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.

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

OOPS!!!!! One dead car!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Connie, and thanks for the red, white, and blue Tribute To Our Troops.

Hope you had a good work day, and now can relax for the evening. Easy Commute? *HUGS*

[AZamericonnie]

MIND-BLOWING DRUMLINE SYNCHRONIZATION

[amom]

Good evening to you too Kathy. It is my honor to be here helping honor our troops. They are the BEST!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I just started watching, but it looks the Military Tattoo at Edinburgh, Scotland. That is soooo cool!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

DUH!! Had I scrolled down I would have seen it was the Tattoo.

[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]

Just look at all your happy friends. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh, Mac...what a precious picture!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Imagine looking out your window to see who is ordering? Oh my!

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless you good, Mac. Good night and rest well. Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present.
Thank you for your service to our country.

[Cindy]

Totally awesome.

Thanks Connie for posting this.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, AZ. How's it going?

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. How’s it going?

[beachn4fun]

SOUP FOR THE TROOPS

WELCOME TO THE

(where our troops, allies and their families can refresh themselves)

Good morning, Everyone.
Good morning to our

Military, our Allies, and their families.

Thank you, Ma, for preparing the Canteen for today's activities
Another nice visit with the troops.
God bless 'em all.

DC METROLAND WEATHER

~ Today...A few flurries possible early.
Mostly cloudy. High 41F. Winds NW at 15 to 25 mph.

~ Tonight...Partly cloudy skies.
Low 26F. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph.

WHAT happened to spring?????

Making Z Zoup
A sprinkle of this...a dollop of that...

In the sport's early days,
baseball umpires were unpaid volunteers.
They were often a spectator and,sometimes, a player,
chosen by the home team with the consent of the rival team’s captain.
In 1878, the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs,
organized two years earlier, mandated that home baseball teams
pay umpires $5 per game.

Sir T.O. Gimlette, a British navel surgeon,
believed that drinking straight gin
was unhealthy and impaired the efficiency (whoda thunk? LOL)
of navel officers,
so he began to dilute it with lime juice
– hence, the Gimlet.

Pigeons and hummingbirds have tiny magnetic particles
in their heads that respond to the Earth's magnetic fields
and are used for navigation.

According to a survey,
women prefer blue bedrooms more than other colors;
men are happier with white bedrooms.
(this is a fact LOL)

Just who would have been better at saving Private Ryan, eh?
Fighting alongside Americans and British
during the D-Day invasion of 1944 were 15,000 Canadians.
And it was the Canadian troops who were the first
to reach their planned objective.

The FR Canteen is ALWAYS

Come in, sit down.
Grab a cup of joe, or tasty tea.
Mingle a bit, chat with the troops or family member.
There's always plenty of conversation, silliness,
and plain old BS in the FR Canteen.

REMEMBER THEM ~ DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

BECERRA, RUDY MORALES
8/9/1969

Presumptive Finding of Death
- South Vietnam -

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. Another mid 70 day for us here.

[luvie]

...but...lemme get waked up first, though! :)
I reeeeeally need more sleep!
...or less fun at night! LOL!
Hope everyone has a fanTAStic Thursday!
It's pretty breezy here and 80s are promised!
((((hugs))))

[beachn4fun]

Awesome! Like River Dance but drummers.

Thanks

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. How’s it going?

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning LUV and (((HUGS))). We should stay in the mid 70s here today.