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FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops ~ 09 Nov 2013
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !!
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Posted on 11/08/2013 6:00:05 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; troopsupport; tunes
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks very much, Kathy!
***HUGS***
Coming aboard as we speak. Rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors and to the Officer of the Deck!
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"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
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)
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posted on
11/08/2013 6:33:27 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: ConorMacNessa
Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...hope you closed out the week with good commutes.
I took the day off for appointments and stuff. Most stuff completed successfully.
To: Publius
Ahhhhh...More Beethoven!
These sonatas are amazing! :-)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi everybody!
(((((HUGS)))))
To: left that other site
I have Opus 79 on tap for tomorrow night, and the big one -- the "Les Adieux" -- for next week.
For Sunday night, I have a chamber piece by Elgar for Veterans Day, a piece he wrote in the last days of World War I and all about the war dead.
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posted on
11/08/2013 6:38:33 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius is now available at Amazon.)
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...
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posted on
11/08/2013 6:38:57 PM PST
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL of you heroes!)
To: LUV W
Hey, Luv.
(HUGS)
How's West Texas? Rain?
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posted on
11/08/2013 6:39:46 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius is now available at Amazon.)
To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...
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
"The Empty Chair"
By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004
"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.
The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.
AS YOU REMEMBER.
The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.
We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each others company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:
The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.
The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.
The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.
The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.
The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate. The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them. The bible represents the faith that sustained them. The glass is inverted they cannot share in the toast. The chair is empty they are not here. They are missing.
And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.
We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.
But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.
WE SHOULD REMEMBER."
Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."
"Träumerei" Robert Schumann (Click)
Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!
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"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"
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)
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posted on
11/08/2013 6:42:47 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hello Kathy,
Thank you for this evenings music canteen.
To: LUV W
Dudess, how is your arm/shoulder?
To: Kathy in Alaska
Good commutes today, thanks. A productive day at the office. I'll be working Monday - no rest for the wicked! :)
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
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posted on
11/08/2013 6:49:02 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN - 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise
Dude!
Getting stronger...thanks to torture...er...PT.
Thanks for asking! (((hugs)))
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posted on
11/08/2013 6:49:12 PM PST
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL of you heroes!)
To: LUV W
Ah, PT, the physical terrorists.
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posted on
11/08/2013 6:50:00 PM PST
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill & Publius is now available at Amazon.)
To: Publius
Howdy, Publius! (((hugs)))
Alll is ok here...colder but no rain! There was some in the
area, but it skirted south of us. *sigh* Story of our lives!
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posted on
11/08/2013 6:50:25 PM PST
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL of you heroes!)
To: Publius
To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...
MY ARTIST OF THE WEEK...
EAGLES/Joe Walsh~In The City
If you would like to support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please go to the top of the thread.
Please ping any DJ to any song requests
made on the thread. Thank you!
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posted on
11/08/2013 6:53:13 PM PST
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL of you heroes!)
To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul. ((HUGS))
To: Publius
Exactly. The good part is that it helps! :)
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posted on
11/08/2013 6:54:00 PM PST
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL of you heroes!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
11/08/2013 6:55:02 PM PST
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
11/08/2013 6:55:48 PM PST
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
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