FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 03 February 2012

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

TODDLER'S TOY

A Marine gives a football to a baby during the Fiesta Bowl Parade in Phoenix, Dec. 31, 2011. Marines walked in the parade, handing out footballs and information about the Semper Fidelis All American Bowl, which features the nation’s top 100 senior football players. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers

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.

NIGHT FLIGHT

U.S. sailors conduct a hot refueling of a AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter during night flight operations aboard the USS Makin Island in the Indian Ocean, Dec. 30, 2011. The sailors are aviation boatswain’s mates, and the Cobra crew is assigned to the Red Dragons of Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268 Reinforced. Makin Island is on its maiden deployment and conducting operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan Gragg

FACE TO FACE

U.S. Army Pfc. Sierra Streacker interacts with Afghan children in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, Dec. 31, 2011. Streacker is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company F, 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Joseph McDaniel

AIR STRIKE

A coalition Special Operations Forces soldier provides security while an airstrike takes out an enemy fighting position during a firefight in the Gelan district in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, Dec. 27, 2011. The airstrike occurred during a clearing operation aimed at disrupting insurgent supply lines and safe havens. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael S. Creech

OSPREY OVERHEAD

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. William Cox provides security as an MV-22 Osprey aircraft lands in Zaranj in Afghanistan's Nimroz province, Dec. 30, 2011. Cox is a armorer assigned to the Joint Sustainment Academy Southwest. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Bryan Nygaard

SNOW TEAM

U.S. Air Force airmen remove snow from an F-15E Strike Eagle on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan 5, 2012. The airmen are assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht

SNOW REMOVAL

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Joseph Rice operates a snowblower next to an F-16C Fighting Falcon on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2012. Rice is a crew chief assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and is deployed from the New Jersey Air National Guard's 177th Fighter Wing. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht

ROAD WARRIORS

U.S. Marines use metal detectors to sweep a hill during a route reconnaissance mission of Route Red, which extends from Highway 1 to Shir Ghazay, Afghanistan, Jan. 1, 2012. The Marines are assigned to the 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company, 9th Engineer Support Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group. The purpose of the mission was to document inclines and declines in the route, sharpness of curves, the shortest width during the route, and where culverts were located or needed to be placed. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Meredith Brown

EVACUATION EXERCISE

As seen through a night-vision device, the U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Diego and the U.S. Marine Corps Security Forces Company simulate the egress of injured people onto a Coast Guard fast boat during an evacuation exercise in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Dec. 30, 2011. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kilho Park

RESTFUL MOMENT

U.S. Marine Corps Cmdr. Christopher Fronk takes time to rest and read while deployed in the Upper Sangin Valley, Afghanistan, Jan. 2, 2012. Fronk is a chaplain assigned to the 2nd Marine Division. U.S. Marines Corps photo by Maj. Bradley Gordon

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening/morning, Mac...*HUGS*...a tad late. Hope you had a good day.

We sprung a leak in my folks bathroom last night....drip, drip, drip out of the light fixture. My Dad told me last night, and my Mom found me this morning about 6:30a, asking....”are you ready for another problem?” (Every day since Saturday there has been some issue to handle or deal with...one day at a time.)

So I called the roofers and left work early to meet the guy who came out. Lots of ice dams. Made arrangements for them to come and shovel the snow off the whole roof. AND I found out my folks have NOT been using the bathroom fan. THAT starts tonight to help with the ice problem.

Come spring, we need to figure out how to fix the leaks, help alleviate the ice dam issue, and make some repairs to previous leaking that made it down to the laundry room.

[BIGLOOK]

Geez, Night Owl......that’s just like the movie....twice posted.

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! Oops...too many projects going at one time. Planning parental appointments both Friday and Saturday. And roof shovelers are coming tomorrow...I’m trying to alleviate the leak in the bathroom. Had a guy out today shoveling near the vents and making gulleys with ice melt.

Maybe subconscious....I should have remembered and posted it much earlier. But he is cute.

After 40 degrees mid-day, now it is 23.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mac, for the Missing Man Setting as we remember those who have given their all that we may gather safe and secure.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Sand...((HUGS))...hope you had a good District Meeting. The COLD North, below zero for a couple weeks, got up to 40 degrees yesterday and is back into the lower 20s over night...the trees have lost all their flocking and we’ve sprung a leak in my folks bathroom, coming thru the light fixture. Dealing with the roofer and making arrangements for the roof to be shoveled off today.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

It finally got here!!

Good morning, beachy...((HUGS))...it's almost the weekend.
Have a great Friday and a better weekend.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. How's it going?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[left that other site]

Thursday is my favorite day for lessons.

The students are all in Pompano (blue-collar, down to earth, decent folks)

They are go to Calvary Chapel and are taught THERE to be very respectful of their teacher,

Some of them are mighty talented,

AND
THEY ALL PRACTICE!!!!!!!!!

Linda likes Thursdays too, because Pompano is close by and I get home at a decent hour.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Everyone.

Good morning to

Thank you, Ma, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.
Seems kind of weird to see one photo
with snow (Jan 5) and another a few days earlier (Jan 1), just sand.

The DC Metroland weather report

~ Today...Sunny. Highs around 50.
Northwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

~ Tonight...Mostly clear in the evening...
Then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 30s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

It's FRiday. Not much else to say
except let's goof off
maybe food fight? I'm gonna cruise through
and bug say howdy
before work sneaks in and takes me away
certainly no Calgon! hehe

Time for me to make my rounds.
But, you stay right where you are.
Don't leave the room...I'll be bock!

Sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM - DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning and good night, Ma ((HUGS))
How's the snow up there?
Are you having a warming trend like the rest of us?
LOL on that baby.

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach. How’s it going?

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, EG ((HUGS))

All is well - it's FRiday after all, and the sun is shining.

Howz it going out your way? BTW

#50

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. We'll probably be close to 80º later today.

[E.G.C.]

((LOL))

Well, We're watching the weather very closely. Much of Oklahoma is under a Tornado Watch until 10 AM CST this morning. Here is what the radar looks like right now.

We may get some rain today and tonight. We'll see how things go.

Bo and I went out tot the lake yesterday. We had a great time out there.

[beachn4fun]

a Tornado Watch

Already? Stay safe.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, dear ((HUGS))

How’d the yard work go yesterdaY?

[PROCON]

Good Morning and Happy Friday Beachie!!

Beautiful weather out here on the left coast, I may need to find some outdoor activity...hmm.

Probably going to hang out with daughter-girl for part of the weekend and then like much of America watch the Super Bowl, should be an entertaining game.

Other than that, just R&R.

Hope you have a superduper weekend!