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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[beachn4fun]

Good morning, sleepy head...I mean night owl ((HUGS))
I do agree with you...need more sleep.
I'm not adjusting to the time change very well.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning EG ((HUGS))

Going ok but cold again. I think Phil the groundhog lied about spring.

Whatz up out your way?

[beachn4fun]

Good morning dear ((HUGS))

would you PLEASE send some of that 70 weather this way? UGH! It’s March for gosh sakes.

[E.G.C.]

((LOL))I've the same feeling about Phil. They're forecasting below normal temperatures next week.

In any event, not much going on. May get some rain today or tonight.

Getting ready to take Bo out to the vet for his flea shots later this morning.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning beach and (((HUGS))). We are headed for the mid to high 70s today. Just what the gardens need.

[left that other site]

Hi!

I am back from Boston.

I am sorry to say I did something up there that I had VOWED, with God as mah witness, That I would NEVER do agin.

I shoveled SNOW!!!!!!!!!

AAAAARRGGHHHH!!!!!

[CMS]

Evening Canteen!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, CMS...((HUGS))...hope your day went well.

Is your little one crawling now?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh my goodness, ML.....a star in your crown for, I assume, shoveling your Mom’s snow. ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

I seem to have managed to get sick....started Wednesday, still here Thursday.

[CMS]

Been a long day.

No not yet, but she might be like my wife and not crawl but go right to walking.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A day late, I know.....

My goodness, it is almost 9pm at your house and it is below freezing. It’s almost the end of March and you can’t put your heavy coat away yet.

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! One of my nieces did that.

[CMS]

Won’t be too much longer and she’ll be chasing the dogs.

[AZamericonnie]

You shoveled snow??????????? EEEEEEgads! LOL

Sooo....do you mean to say it’s one thing you do NOT miss? :)

Mom doing well? A nice trip? *Hugs*

[left that other site]

I also painted a room.

Two coats.

Mom has most of her mobility back, scoots around with her walker, dresses and uses the Bathroom, and makes her own breakfast.

Sis takes care of the meds, lunch and dinner, and she has most of her mental acuity back as well.

She is, however, very angry and focuses too much on how badly she has been treated by the medical establishment.

She’s is CORRECT, of course, but dwelling upon it is not going to improve her health.

I mostly tried to tell her she was a CONQUEROR, An OVER-COMER, and that she should be proud of her victory.

It is a tough road though.

(I couldn’t let my B-I-L who just turned 50, shovel that snow by himself. Us 60 year old women are made of sterner stuff.)

[left that other site]

I’ll take all the stars I can get! LOL

(Lot’s of Biker and Rock Musician years to make up for)