FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas ~ 30 NOV 2010

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

[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas

Sheppard Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located five miles north of the central business district of Wichita Falls, in Wichita County, Texas, United States. It is the largest training base and most diversified in Air Education and Training Command. The base is named in honor of Texas Senator John Morris Sheppard, a supporter of military preparations before WWII.

The host unit at Sheppard is the 82d Training Wing (82 TRW), which provides specialized technical training, medical, and field training for officers, Airmen, and civilians of all branches of the military and other Department Of Defense agencies.

The host unit on Sheppard is the 82nd Training Wing whose mission makes it the most diversified training base in AETC. The 82nd TRW provides specialized technical training, medical and field training for officers, enlisted and civilians of all branches of the military including the Air Force Reserves, Air National Guard and other DoD agencies.

Courses, resident and nonresident, exceed 1,100. More than 87,000 people graduate from basic and advanced courses ranging from pharmacy to power production, aircraft maintenance to budget and data systems each year. The wing also supports undergraduate pilot training as well as flying training to students from 13 NATO nations through the 80th Flying Training Wing.

 The 82nd, 782nd, 882nd and 982nd Training groups administer the 82nd TRW's training programs. The base receives major operational support from the 82nd Mission Support Group and the 82nd Medical Group. The 82nd Training Group educates and trains officers and Airmen to replenish the combat capability of the Armed Forces.

Personnel assigned to the group develop lesson plans and instruct more than 200 maintenance officer, aircraft maintenance and munitions maintenance courses and 37 Career Development Courses. The group is responsible for more than 30,000 Air Force, Defense Department and international graduates annually.

Learn More About Sheppard Air Force Base HERE!!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[MS.BEHAVIN]

A rock house off the coast of Burma.

[left that other site]

Happy Monday!

Here's a Rose for you to start the week.



ML/LTOS
(El Kabong)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Layers....d:o)

I watched the last hour, and will watch the whole show in a half hour.

God Bless and protect our military....they have a really tough job to do, and they do it well.

[TASMANIANRED]

Just a medical device.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...did you have a good day? Folks ready to get back to their lessons?

Thanks for the beautiful rose.

[TASMANIANRED]

Me too.

[mylife]

Aint that just bizarre?

I have always been fascinated by those rock formations in asia.

Is that Dr Sanjai Sanouk McSuess’s house?
Does he eat there with a mouse?

[TASMANIANRED]

Night my.

[darkwing104]

Good Evening Kathy!

Spent Thanksgiving with in-laws in West Palm Beach. How was your Thanksgivings?

[TASMANIANRED]

Lovely but the base looks a little unsound.

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening El Kabong.. Hugs.

[Kathy in Alaska]

No thank you....I don’t like being concerned about the first step. LOL!

But how in the heck did they build that, and WHY????

[MS.BEHAVIN]

1..2..3..Awwww.....

[MS.BEHAVIN]

LOL
It’s kinda cool..
The gondola looks a little iffy..

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night, my. Thanks for helping honor our military, and thank you for your service to our country.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I dunno, Ma!
LOL

[HiJinx]

Oh, yeah, that machine! I remember now, Nana had to do her exercises on it three times a day. What fun...!

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Ever seen an iceberg like this, Ma?

[mylife]

I agree with Tas.

The foundation looks iffy.

Perhaps its the residence of Sylvester McMonkey McBean

[MS.BEHAVIN]

*HUG*
Hiya Jinxy!
Hope you are enjoying the pics!