~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~
~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
TICKLE TEST
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Chester Perez, center, tickles a child during a community event at the Sung Ae Won Orphanage in Busan, South Korea, Jan. 13, 2011. Perez, an aviation electronics technician, is assigned to the USS Carl Vinson, which is deployed to the western Pacific Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Adrian T. White
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.
PARACHUTE PALLET
A training pallet falls from a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during a training mission over Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, Jan. 11, 2011. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Mike Meares
CONTROLLED BLAST
U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Matthew Rigsby and Air Force Staff Sgts. Devlin Long and Scott Underdoll detonate a controlled disposal of an improvised explosive device near Espandi, Afghanistan, Jan. 10, 2011. Rigsby, Long and Underoll, all explosive ordnance disposal technicians, are assigned to Forward Operating Base Ghazni. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin Howe
COUGAR VIEW
Observation Post Cougar overlooks villages and Combat Outpost Delorean in the Bala Murghab valley in Afghanistan's Badghis province, Jan. 18, 2011. U.S. Army scouts and Afghan soldiers continue to hold the high ground in southern Bala Murghab. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace
GRATEFUL MAN
An Afghan man talks through an interpreter, right, to U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nicholas Lewis, left, in Nawbor village in the Bala Murghab district in Afghanistan's Baghdis province, Jan. 16, 2011. Lewis, a scout, is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 7th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade. The man thanked the U.S. and Afghan forces for ridding his village of insurgents and bringing a better life to the village children, who gathered on the hill. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Kevin Wallace
BEACH BUILDERS
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Blake Johns and Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel Monroe prepare to place concrete bollards on Cable Beach at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Jan. 13, 2011. Johns, a steelworker, and Monroe, a builder, are assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 28. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Leona Mynes
JUMPING COMMAND
Active duty and reserve component U.S. Navy Seabees secure and fortify a remote combat outpost on the eastern edge of Khavejeh Molk, Afganistan, Dec. 13, 2010. The village is located approximately 25 miles north of Kandahar and is being used as a patrol base for the U.S. Army 1st Battalion, 66th Armored Regiment. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Michael B. Watkins
LOGAR LOOKOUT
U.S. Army Pfc. Ryan B. Stuart provides security for Afghan forces in the Kharwar district in Afghanistan's Logar province, Jan. 11, 2011. Stuart is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 30th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Task Force. U.S. and Afghan forces recovered two caches and detained four people during the two-day operation. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Cooper T. Cash
IN MARJAH
U.S. Marines and Afghanistan National Army soldiers debark a CH-53E Sea Stallion during Operation Integrity, in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 15, 2011. The Marines are assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment. The operation's goal was to cordon off a suspected hotspot for Taliban activity, search for weapon and IED caches, disrupt enemy logistical operations and gather census data on locals in the region of Sistani. ISAF photo
LOOK BACK
U.S. Marines and Afghanistan National Army soldiers look out the back of a CH-53E Sea Stallion as it takes them to their insert positions during Operation Integrity in Marjah, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 15, 2011. The Marines are assigned to 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment. ISAF photo
Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.