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!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

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

 

 

[luvie]

Sounds like a good day ahead! :)

[left that other site]

I just hope I don’t get “too much sun” LOL.

The Irish part of me burns, the Indian part of me tans.

I never know what to expect! LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Tough job for those G-Pa arms...rough duty. ((HUGS)) I see you managed to survive. d:o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, USMCWife6869...we thank your Marine, and you and the family, for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...hope got just enough rain as you needed.

We got another foot of snow. I’m tired ot this...come on spring!

You and Bo have a good Tuesday.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, God, for taking care of fatima’s son. ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh good...Linda, be good while Momma is gone!

Safe ride.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Tuesday, beachy...((HUGS))

Messed up/mixed up day so far. Have a great day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, no-to-illegals...thanks for sharing your love of the area. We are all so proud of our military men and women.

[SandRat]

She just now finished a 2¾ hr nap. LOL...

[ConorMacNessa]

Good Evening To Our Valiant Troops, To Our Vets, To Our Families, Our FRiends, Our Allies And To All Canteen Denizens!

Godspeed our Troops around the Globe, especially those in combat!



Evening Colors - 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, CA

Evening Colors
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May The Lord Protect And Uphold Our Troops In Their Performance Of Their Vital Mission!

May He Keep Their Families Secure During Their Time Of Separation!

May He Preserve And Uphold The American Nation In This Time Of Crisis!

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]

I’m home!

Linda was Sooo Good1

It was exactly91 miles, as predicted...coming HOME.

On the way down, someone removed the signage and closed a few exit ramps and I ended up in Miami, not the nice section.

It only added 16 miles to the journey, but a whole 45 minutes.

And I had to ask directions to 95 from a Louis Farrakhan look-alike complete with bow tie.

You can’t make this stuff up.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, God, for taking care of fatima’s son. ((HUGS))