FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 15 March 2012

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

BOLD DIRECTION

A sailor directs a landing craft air cushion vehicle during Bold Alligator 2012 on Camp Lejeune, N.C., Feb. 6, 2012. Exercise Bold Alligator 2012, the largest multinational naval amphibious exercise in 10 years, represents efforts by the Navy and Marine Corps to revitalize the full range of amphibious operations along the mid-Atlantic coast. DOD photo by Marvin Lynchard

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.

ALLEY SWEEP

U.S. Marine Cpl. Cameron Collier sweeps an alley during a security patrol in the Garmsir district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Feb. 6, 2012. Collier is a combat engineer assigned to Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. Marines from his unit and Afghan soldiers partnered to conduct census operations, and search houses for illegal drugs and evidence of insurgent activity. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder

CANDY CALL

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class James Whitaker throws candy into the air for Afghan children during a security patrol with members of the Afghan Border Police in the Garmsir district in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Feb. 5, 2012. Whitaker is a corpsman with Combined Anti-Armor Team 1, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. His unit and the Afghan police interacted with citizens and examined the area for insurgent activity. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder

ESCORT OPERATION

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Jobey French mans a MK 44 mini machine gun while conducting security escort operations for ships transiting out to sea through the inner coastal waterways of North Carolina during Exercise Bold Alligator 2012 in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 1, 2012. French is a boatswain's mate assigned to Riverine Command Boat 803 and attached to Riverine Squadron 2. U.S. Navy photo by Richard Brunson

GUN GUIDANCE

U.S. Army Pfc. Heather De La Vega fires her M240B machine gun as she takes direction from U.S. Sgt. John Maziarz and U.S. Sgt. Isiah Selby on Camp Mike Spann, Afghanistan, Feb. 7, 2012. De La Vega is a personal security detail medic, and Maziarz and Selby are personal security detail soldiers. All are assigned to Headquarters Company, 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kimberly Lamb

OPERATION TALKS

U.S. Army Capt. Joe Pazcoguin, center, talks with 1st Lt. Austin Cattle, right, and 1st Lt. Mitchell Creel during a clearance operation in western Kandahar, Afghanistan, Feb. 1, 2012. Pazcoguin is the commander of the 4th Infantry Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 67th Armor Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team. Cattle is assigned to Company B and Creel is assigned to the 530th Engineer Company. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Seth Barham

BEACH ASSAULT

U.S. Marines approach the beach in their combat rubber raiding craft at Kin Blue, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 29, 2012. The Marines are assigned to Company A, Battalion Landing Team 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Marines were conducting a small boat raid during the MEU’s Amphibious Integration Training in preparation for Exercise Cobra Gold 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Garry J. Welch

PATA TILI PATH

U.S. Army soldiers, Afghan National Army, and members of the Community Based Security Solutions police organization, climb a steep path above Pata Tili village, Langhman Province, Afghanistan, Jan 29, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Company A, 1st Battalion, 179th Infantry. The soldiers were returning from a meeting with a leader in nearby Nacha Tili during Operation Aluminum Python, a mission to clear Taliban fighters from the Mayl Valley. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Bill Steele

PUPPY PAL

Army Sgt. 1st Class Russell Minta, senior noncommissioned officer for the Defense Department's Military Working Dog Breeding Program on Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, holds a puppy in his hand. The program provides working dogs to every service branch and numbers among the largest military breeding programs in the world. DOD photo by Linda Hosek

WEAPONS EXERCISE

As seen through a night-vision device, Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Erain Abreu, left, aims a 240B light machine gun while Pfc. Zakary Mitchell looks on during a weapons familiarization exercise in the hangar bay of the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp in the Atlantic Ocean, Feb. 4, 2012. Abreu and Mitchell are assigned to the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade. The Wasp is participating in Exercise Bold Alligator 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Aaron Chase

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

[The Mayor]

Thank you Kathy!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv...((HUGS))...we have to make sure they know we support them. The sleeze panetta dissed the Marines again today in Afghanistan...they aren’t safe even in their “safe” places and they had to leave their weapons outside.

God Bless and watch over all our troops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sounds like a good time was had by all.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, ML...((HUGS))...13 hours is lots of lessons. Hope they were all good ones. Have a good Thursday.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

An hour early just to keep you on your toes. *HUGS*

[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?

[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

[beachn4fun]

dang, no one wanted the 50???? hehe

[beachn4fun]

SOUP FOR THE TROOPS

WELCOME TO

(where our troops, allies and their families can refresh themselves)

Good morning, Everyone.
Good morning to our

Military, our Allies, and their families.

Thank you, Ma, for preparing the Canteen for today's activities

Hmmn, cute pup but it makes me nervous reading
that the government has a dog-breeding program.
No telling what they'll come up with...think suspense novel.

~ Today...Sunny. Highs in the lower 80s.
Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph.

~ Tonight...Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms.
Lows in the upper 50s. Southeast winds around 5 mph..
. Becoming northeast after midnight. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Making Z Zoup
A pinch of this...a dash of that...

The Old Chinese Telephone Exchange in San Francisco was completed in 1909.
Operators were required to be proficient in English and five Chinese dialects.
They were also obliged to learn every phone number
of every one of the company's 2,400 clients
because the Chinese believed it was rude to refer to a person as a number.

February 18, 1930 marks the first flight by a cow in an airplane.
Elm Farm Ollie, while watched by reporters,
produced milk that was put into containers
and parachuted over St. Louis, Missouri.
Can you spell "publicity stunt"?

Jupiter is the planet with the shortest day:
slightly under 10 hours. However, its years are 12 times as long as ours.

Denver, Colorado, has 300 days of bright sunshine a year
– more annual hours of sun than San Diego, California or Miami Beach, Florida.

I've got to make my rounds.
But, you stay right where you are.
Keep the troops entertained and the Canteen clean...
Cause...if you don't...I'll tell Ma!

Come in and sit for a while.

There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
pancakes, conversation, silliness,
and plain old BS

PLEASE 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]

G'day, SkyDancer

brrr...spider. I'd carry this like a side-arm. hehe

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, CMN ((HUGS))

Please refresh my memory on the Chosen Few

I know I’ve heard of them but am drawing a blank

and I’d rather google CMN than Google

hehe

[beachn4fun]

the weekend is right around the corner

Good morning and good night Ma ((HUGS))
Going out for a morning walk
and have to leave early for an appointment
so I might miss you later.

[left that other site]

Magnificent, Conor...Thank You.

[E.G.C.]

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

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, EG ((HUGS))

All is well. Just got back from a nice walk. Lovely out this morning.

Howz it out your way?

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. It's going to be another 80º+ day for us.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, dear ((HUGS))

How are you this morning?

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning beach and (((HUGS))) to you too.

I was in bed until 0700 this morning.