FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops ~ 21 March 2013

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

RESCUE TRAINING

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Justin Schramm prepares to roll from an HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter as troops conduct combat search and rescue training during Pacific Thunder 2012 on Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 12, 2012. Schramm, a flight chief and evaluator aerial gunner, is assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla

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.

SABER JUNCTION

U.S. soldiers dismount their Stryker combat vehicle to perform security checks during Saber Junction 2012 at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Oct. 13, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Gertrud Zach

DIG DUTY

U.S. U.S. Army Cpl. B.J. Buie, front, digs an area to place a machine gun during Operation Southern Fist in the Spin Boldak district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Sept. 29, 2012. Buie, an infantryman, is assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Brendan Mackie

OVER AFGHANISTAN

A U.S. Marine Corps UH-1Y Venom utility helicopter, front, and an AH-1W Cobra attack helicopter conduct flight operations over Afghanistan's Helmand province, Oct. 17, 2012. The helicopter crews are assigned to Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 469, Marine Aircraft Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Keonaona Paulo

ARABIAN NIGHT

U.S. sailors exercise on the flight deck of the USS Benfold at night in the Arabian Sea, Oct. 10, 2012. The Benfold is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, conducting maritime security operations, theater security cooperation efforts. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Jayme Pastoric

SIDE DOOR

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua S. Martinez looks out the side door of a UH-1Y Venom utility helicopter during flight operations over Afghanistan's Helmand province, Oct. 17, 2012. Martinez, a crew chief, is assigned to Marine Light Helicopter Squadron 469, Marine Aircraft Group 38, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Keonaona Paulo

SHOW AND TELL

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Donika Burkett shares a video on her cell phone with children at Escola Wasco La Gama during a community service day held by amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay in Manatutu, Timor-Leste, Oct. 14, 2012. The Green Bay is participating in Exercise Crocodilo 2012, a multilateral exercise that promotes partnership through community service and training with the Timor-Leste Defense Force. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Elizabeth Merriam

EMERGENCY EXERCISE

U.S. soldiers load a simulated patient onto an ambulance during an emergency response exercise on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Oct. 12, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Raymond Geoffroy

WATER READY

Coast Guardsmen prepare to demonstrate their swimming skills during a public training exercise at the new Rescue Swimmer Training Facility in Elizabeth City, N.C., Oct. 17, 2012. The new building encompasses approximately 50,000-square-feet including a 164-by-82-foot training pool that is 12-feet deep and holds more than one million gallons of water. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Shinn

SURVIVAL SKILLS

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Bobby Colliton teaches combat survival skills to Staff Sgt. Dane Hatley during exercise Pacific Thunder 2012 near Osan Air Base, South Korea, Oct. 15, 2012. Colliton is a survival evasion resistance and escape specialist assigned to the 18th Operation Support Squadron and Hatley is a flight engineer assigned to the 33rd Rescue Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla Jr.

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[SkyDancer]

Umm, awesome???

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...hope you had a great day.

I spent most of the day on the phone, notifying and checking. I feel like I have an elephant sitting on my head....fierce headache. Ibuprofen taken and probably a nap.

[ConorMacNessa]

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

Robert Schumann - Traumerei
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

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)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nana Hope, for today's Pledge…((HUGS)). Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.

[luvie]

Howdy, all my happy night owl buddies!
Hope all of you had a fun first day of spring!
...and can now relax with your favorite beverage!
I am...diet coke, of course!
I never forget our troops...I know you don't either!
((((hugs))))
Thanks to all of you who are or were one! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...we MUST honor and remember them.

((HUGS))

[AZamericonnie]

What an honor mountainlion! *Hugs*

There a many who serve that don’t speak of their service...especially to those who did not serve as well.

I once read an article by a Marine Chaplain who said...you put all these experiances in a closet in your mind & you don’t open that door unless your speaking with someone else who has a closet as well. (not quoted for exact language)

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

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Honoring those who have served before.

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[ConorMacNessa]

I've been looking through some old photos lately - some things I had utterly forgotten. Here's a photo of my Father and my son, Daniel:



Daniel P. Mitchell, born 3-25-91, with his Grandfather
Cdr. Thomas G. Mitchell, USN (Ret.) Memorial Day, 1994



Where are the survivors of the massacre at Benghazi? The silence of the Obama Regime on this question is deafening!

Fiat Justitia, Ruat Coelum!

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)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[SkyDancer]

[Kathy in Alaska]

G’Day, Janey...((HUGS))...now THAT is some machine!! d:o)

[SkyDancer]

Ya, there was a picture where this bloke dropped a diesel engine from a ship on to a car. I’ll have to look to find it but it was a riot.

[SkyDancer]

Hey, Here it is!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, amom...((HUGS))...thanks for helping honor our troops and veterans.

[SandRat]

Good evening, Kathy...((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, mountainlion...our thanks to all the Navy SEALS who serve/have served our country, without any recognition.

[luvie]

Precious and priceless! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, xrmusn....that is one fine looking machine.

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!


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Must retire – the 0445 Reveille approaches relentlessly.

The Bugler, his grim visage replete with an evil sneer, already mounts the parapet.

"Do poor Tom some charity, whom the foul fiend vexes!"
(King Lear, Act III, Scene iv)



All Gave Some – Some Gave All!!!
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Good night, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America!

Godspeed our Troops around the Globe – especially those in harm’s way – by virtue of their service and sacrifice we continue to live in Freedom!

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)