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FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops ~ 28 January 11
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 01/27/2011 6:02:08 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska




~ 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




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and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.




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1 posted on 01/27/2011 6:02:14 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Aloha Night Owl!


2 posted on 01/27/2011 6:02:40 PM PST by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul Congress!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Woo-Hoo!

Proudly Supporting The

U.S. Armed Forces!


3 posted on 01/27/2011 6:02:41 PM PST by PROCON (Republicans: we elected you, DON'T let us down; 2011: the year of REPEAL!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Good evening, Kathy! *hugs*

It's FINALLY FRIDAY!!

4 posted on 01/27/2011 6:03:14 PM PST by oldteen
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To: Kathy in Alaska

IN!


5 posted on 01/27/2011 6:03:28 PM PST by 2111USMC
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

* * * * * * * * * * * *

Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

* * * * * * * * * * * *

Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

* * * * * * * * * * * *

God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up


6 posted on 01/27/2011 6:03:28 PM PST by HopeandGlory (Hey, Liberals . . . PC died on 9/11 . . . GET USED TO IT!!!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Thanks to all the brave men and women who stand between me and the swamp.


7 posted on 01/27/2011 6:04:53 PM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

WOO-HOO!!!!!!


8 posted on 01/27/2011 6:05:16 PM PST by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Kathy in Alaska






Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~


9 posted on 01/27/2011 6:05:43 PM PST by AZamericonnie (No trees were destroyed in posting this message, but many electrons were terribly inconvenienced!)
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To: BIGLOOK
Aloha BIG guy! *hugs*

Everything OK over there?

10 posted on 01/27/2011 6:08:03 PM PST by oldteen
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Thank you for this evenings thread Kathy of our finest at work! *hugs*

This is actually quite beautiful isn't it?!

11 posted on 01/27/2011 6:09:24 PM PST by AZamericonnie (No trees were destroyed in posting this message, but many electrons were terribly inconvenienced!)
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To: PROCON
Hi there! *hugs*

You still dealin' with the fog?

12 posted on 01/27/2011 6:09:39 PM PST by oldteen
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To: 2111USMC
Evenin' Marine! *hugs*

How's everything your way?

13 posted on 01/27/2011 6:11:32 PM PST by oldteen
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Anyone have an .mp3 of “Here I Am Lord”?


14 posted on 01/27/2011 6:12:03 PM PST by raybbr (Someone who invades another country is NOT an immigrant - illegal or otherwise.)
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To: oldteen
Hi Teenie!!

It turned out sunny late this PM after fog and just a gorgeous crimson sunset a few minutes ago!!

Woo-Hoo, I have a 3-day weekend coming up!

How ya doing ?!

15 posted on 01/27/2011 6:13:03 PM PST by PROCON (Republicans: we elected you, DON'T let us down; 2011: the year of REPEAL!)
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To: HopeandGlory
Good evening, Hope! *hugs*

Thank you for tonights pledge!

16 posted on 01/27/2011 6:13:06 PM PST by oldteen
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~ FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops ~

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and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

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17 posted on 01/27/2011 6:13:06 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: Izzy Dunne
Hi there Izzy! *hugs*

Nice to see you!

How ya been?

18 posted on 01/27/2011 6:15:23 PM PST by oldteen
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To: SandRat
Evenin' Sandy! *hugs*

A good day for ya? Busy, busy?

19 posted on 01/27/2011 6:16:32 PM PST by oldteen
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To: oldteen
Aloha Teenster!

Of course everything is ok, just as has been promised by Foggy Bottom. We're muddling through in Paradise
20 posted on 01/27/2011 6:17:13 PM PST by BIGLOOK (Keelhaul Congress!)
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