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.

[luvie]

It's Friday!!!!! Yippp-eeeee!
Do ya have your RED on for the troops?
Hope all you Early Birds have a GREAT weekend!
Who's gonna watch the Super Bowl? (not me)
((((hugs))))

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, PRo ((HUGS))

It’s a little cooler this morning on the right coast, but bearable. At least the sun is shining.

I have a few errand spread out over the weekend but Mr. Beachy and I will stay in Sunday afternoon, fix some finger foods, watch the game, and go to bed when it’s time.

Have a warm, wonderlicious, weekend.

[E.G.C.]

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

[beachn4fun]

Yeah, I got red on. Whatz it to ya?
hehe
Good morning, Luvy ((HUGS))

[Arrowhead1952]

Got some done, but had to go do some shopping for stupid bowl weekend. (((HUGS)))

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning LUV and (((HUGS))) to you.

[beachn4fun]

stupid bowl weekend.

LOL. Guess your fav team isn't playing this weekend?

[Arrowhead1952]

I've called it the stupid bowl for years. I know it is one of the most watched events, but for advertisers to pay so much for a 30 second spot is stupid.

[MEG33]

To Our Veterans, Our Military And Their
Families


~Thank You For Serving Our Country~

Happy Friday Everyone
*Wishing You All A Great Weekend*

[unique1]

[ConorMacNessa]

Good afternoon, Ladies!

*GROUPHUG*

Hope everyone is having a great Friday! I spent the morning shuttling back and forth between labs and radiology outfits. Complete blood work, pulmonary function test, chest x-ray and sonogram of the veins in my legs. I have another appointment next Thursday with the pulmonologist to discuss the test results. I'll let you all know what ensues. In the interim, I'm resting and preparing for Super Bowl Weekend - Go Patriots! WOOHOO!!!



Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Mac...*HUGS*...resting is good. Sending a prayer for you to pass all your tests with flying colors.

I will leave early, go home and get my Dad and take him to the doc to get his ear cleaned out so I can make ANOTHER appointment to get his hearing aids fixed. The first appt was aborted as she said his ear was plugged. Hopefully that will be remedied today.

I just got off the phone with the finger stick folks....his appointment is Saturday at noon....my Mom already has a noon appt. So, I arranged to get him there as soon as I can. The scheduler was fine with that.

Add to my list...make sure he tells me when his next appt is and WRITE IN ON THE CALENDAR.

[ConorMacNessa]

DUTY, HONOR, COUNTRY!



(Dec. 7, 2007) Members of the Pearl Harbor Survivors’ Association of Tidewater Salute Our National Anthem



Marine Veteran Sings Verse Four Of Our National Anthem
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Veterans Render Honors To Our National Colors

“Though much is taken, much abides; and though
We are not now that strength which in old days
Moved earth and heaven; that which we are, we are;
One equal temper of heroic hearts,
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.”

From “Ulysees” by Alfred Lord Tennyson

HONOR YOUR VETERANS
They Have Preserved Your Freedom!

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

[Old Sarge]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Checked on my iPad....cute. Will snag tonight.

Have a wonderful weekend. Weather good for top-down driving?

From my iPad

[ConorMacNessa]

"What does that make this guy worth?"

PRICELESS, BROTHER!!!



Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[MEG33]

Prayers and ((((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, E...((HUGS))...glad you and Bo are still able to fo play at the lake.

Hope your weather mellows out.

[HiJinx]

Do ya have your RED on for the troops?

It looked red in the closet, but when I got to work I realized it was burnt orange! Oh well, can't win 'em all...