~ 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 nations 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 boatswains 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.