FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 12 July 2012

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

MAST MEN

Ecuadorian sailors aboard the Ecuadorian steel-hulled barque BAE Guayas man the yardarms as they arrive in New Orleans for The War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration in New Orleans, April 17, 2012. The events in New Orleans are part of a series of city visits by the Navy, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Operation Sail beginning this month and concluding in 2015. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Kenneth W. Robinson

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.

ABRAMS CLEANING

U.S. Marines clean their M1A1 Abrams battle tanks at Marine Corps Forces Africa, April 13, 2012, after a day of training during Exercise Africa Lion 2012. Sponsored by U.S. African Command and led by Marine Forces Africa, the exercise involved various types of training and peace keeping operations. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler L. Main

PATROL PARTNERS

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Nickolas Aloi provides security for other soldiers as his military working dog looks on during Operation Eagle Mountain in Didar, Afghanistan, April 14, 2012. Aloi is assigned to Company B, 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment. The operation's purpose was to clear the town of improvised explosive devices, and provide security to the town through U.S. and Afghan presence. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Marc Loi

JUNGLE COURSE

A U.S. Marine crawls through a watery ditch and under concertina wire during a jungle endurance course on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, April 20, 2012. After completing a two-week training evolution at the Jungle Warfare Training Center, the Marines took the four-mile-long course through the Okinawan jungle, using rappelling, rope-crossing and other skills they learned. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jonathan G. Wright

MOUNTAIN MESSAGE

U.S. Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, receives a mountaintop brief from U.S. and Afghan special forces on Camp Morehead, Afghanistan, April 23, 2012. DOD photo by D. Myles Cullen

RAINY DAY PATROL

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Devoe and other paratroopers return to Forward Operating Base Arian from a patrol in the rain along Highway 1 in Afghanistan’s southern Ghazni province, April 20, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

RIVER ROUTE

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Daniel Grant departs Patrol Base Virginia, an Afghan National Civil Order Police position in Kajaki, Afghanistan, April 14, 2012, as his squad begins a foot patrol. Grant, a rifleman, is assigned to Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment. The Marines recently transitioned security authority for the area to Afghan forces. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Tyler Reiriz

SUNSET WATCH

U.S. Navy Seaman Sara Schmid stands watch on the signal bridge as the sun sets aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson under way in the Indian Ocean, April 15, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class James R. Evans

ARMOR CLEANING

U.S. Marine Corps Cpls. Zachary Hinna, left, and Bradley Engelman, right, clean a light armored vehicle at Camp Pendleton, Ca., April 21, 2012. The Marines serve with Battalion Landing Team 3/1, as the ground combat element for the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Elyssa Quesada

FIREFIGHT

U.S. Army Spc. Timothy Shout uses his weapon's scope to scan the nearby ridge following an engagement with anti-Afghan forces on Forward Operating Base Wright in Afghanistan's Kunar province, April 19, 2012. Shout is assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Kunar security forces. The unit took small-arms fire during a routine patrol and suppressed the enemy with the assistance from Afghan troops. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Marasky

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and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

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[tomkow6]

I suspect he’s going thru drug rehab.

[tomkow6]

OR........................

He's pulling this act to get the public's sympathy for when the Feds get him....

trying to play the public like his daddy does...

[luvie]

Ouch!! :) hope you’ve had a good day!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh my goodness....did you have to deal directly with the LEO and media?

Did they stick a microphone in your face and ask stupid questions?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Dave...our heroes at work.

[SevenofNine]

I think both could be mood disorder that code name for Drug rehab LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Red...love the patch honoring our Armed Forces. Thanks for posting it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul. ((HUGS))

[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 afternoon, tom...are the Cubbies getting their act together?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the beer.

Mac.....#50!!
Arrowhead.....#100!!

[Arrowhead1952]

Yes, I had to deal with them directly. Normally, the fire dept rescue guys come and lock the gate in the open position, but this was a recovery mission so they just needed access to the park. Most of the mission came from the lake patrol, but some was by land.

The media sent several vans / SUVs with reporters, including the live TV trucks with satellite equipment. Some of the gals had on high heels to wear on the limestone cliffs with sand beaches. One little Hispanic looking reporter had one of those “Don’t bend over” skirts to boot.

[RedMDer]

Thank you very much for the thread as always. I was Freepathon posting and couldn’t resist. :)

God Bless our troops!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Our ever ready media....one would think if they got called to a lake, any lake, they would have more sense. But then again, they ARE the media.

Nothing like a little, well, not so little, excitement after only a little bit on the job. I am sure you handled everything with the utmost professionalism and aplomb.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Captain Joseph S. Abbott, Jr, for your service to our country.

Held as a prisoner of war.....April 30, 1967 - February 18, 1973

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good afternoon, Meg...((HUGS))...hope your Thursday was wonderful and not too hot.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Seven...I’ve been wondering about JJJ.