~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~
~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
CIRCUS CELEBRATION
U.S. Navy sailors display the colors during the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus military appreciation show in Jacksonville, Fla., Jan. 22, 2011. The sailors are assigned to Naval Air Station Jacksonville. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gary Granger Jr.
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.
ROCKING THE BOAT
Two Coast Guard 47-foot lifeboat crews maneuver in the surf during a class at Umpqua River near Winchester Bay, Ore., Jan. 18, 2011. This class gives boat drivers the opportunity to practice and maintain their skills in the heavy surf conditions notorious to the Pacific Northwest. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Shawn Eggert
BLENDING IN
U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathon Schannep and Sgt. Daniel Kahn blend in with their surroundings during hydrographic reconnaissance training at Marine Corps Training Area Bellows in Waimanalo, Hawaii, Jan. 13, 2011. The training was part of a jump-and-dive package that brought the unit, headquartered in Alameda, Calif., together with their Hawaii-based counterparts. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Reece E. Lodder
SUMMIT SEARCH
U.S. Army Sgt. Nick Andrews looks into the valley from a mountaintop outside the village of Nengaresh in Nuristan province, Afghanistan, Jan. 21, 2010. Andrews is assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment. After seven hours of searching through rugged terrain, U.S. and Afghan soldiers located an improvised explosive device along Route Iowa, based on a tip. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan C. Matson
TEAMMATE TANGO
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Stark celebrates with his teammate after winning a game at the Jinhae Jae-Hwal-Won home for handicapped children in Chinhae, South Korea, Jan. 12, 2011. Twenty-two sailors joined members of South Korea's military in a visit to the home during a port visit. Stark is assigned to the USS Stockdale, which is under way with the Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
RAVEN LAUNCH
U.S. Army Cpl. Sean Connell launches a Raven, an unmanned aerial vehicle, while providing a demo to Army Chief of Staff Gen. George W. Casey Jr. at the National Training Center on Fort Irwin, Calif., Jan. 22, 2011. The center's mission is to provide realistic, joint and combined arms training in multinational venues in a contemporary operating environment to assist commanders and soldiers by presenting current problem sets. U.S. Army photo by D. Myles Cullen
OVER THAILAND
A Royal Thai Marine Corps reconnaissance team conducts jump training with U.S. Marines during Cobra Gold, an exercise on U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in Chanthaburi province, Thailand, Jan. 21, 2011. The Marines are assigned to Force Reconnaissance Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alejandro Pea
APACHE SUNSET
U.S. Army pilots and crew chiefs perform maintenance checks on an AH-64 Apache helicopter as the sun sets on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan 18, 2010. The soldiers are assigned to 101st Airborne Division's 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, based on Fort Campbell, Ky. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Edward A. Garibay
PUSH-UP POWER
U.S. Marines execute squad push-ups as body-hardening training while aboard the dock landing ship USS Gunston Hall in the Southern Command area of responsibility, Jan. 17, 2011. The Marines, assigned to Marine Wing Support Squadron 271, Logistics Command Element, Headquarters Command Element, will head to Central and South America to participate in Southern Partnership exercises. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jacqueline Sanderfer
UNDERWATER OATH
U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Jeffery Laubaugh, left, administers the oath of enlistment to Chief Petty Officer Jared Pringle during an underwater re-enlistment ceremony in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Jan. 14, 2011. Pringle is an intelligence specialist. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Gray
Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.
