~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~
~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops ~
ARMFUL OF FAMILY
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Kyle Peterson reunites with his wife and his daughters after returning from a three-month deployment in Bangor, Wash., Nov. 20, 2010. Peterson, a machinist's mate is assigned to the guided-missile submarine USS Michigan. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early
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.
FLARE PATTERN
A Cougar AS3/32 helicopter tests its flares during a tactical exercise over Badghis, in western Afghanistan, Nov. 28, 2010. Photo by Commander Major Ignacio Rosales de Salamanca Rodriguez
CHARGED UP
A demolition charge detonates 1,500 meters from the Avenger-class mine countermeasures ship USS Scout on Nov. 19. 2010. The charge was built and detonated by sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit 1 and Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, during joint mine countermeasures training during maritime security operations in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Lee Kelsey
FIRE IN THE HOLE
Gun Team Five fires a round from a M777A2 howitzer at Camp Sendai, Japan, Nov. 23, 2010, in the Ojojihara Maneuver Area during Artillery Relocation Training Exercise 10-3 Ojojihara. The Marines are assigned to the 3rd Marine Division's, Battery B, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, III Marine Expeditionary Force. The Marines are conducting live-fire artillery training to maintain operational readiness of the artillery battalion in support of the U.S. – Japanese security alliance. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Garry J. Welch
Alan Jackson & Jimmy Buffett ~ It’s 5 O’clock Somewhere
Bill Haley ~ Rock A Beatin’ Boogie
Fats Domino ~ Walking To New Orleans
Charlie Daniels Band ~ In America
Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ~ The Green Hills of Tyrol
RESCUE ROBOT
An all-terrain, search-and-rescue humanoid robot simulates how a soldier or item up to 500 pounds can be lifted and carried, and how it can grasp fragile objects without damaging them at Fort Detrick, Md., Nov. 22, 2010. U.S. Army photo by Barb Ruppert
AIR INSERTION
Two CH-47 Chinooks insert soldiers from D Company of The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 5th Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Scotland, and officers from the Afghan National Police into Helmand Province, Nov. 16, 2010. British soldiers and Afghan police mounted an air insertion operation to re-establishing government control in an area of Helmand province previously under heavy Taliban influence. NATO ISAF photo
PURPLE HEART
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class John Kremer, center right, an explosive ordnance disposal technician, speaks with Vice Adm. Richard W. Hunt, right, commander of the U.S. 3rd Fleet, in San Diego Nov. 22, 2010, after a ceremony in which Hunt presented Kremer with the Purple Heart. Kremer lost his legs in combat while serving in Afghanistan and received the decoration in recognition of the injuries he sustained. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristopher Regan
Gaither Vocal Band ~ I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day
Roger Whittaker ~ The Twelve Days of Christmas
Wurlitzer Band Organ ~ Christmas In Killarney
Ed Ames ~ Away In A Manger
Dolly Parton ~ Winter Wonderland / Sleigh Ride
TAKING COVER
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Stephen Held takes a break under an aircraft to hide from the snow during an exercise on the flight line at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Nov. 21, 2010. Held, a crew chief, is assigned to the 391st Fighter Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Renishia Richardson
TOP 1 PERCENT
U.S. Coast Guardmen 3rd Class Cadet Erin Talbot practices in the swimming pool at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Nov. 17, 2010. Talbot is on the Board of Trustees List, the most prestigious honor at the Coast Guard Academy, and is among the top 1 percent in the rankings of the more than 1,000 cadets at the academy. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi
BARREL RACER
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Val Baker rounds the second barrel during the barrel racing competition at the Professional Armed Forces Rodeo Associations World Finals in Glen Rose, Texas, Nov. 20, 2010. Baker, stationed on Fort Huachuca, Ariz., earned first place in the Woman's All-Around, winning top honors in the rodeo while competing in five events. U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Jack Braden
Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.
Lamh Foistenach Abu!