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FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - 28 July 2012
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Posted on 07/27/2012 5:30:09 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; troopsupport
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Richard Smith~First Kiss
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07/27/2012 9:08:15 PM PDT
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luvie
(Never forget...WE have THEM surrounded! ~ Rush Limbaugh)
To: AZamericonnie; All
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07/27/2012 9:09:30 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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07/27/2012 9:09:35 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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07/27/2012 9:09:43 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks very much, Kathy!
*HUGS*
Sir Winston didn't miss a beat - he explored a little, marked his territory, (How embarrassing!) and found his way into my sister's arms - there he stayed until I left. We said good-bye and he went back into the house - no doubt to give instruction to my sister's German Shepherds.
Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem 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)
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07/27/2012 9:10:56 PM PDT
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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07/27/2012 9:11:09 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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07/27/2012 9:11:13 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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07/27/2012 9:11:46 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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07/27/2012 9:12:17 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; austingirl; ...
Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.
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Great Britain National Anthem ~ God Save The Queen
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posted on
07/27/2012 9:14:06 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!
Missing Man Setting
The Empty Chair
By Captain Carroll Lex Lefon, USN (ret), on December 21st, 2004
In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture.The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.
The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.
AS YOU REMEMBER.
The small, round table is covered with a white linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.
We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each others company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:
The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.
The tablecloth is white symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.
The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.
The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.
The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate. The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them. The bible represents the faith that sustained them. The glass is inverted they cannot share in the toast. The chair is empty they are not here. They are missing.
And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.
We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.
But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER.
Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding The Narrative Of The Empty Chair.
Robert Schumann Traumerei (Click)
Never Forget Those Who Sacrificed All That We Could Live In Freedom!!
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Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem 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)
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posted on
07/27/2012 9:14:19 PM PDT
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ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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posted on
07/27/2012 9:15:20 PM PDT
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luvie
(Never forget...WE have THEM surrounded! ~ Rush Limbaugh)
To: AZamericonnie; All
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07/27/2012 9:16:15 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: AZamericonnie; Kathy in Alaska; All
Hello from Idaho!
No music request just a SUPPORT THE TROOPS
GOD BLESS THE TROOPS!
THANK YOU TROOPS!!!
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07/27/2012 9:16:23 PM PDT
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ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11 0bie don' t eat my dog!)
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07/27/2012 9:16:32 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: ConorMacNessa
Thanks, Mac, for the Missing Man Setting as we remember those who have given their all that we may gather safe and secure.
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07/27/2012 9:17:54 PM PDT
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Kathy in Alaska
(((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)))
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07/27/2012 9:18:16 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
To: ConorMacNessa
...till they all come home....
You’re mighty late tonight! :)
Just in time for me to say good night! ((((hugs))))
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posted on
07/27/2012 9:18:27 PM PDT
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luvie
(Never forget...WE have THEM surrounded! ~ Rush Limbaugh)
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07/27/2012 9:19:52 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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07/27/2012 9:20:00 PM PDT
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Drumbo
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats." - Jubal Harshaw [Robert A. Heinlein])
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