~ 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.
