FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday ~ 29 January 10

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It’s Finally Friday!! ~

LEADING FROM THE FRONT

U.S. Air Force Capt. Elberta Carter, an operating room nurse and a member of Joint Task Force Bravo’s medical element, assists Lt. Col. Ken Williams, a nurse anesthetist and member of Joint Task Force Bravo’s medical element, in caring for a five-year old Haitian boy at Haitian Coast Guard base Amiral Killick in Carrefour, Haiti, on Jan. 20, 2010. The boy was treated for a head wound and leg fracture. DoD photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Brandyn Hill, U.S. Coast Guard. (Released)

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.

MOUNTAIN MANEUVER

U.S. Special Forces dismount from a U. S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter while executing a pinnacle landing on a mountain peak to disrupt insurgent communications in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2010. The Black Hawk crew is assigned to Company A, 2nd Battalion, 82nd Aviation Regiment, 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Aubree Clute

RE-ENLISTMENT RELATIONSHIPS

U.S. Army Spc. Isaac Danner re-enlists aboard an Iraqi Department of Border Enforcement patrol boat in southern Maysan province, Jan. 9, 2010. He is an indirect fire infantryman assigned to the 2nd Squadron 13th Cavalry Regiment. "I wanted the ceremony to be a joint effort with the people I see every day and built relationships with," said Danner. "That's why we're here anyway, right?" U.S. Army photo

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Alabama ~ Song of The South

Bachman-Turner Overdrive ~ Rock and Roll Nights

Ketty Lester ~ Love Letters

Patsy Cline ~ Walkin’ After Midnight

Ace Cannon ~ Tuff

THE KIDS

Afghan children react as Cpl. Jesse Starko from Edmonton, Alberta from the Canadian Army Reservists attached to Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry walks past during an operation in Kandahar City, southern Afghanistan Thursday, Jan. 21. AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth

MOUNTAIN SEARCH

Soldiers with the U.S. Army Able Company, 3-509 Infantry Battalion head for a mountain to search for enemy fighters following an afternoon rocket and mortar attack on their base at Combat Outpost (COP) Zerak on Jan. 22, in Zerak, Afghanistan. Getty Images / Spencer Platt

Pat Boone ~ Speedy Gonzales

Bobby Darin ~ Clementine

Gary U.S. Bonds ~ Dear Lady Twist

Dan Seals ~ Two Dozen Roses

Shotts & Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band ~ Medley

WORKING OUT

Corp. Nicholas Birkner with the U.S. Army Able Company, 3-509 Infantry Battalion and of Fairview Heights, Ill. works out in the gym at Combat Outpost (COP) Zerak on Jan. 21, in Zerak, Afghanistan. Getty Images / Spencer Platt

MORTARS

Members of a U.S. Army mortar team fire on Taliban positions with a 120mm mortar, at Combat Outpost Michigan, in the Pech Valley, Kunar province, northeastern Afghanistan, Thursday Jan. 21. The soldiers from the 2-12 Infantry, Task Force Lethal at COP Michigan regularly receive small and large-arms fire from Taliban militants who operate in the hillsides overlooking the base. AP / Brennan Linsley

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

TAPS

RIP HM/2(FMF) Xin Qi, USN

Eternal Father Strong To Save

[Kathy in Alaska]

Aloha, Hawaii....a warming trend? And I found your liner.

[Star Traveler]

Well, lately (in the last few years or perhaps a decade), it seems to be more "normal", or getting to be that way.

But, then again, I think it's related to the decade of colder weather we're supposed to be having because of the Dalton Minimum-type of sunspot activity that we're having. This is supposed to lead to a decade or more of colder weather and shifting weather patterns for the world, and we've got that in Oklahoma, it seems... :-)

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy.

[SandRat]

Same here with some minor annoyances tossed in; just to season things. lol

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and rest well, Mac. Thanks for helping honor our military. And thank you for your service to our country.

Sending prayers for a quick and easy and perfect knee surgery in the morning.

[ColdOne]

Thanx..

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Rickster GloucesterVA....welcome, Vet. We thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, TMS...how goes your week so far? Lance in training? Thank you, as well, for your service to our country.

[BIGLOOK]

Best wishes, Doc.

You'll do fine.

Hope the nurses are cute.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Gut Shabbes, Mooch...any pleasure reading lately? I rarely have time for fun reading, but I just finished a really good Stephen J Cannell novel.

[Kathy in Alaska]

TAPS

RIP LCpl Zachary D Smith, USMC

Eternal Father Strong To Save

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello there, ColdOne...it warmed up today....it’s pushing 30...much too warm for winter.

[ColdOne]

Yes it is.. We are waiting for the other snow shoe to fall...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, AZ, for the red, white, and blue tribute.

[BIGLOOK]

We're going through a "drought" which happens yearly when it doesn't rain for a least a couple weeks.....sometimes a month. This year it's blamed on El Niño. last year it was blamed on the Pittsburg Steelers winning the Super Bowl.

Ho hum....we all know we're in for six months of rain when it ends.

Time to hit the beach!

[luvie]

Prayers for you to have a successful surgery and a rapid recovery, Conor! ((((hugs))))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Is the drought the weatherman tells you is happening as it rains?

[Kathy in Alaska]

As long as the annoyances were minor....and what would a day be without annoyances??

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Mayor, and thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.