FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday ~ 09 July 10

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It's Finally Friday!! ~

HOMECOMING

More than 60 U.S. Army soldiers returned from a 9-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom at the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn., July 1, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to the 204th Area Support Medical Company. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dajon N. Schafer

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.

HOMECOMING HUGS

U.S. Army Spc. Nathaniel Wassink, left, hugs his family after a nine-month deployment to Basrah, Iraq, at the armory in Cottage Grove, Minn., July 1, 2010. Wassink is assigned to the 204th Area Support Medical Company. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Dajon N. Schafer

REMOTE CONTROL

A U.S. Air Force airman assigned to an explosive ordinance disposal unit controls a robot from a remote vehicle near a road bomb found south of Babus village in Pul-e Alam district, Logar province, Afghanistan, June 29, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Theodore Schmidt

AMPHIBIOUS ACTION

U.S. Marines return to the amphibious transport dock ship USS New Orleans after repairing the transmission of an amphibious assault vehicle on a beach in Ancon, Peru, July 4, 2010. The Marines are assigned to the 1st Marine Division's Charlie Company, 3rd Assault Amphibian Battalion aboard the New Orleans to support Partnership of the Americas/Southern Exchange, an exercise with maritime forces from Argentina, Mexico, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Brian J. Slaght

Andre Rieu ~ Toselli Serenade

Tex Ritter ~ Arizona Days

Foster & Allen ~ The Gambler

Jan and Arnie ~ Gotta Getta Date

John Prine ~ Big Fat Love

HOLIDAY DISPLAY

Soldiers assigned to Company C 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, throw chemical lights into the air to take the place of fireworks during an Independence Day celebration in Iraq, July 4, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kimberly Hackbarth

KNEE WATCH

U.S. Army Sgts. Anthony Limon, front, and Aaron Hestand keep watch during a patrol near Combat Outpost Sangar in Zabul province, Afghanistan, July 3, 2010. Limon and Hestand are assigned to Company D, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. William Tremblay

TEACHING MOMENT

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jesse Watson, left, an assaultman assigned to Headquarters and Support Company, 1st Tank Battalion, trains with a Bulgarian soldier in using nonlethal ammunition in a Mossberg shotgun at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, July 2, 2010. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. R. Logan Kyle

Charlie Rich ~ Break Up

Creedence Clearwater Revival ~ Cotton Fields

Dion & The Belmonts ~ Lonely World

Eddy Raven & Jo-El Sonnier ~ Zydeco Lady

Herb Ellis ~ Lemon Twist

SAFETY MISSION

U.S. soldiers and airmen in a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle move through an Afghan village to ensure roads are safe for travel in the Pul-e Alam district in Logar province, Afghanistan, June 29, 2010. The troops are assigned to teams to detect and dispose of improvised explosive devices and ordnance. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Theodore Schmidt

RAINBOW’S RIM

A rainbow over the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan falls onto the USS Arizona Memorial at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, July 2, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class N. Brett Morton

WATER DROP

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Nine and Lance Cpl. Mark Kobus push a case of water rigged with a disposable parachute out of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during an experiment to find new ways of delivering emergency supplies to troops on the ground over Drop Zone Jake, Afghanistan, July 1, 2010. Nine and Kobus are assigned to the 1st Reconaissance Battalion. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ryan Rholes

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

[oldteen]

Evenin' ML! Were you told that before or after the ride?

[Travis T. OJustice]

It was easier last week when the servers were really slow.

[TASMANIANRED]

My gardening buddy sent beans by the buschel.

We’ve been getting plenty of squash and zukes.

[oldteen]

I just love them southern bless your hearts...lol.

[Travis T. OJustice]

How about that duckboat ride in Philly whacked by a barge?

Man, I worked on the big dig in Boston, we’d always try to do our best to make the duckboat riders feel apart of the town, that sure would suck to know one went down with someone we had conversed with 10 minutes before!

I hope they find the missing two alive and well, but I’m doubtful. :(

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Friday, Travis T...((HUGS)) Got plans? Nice weather?

[BIGLOOK]

'83 at 11 pm'.....I can only guess what your day time temperature was.

When I was a kid and the heatwaves of late summer would roll in, my father would string up net hammocks for us to sleep in nights. It was cooler that way; we never had AC them.

[TASMANIANRED]

Agony, agony.

[TASMANIANRED]

☺

[TASMANIANRED]

What’s a duck boat?

[luvie]

Howdy, Sissy! (((hugs)))

You are off for another weekend???? That’s awesome! Hope you do something really fun!

[Travis T. OJustice]

I’m in CT and the heat has been pretty bad, not so bad tonight. Execting a cold front on saturday, so probably just hang with my babies as the storms pass, but hoping to get some offshore fishing in friday night, and probably take my babies (incoming HS freshman) to sixflags with the Ford Exploder loaded with friends.

How about you? Are you near water? Only way I could live up there is fishing was really close by, preferably a small scale commercial operation that paid the bills.

[TASMANIANRED]

We didn’t have ac either.

We had a monster fan up in the attic.

It exhausted so there was always a breeze being pulled through the house.

[TASMANIANRED]

I don’t think it hit 100 today but it was close.

[left that other site]

Of course a dirty trick! is there any other kind?

[left that other site]

Why, DURING the ride, of course!

[Travis T. OJustice]

In WWII, they used amphibious vehicles to transport soldiers. If you watched Band of Brothers, ou saw many of them. Most cities now use them for a combined bus ride tour with a tour from the water as well.

In WWII, they looked like this:

In Boston, they now look like this:

As a guy who spent 13 years working in Boston, and growing up in massachusetttes, I'd vouch for the fact it's definitely worth the cost of the ride!

[luvie]

Our humidity has been a bit higher, too, but at least my
lips aren’t permanently chapped any more! LOL!

[oldteen]

Very sad, indeed. Prayers up!

[luvie]

Shall I do a “cool weather” dance? LOL!