[ConorMacNessa]

REQUEST PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD!

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!!!

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[LuvFreeRepublic]

hi

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks Lauren!

[Tanniker Smith]

Good evening, Lauren! Good evening, all!

[laurenmarlowe]

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 4, 2009) Aviation Boatswain's Mate Handling Airman Andres Garcia studies for a qualification exam in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Nimitz and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 are underway for a scheduled western Pacific Ocean deployment in support of the Maritime Strategy. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Robert Winn/Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sept. 3, 2009) Sailors prepare to man the rails on the flight deck aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73) as the ship returns to Yokosuka, Japan. George Washington is the Navy's only permanently forward-deployed aircraft carrier. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Marcos Vazquez/Released)

ATLANTIC OCEAN (Aug. 31, 2009) Members of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Mesa Verde's (LPD 19) flight deck crew prepare for the arrival of an MV-22 Osprey aircraft. Mesa Verde Sailors and approximately 375 Marines participated in an Amphibious Squadron/Marine Expeditionary Unit exercise used to test the capabilities of both entities during joint forces missions. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Hodges Pone III/Released)

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Lauren!

*HUGS*

Thanks for tonite's Road Trip to China Lake!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Goodness, I lived in Southern California for 25 years and I never heard about China Lake. Thanks for exposing me to something new. Great post.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Road Trip: Naval Air Warfare Center, China Lake

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[mylife]

Thanks for tonight thread Lauren!

You have a good holiday?

[Kathy in Alaska]

From Xerox ~ Let's Say Thanks to our Troops

Simple. Easy. Involve your kids.
We can each send thanks every single day.

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Lauren!

When my father (and nearly all my uncles) was in the Navy, it was Great Lakes San Diego, Long Beach, Brooklyn and Chesapeake Bay. Then when my turn came it was places like China Lake, Warner Springs, the Edwards Plateau and the jungle in Bulacan. O well.....a sailor's life!

[Mother of the Bride]

I worked there 20 years, lived in the area for 30. It was a great place to work and to raise a family.

[The Mayor]

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September 8, 2009

Comforted To Comfort

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READ: 2 Corinthians 1:3-11

[God] comforts us . . . that we may be able to comfort [others] with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. —2 Corinthians 1:4

While speaking to a group of Christian athletes, I asked them how they normally responded to hardships. Their responses included fear, anger, self-pity, aggression, despair, abusive behavior, apathy, and turning to God. I encouraged them to trust that God would comfort them and then use them to comfort others.

Just as I encouraged those athletes, Paul encouraged a group of believers in a town called Corinth. He reminded them that afflictions were inevitable for the follower of Jesus. Many were being persecuted, imprisoned, and oppressed—all because of their relationship with Jesus. Paul wanted the Corinthians to know that in the midst of their trouble God was their source of help. He would come to their side and help them to have godly responses. Then Paul gave one of the reasons God allowed suffering and brought divine comfort—so that the Corinthians might have the empathy to enter into other people’s sorrow and comfort them (2 Cor. 1:4).

When we suffer, let us remember that God will bring comfort to us through His Word, by the Holy Spirit, and through fellow believers. God does not comfort us so that we’ll be comfortable; we are comforted by God so that we might be comforters.

When you receive God’s comfort,
Be sure to pass it on,
Then give to God the glory
From whom the comfort’s drawn. —Hess

When God permits trials, He also provides comfort.
Bible in One Year: Proverbs 3-5; 2 Corinthians 1

[luvie]

Thanks for the great road trip, Lauren!

Hope you are doing well! ((((hugs))))...I’ve missed you!

[SandRat]

[SandRat]

Bajwan Boys

A local child sits on the curb with his friends during a combined presence patrol
with Iraqi police and U.S. Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade
Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division in Bajwan, Iraq, Sept. 5.

Photo by Spc. Canaan Radcliffe.

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Lauren, Kathy.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Everyone. Good morning to our AWESOME military, our allies, and their families

Thank you, Lauren, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.

Now for our local DC Metroland weather report

~ Today....Rain early...then remaining cloudy with showers in the afternoon. High 69F. Winds NNE at 10 to 20 mph. Rainfall near a half an inch.

~ Tonight....Showers this evening becoming less numerous overnight. Low 62F. Winds NNE at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 50%.

I suppose you know that I really don't want to be back at work today, right? I mean, I can think of better things to do with my time. Oh, well, at least it's Tuesday....

We're in for some rain most of the week, it appears. And, cooler temps. But, those are welcomed.

Looks like some really wicked weather around the country. Hope none of the FReepers have been affected by any of it.

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend.

Alrighty, we're coming up on the final days of the fiscal year so I will probably get a little busier as the days and weeks go by.

Time for me to make my rounds. But, you stay right where you are. Don't touch that dial. And, remember – I’ll be watching!

Now remember, the Canteen is

So, come on in and sit for a while. There's always plenty of coffee, pancakes, conversation, silliness, and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM

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Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above Honoring those who have served before.