

Army Pfc. Dustin Clark calibrates the sights on a radar system at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Iraq, June 28, 2009. Clark and other members of Echo Battery, 4th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, out of Fort Hood, Texas, detect mortar and rocket attacks. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. J. Princeville Lawrence

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey there, GB....so glad you had a wonderful visit.
Of course we knew you would.

Thank you, Coastie, for serving our country!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Man, I’ve had a terrible morning, it’s finally settling down, and you are gone a couple hours ago. Have fun!!

[amom]

I don’t know how I missed your post to me last night.

Well good morning to you TAS and I hope you have a great Friday.

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[HiJinx]

Pizza? Kewl!
That’s what we ended up having for dinner....

[HiJinx]

We need to go back to the time when Metrocenter opened up - they had an ice skating rink inside. I spent a lotta summer days in there...

[HiJinx]

And how does one resuscitate a mongoose?

I don't recall them being protected...why else would one want to resuscitate a mongoose? Dirty bugger probably deserved it!

[laurenmarlowe]

Thank you, thank you, it was a wonderful day! *HUGS*

[stephenjohnbanker]

LOL!

[HiJinx]

If you really want to get pics, get a trailcam at a local sporting goods store. They’re set to take pics of animals in the wild and can be set on a timer, or to trip from motion, plus other modes I’m not familiar with.

I’ve been receiving pics of elk, deer, bear, and a mountain lion from a friend who has one set up at a stock pond somewhere near Flagstaff, AZ.

[HiJinx]

When stuff like that is a bear, it seems to make it twice as hard. Happy editing to you.

Thanks for the comforting words, MA. I need them this week, too. Mooch, I hear exactly what you're saying...

[MEG33]

Sounds great..HiJinx...My joy is to see them live...and it gives me a great excuse to pull an all nighter watching for the baby raccoons..now that I am TRYING to sleep like normal folks do.