FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 30 August 2012

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

D-DAY VETERANS

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. Jacobs, commanding general of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command, shakes hands with John Perozzi, a World War II and D-Day veteran who served with the 82nd Airborne Division, after a ceremony honoring him and other WWII veterans in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 3, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sharilyn Wells

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.

MISSION PREP

U.S. Army Spc. Michael Sanchez loads an M2 .50-caliber machine gun before his gun truck departs Forward Operating Base Arian to go out on a combat logistics patrol to resupply a combat outpost in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, May 26, 2012. Sanchez, a gunner, is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s Company F, 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

COMRADES IN ARMS

Barney Bidders, a retired soldier, and Les Newell, a retired Marine, both Vietnam War veterans from Virginia, recall memories of service at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during a Memorial Day event at the wall in Washington, D.C., May 28, 2012. DOD photo by Linda Hosek

TANI TROOPS

U.S. Army paratroopers and Afghan soldiers patrol a village in the Tani district in Afghanistan's Khost province, May 28, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William Begley

LITTLE TROOPER

Army Staff Sgt. Janelle Flottmeyer holds her nephew during the welcome home ceremony for her unit at Riggs High School in Pierre, S.D., May 12, 2012. Flottmeyer is assigned to the 200th Engineer Company, South Dakota Army National Guard. The unit completed a year-long deployment to Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Maj. Anthony Deiss

CANINE CAPER

U.S. Army Pfc. Chris Kunze, right, relaxes with his military working dog in Khoni Ghar in Afghanistan's Khost province, May 27, 2012. Kunze, a cannon crewmember, is assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Kimberly Trumbull

LARGE CHARGE

Soldiers detonate a mine-clearing line charge at Donnelly Training Area on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, May 25, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 84th Engineer Support Company and the 23rd Engineer Company. U.S. Army photo

FAST ROPE RIDE

A Marine fast ropes from a UH-1Y Huey onto USS Makin Island in the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet area of responsibility, May 31, 2012. The Marine is assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is deployed as part of the Makin Island Ready Group, a U.S. Central Command theater reserve force. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gene Allen Ainsworth III

SANJARAY SURVEY

U.S. Army Pvt. Lathaniel Ulofoshio provides security while U.S. service members conduct a site survey of the Sanjaray health clinic in Kandahar, Afghanistan, May 24, 2012. Ulofoshio is assigned to the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Chacon

SHUTTLE RIDE

Coast Guard units and other law enforcement agencies help escort a NASA training shuttle to the Nassau Bay Hilton Hotel dock in League City, Texas, June 1, 2012. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Brahm

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

[Arrowhead1952]

Today was a bit cooler when we started, but we’ll be in the upper 90s later.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning ladies and (((HUGS))).

[beachn4fun]

Good morning night owl ((HUGS))

A good day to FReep. And catch up on the convention speeches.

[luvie]

It is! I did watch some of them on-line. Ryan’s was very good! :)

Hope you’re having a great day!

[luvie]

Mornin’ Arrow! (((hugs)))

It’s such a beautiful morning! I hope we get some Isaac leftovers,
but nearly bet we don’t. Maybe you will! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Can a Harley have a side car?

[HiJinx]

...guess what I'll be doing a lot of today?

Sitting on the back porch, drinking tea?

[luvie]

Well, close! Sittin’ at the kitchen table drinkin’ tea and now diet coke. :)

We have skeeters and West Nile Virus here so I don’t go out much right now! Skeeters seem to loooove me. LOL! *scratch-scratch*

[HiJinx]

We have West Nile here, too. Remember the little guy who was Piper’s buddy, who had a seizure then passed away?

Come to find out, he had Encephalitis linked to West Nile. His gramma has started a Facebook page dedicated to educating the public to the dangers West Nile poses to infants and toddlers.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good afternoon, FRiends! I just got back from the Orthopedist - the news is good. Surgery will apparently not be necessary - he set the bone and put me into a hard cast. As it turns out it was not the ankle itself - it was the Fibula at its very bottom. I have to stay off of it as much as possible but can drive and go to work.



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)

[left that other site]

Yes, but it really upsets the handling of the vehicle, unless it’s a really BIG Harley.

I have a Big Harley, but it is not a “Really” Big Harley.

[blackie]

Thanks Kathy!

{{HUGS}}

[Kathy in Alaska]

WOOHOO!! Good news for you. Now, you need a nice bell to ring for attention while you stay off your leg in a nice comfy chair. d:o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, tom...have a cool Thursday.

[luvie]

Praise God! Glad you didn’t have to have surgery...now just heal yourself and take care! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Arrowhead...((HUGS))...work go well last night? Any good stories lately?

Any hope of some rain from Isaac?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Makes perfect sense. Maybe a little trailer?

[HiJinx]

Sounds like you’re spending too much time with your Orthopedic guy, Conor.
Hope things turn around for you, soon!

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks very much, Luv!

*HUGS*

Taking it easy for the next several days!



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)

[tomkow6]

90’S TODAY