~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~
~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
TOPSY TURVY
Members of the U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron the Blue Angels perform a diamond formation maneuver during a practice flight over Naval Air Facility El Centro, Calif., Feb. 23, 2012. The Blue Angels start the 2012 show season at the Naval Air Facility El Centro Air Show on March 10, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Rachel McMarr
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.
RAPPELLING DUO
Two Canadian soldiers jump off the side of a rappelling tower with the encouragement of U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew T. Woyansky on Fort Pickett, Va., Feb. 21, 2012. The Canadian soldiers were participating in Southbound Trooper, an annual exercise. Woyansky is an infantry air assault instructor assigned to the 1st Battalion, 183rd Regiment, Regional Training Institute. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Mark Burrell
MARINE MIXER
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Mario Vargas shovels cement into a mixer to make concrete at the National School of Caracol in Caracol, Haiti, Feb. 22, 2012. U.S. and Indonesian engineers are refurbishing a dispensary and school as part of Southern Partnership Station 2012, a deployment of U.S naval assets in the Caribbean, Central and South America. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Alan B. Owens
SHINKAY SCENE
U.S. Army Spc. Richard Madrid, left, and U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Samuel Murphy, right, observe the view of the horizon at a check point near Daab Pass in the Shinkay district in Afghanistan's Zabul province, Feb. 25, 2012. Madrid and Murphy are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Brandenburg
LAUNCH LIGHTS
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Querido directs aircraft onto the waist catapults to prepare for launch from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson under way in the Arabian Gulf, Feb. 22, 2012. Querido is an aviation boatswain's mate handling. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans
PLAYGROUND FRIENDS
U.S. Navy Petty Officers 3rd Class Victoria Moore, left, and Ia Vang hold hands with Thai children while participating in a community service project in the Kingdom of Thailand as part of Cobra Gold 2012, Feb. 23, 2012. Moore and Vang are enginemen assigned to the forward-deployed amphibious dock landing ship USS Germantown. U.S. troops assigned to the Germantown recently took part in Cobra Gold 2012, an annual Thai-U.S. co-sponsored joint and multinational exercise designed to advance security. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Raul Moreno, Jr.
BANGOR BRIGHT
The ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana returns to homeport at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor following a strategic deterrent patrol in Bangor, Wash., Feb. 23, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early
ARMY AIRLIFT
A U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter leaves Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 29, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Matt Hecht
SOLDIER SECURITY
U.S. Army Pvt. Anthony McCarthy keeps watch outside an Afghan local police checkpoint in Marzak village in Afghanistan's Paktika province, Feb. 26, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Charles Crail
SECURITY PATROL
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Daniel Webb ensures security at a checkpoint in Daab Pass in the Shinkay district of Zabul province, Afghanistan, Feb. 25, 2012. Webb is assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Brandenburg
Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.