FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops ~ 22 July 2011

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

FINAL MISSION

Space Shuttle Atlantis, NASA's final space shuttle mission, lifts off from Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., July 8, 2011. DOD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley

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.

SAVING LIVES

Medal of Honor recipient Army Sgt. 1st. Class Leroy Petry describes the combat action of May 26, 2008, near Paktya, Afghanistan, in which he distinguished himself by saving the lives of two fellow Rangers, during a press conference after he was inducted into the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon, July 13, 2011. Petry lost his hand in the 2008 fight, but now uses a state-of-the-art prosthesis. DOD photo by R. D. Ward

CLIFF JUMPER

U.S. Navy sailors and Royal Netherlands marines watch as Petty Officer 2nd Class Gates Kobuszewski jumps into the water at the start of the 6-kilometer amphibious march along the island of Curacao off the Venezuelan coast, July 5, 2011. The march includes a cliff jump, a 4-kilometer paddle in inflatable boats and a 2-kilometer swim. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul D. Williams

HEADING HOME

Wounded Georgian soldiers landing in Tbilisi, Georgia after flying aboard a C-130J Hercules air evacuation flight from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, June 30, 2011. The soldiers were medevaced to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany in May from Afghanistan. U.S. Air Force photo Tech. Sgt. Wayne Clark

PLYWOOD WORK

U.S. Navy Seamen Tina Gonsalves, left, and Ross Gatcomb position plywood during Pacific Partnership 2011 at the Ohmine engineering civic action project in the Federated States of Micronesia, July 8, 2011. The five-month humanitarian assistance initiative also makes port visits to Tonga, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste. Gonsalves, a construction electrician constructionman, and Ross Gatcomb, a construction mechanic constructionman, are assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 133 U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tony Tolley

MANNING THE MAST

Navy sailors place the sail on the yard of the main mast aboard USS Constitution for the first time since the ship began a restoration period in 2007 in Charlestown, Mass., June 29, 2011. The sailors routinely work to improve seamanship skills to prepare for possibly sailing the ship for the bicentennial of the War of 1812. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kathryn E. Macdonald

NEW FRIENDS

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Michael Steuart walks with children during a quality assurance visit in Qalat City, Afghanistan, July 8, 2011. Stuart is a civil engineer assigned to Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras

PARATROOPER TRANSPORT

Army paratroopers wait to perform a personnel airdrop mission during a joint operational access exercise on Fort Bragg N.C., June 25, 2011. U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Asha Harris

PACIFIC LAUNCH

A BQM-74E aerial drone launches from the flight deck of guided-missile frigate USS Thach to simulate an incoming missile during a live-fire exercise for the Pacific phase of UNITAS 52 while the ship is under way in the Pacific Ocean, July 1, 2011. Ships from Chile, Colombia and Peru also participated as part of Southern Seas 2011. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Stuart Phillips

FLYING DEBRIS

Afghan commandos shield their faces from flying debris after loading a wounded commando on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a village clearing operation in the Zhari district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, July 6, 2011. The commandos, supported by service members assigned to Special Operations Task Force South, found and destroyed several caches, which included weapons, homemade explosives and materials to make roadside bombs. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Daniel P. Shook

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[PROCON]

School should start the day after Labor Day, but it just won't happen; probably a few weeks late at one school, we'll see...

Other than that, weather is suppose to get warmer and more pleasent.

How's the weather your way?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy! I could use some Alaska cold right now.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...nice having Mrs SR home? Are you cooking again?

God Bless our troops!!

[HiJinx]

Nice thread tonight, Kathy - lots of information!
Hoping family members see their loved ones...

[luvie]

We ALL love and support the Canteen heroes! :)
.....and ALL our military around the world!

[SandRat]

...((HUGS))...Kathy.

Nice having the Mrs.home. Cooking again.

Mrs.SR leaves again tomorrow for quilting thing then comes back Sunday then leave again on Tuesday to see the Kids in Phoenix and comes back Thurs of Friday.

Meanwhile I stay home and go to work.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, AZ, for the red, white, and blue tribute.

Did you have a nice, uneventful, commute? No wildlife to hinder your route? *HUGS*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, loveliberty....welcome to the Canteen.

Thanks for the excerpt from “The Spirit of Liberty”.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, HJ...((HUGS))

Hoping loved ones see loved ones for sure.

How are your river rocks?

[HiJinx]

River rocks are weather forecasters.
They’re dry on top.
Must mean it hasn’t rained, today.
It might, yet...

[Kathy in Alaska]

River rocks are weather forecasters.

They certainly do a very good job. d:o) I am off for home. Back in a bit.

[luvie]

Howdy, Jinxy! Hope you win a few games from your card-shark granddaughter! :)

[HiJinx]

Winning against a 7-yr-old is bad form, LUV!
I only take 1 out of every 8-10 hands!

I think we’re going to put Yogi Bear into the DVD player here in a few minutes. I still haven’t seen it, and Piper says she’s seen it lots of times, already.

[luvie]

Sandy, it’s just good to HAVE you home and ABLE to work! :)

I know you’d rather have Mrs. S’s cooking though.

[freedumb2003]

What a COOL pic!!!!!

[SandRat]

Nope ... I do all the cooking and grocery buying,.

[luvie]

You are the BEST Poppa ever! You and Piper have a great time watching Yogi! :)

Would love to see MY Piper. Her other grampa has cancer...please keep him and the family in your prayers, Jinxy?

I haven’t mentioned before, but I think they need big guns on this one. :(

[luvie]

Mr. LUV does, too! I HATE going to the grocery store. I get sticker shock really BAD! LOL!

[SandRat]

I buy, cook, and serve for portion and nutrition control.