FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Base Camp LeJeune, North Carolina ~ 09 APR 2013

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

[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Marine Corps Base Camp LeJeune, North Carolina

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is a 246-square-mile United States military training facility in North Carolina. The base's 14 miles of beaches make it a major area for amphibious assault training, and its location between two deep-water ports (Wilmington and Morehead City) allows for fast deployments.

Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune is home to more than 43,000 Marines and Sailors from around the world. These servicemen and women serve with hundreds of company-size units that compose several major commands aboard base.

The main base is supplemented by five satellite facilities: Marine Corps Air Station New River, Camp Geiger, Stone Bay, Courthouse Bay, Camp Johnson, and the latest addition to the facility, the Greater Sandy Run Training Area.

There are several major Marine Corps commands and one Navy command aboard Camp Lejeune. Some tenant commands include Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, II Marine Expeditionary Force, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, and the naval hospital to name a few.

To help prepare warfighters for combat and humanitarian missions abroad, Camp Lejeune takes advantage of 156,000 acres, 11 miles of beach capable of supporting amphibious operations, 32 gun positions, 48 tactical landing zones, three state-of-the-art training facilities for Military Operations in Urban Terrain and 80 live fire ranges to include the Greater Sandy Run Training Area.

Camp Lejeune is the home of "Expeditionary Forces in Readiness" for the past 65 years, and throughout the years, it has become the home base for the II Marine Expeditionary Force, 2nd Marine Division, 2nd Marine Logistics Group and other combat units and support commands.

Read More About Camp Lejeune HERE!

In the early morning of October 23, 1983, the First Battalion, 8th Marines Headquarters building was destroyed by a non-Lebanese, terrorist-driven truck, laden with compressed gas-enhanced explosives.

This truck, like many others, had become a familiar sight at the airport and so did not raise any alarm on this morning. The resulting explosion and the collapse of the building killed 241 Marines, Sailors, and Soldiers.

Read About The Beirut Memorial HERE!

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Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...did you get blown away?

You and Maddi have a good day?

Still snowing here.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[USMCWife6869]

This is us! Hubby is with 10th Reg.

[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, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[fatima]

Well our son is home from the hospital.They released him last night.They did the cath and his heart looks great.Doc thinks he has muscular heart and it’s electrical might be messed up or arithmia and when he workout to hard it freaks out.Easy to fix Thank God.((((Hugs)))) Thank you for your support and prayers.

[luvie]

I hope and pray he continues to improve so he can be back to his usual good health! I know it was quite a scare for him AND for his mom and other members of the family!

[left that other site]

Linda has all her food, water, toys, pillows, etc, all lined up. I will only be gone a few hours (9 at the most!)

Key Largo is only 91 miles away! (On the Harley, the way I ride...an hour away, LOL!)(Just kidding)

I told the neighbor my plans, so she will watch out for Linda.

[left that other site]

Thanks!

get yer motor runnin’......
head out on the highway!

[luvie]

Woohoo...have an awesome ride!

[left that other site]

Thanks!

I am only going as far as Key Largo. My Brothers are both staying there, so I will get to see them.

[luvie]

...and yet I keep doing it. LOL!
Isn't that how they define insanity? :)
Well, I hope all you Early Birds
got enough sleep and are rarin' to go!
Have a Terrific Tuesday...
...and pace yourselves!
((((hugs))))

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. We may have some showers later.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning LUV and (((HUGS))).

[fatima]

Thanks Luv,we have been holding our breath.((((Hugs))))

[E.G.C.]

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

[E.G.C.]

Heads up today in the Southern Plains.

[SandRat]

Good morning, Kathy...((HUGS))...it blew worse than a politicians speach, but we survived?

Maddi took a 2½ hour nap in my arms.