FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For The Troops! ~ 28 Dec 2013

Our Troops Rock!!!!! | The Canteen DJ Elves | AZamericonnie

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Freeper Canteen Wishes Everyone

NEW YEAR WISHES

May peace fill all the empty spaces around you
And in you, may contentment answer all your wishes.

May comfort be yours, warm and soft like a sigh.
And may the coming year
show you that every day is really a first day,
a new year.

Let abundance be your constant companion,
so that you have much to share.

May mirth be near you always,
like a lamp shining brightly
on the many paths you travel.







~~Auld Lang Syng~~


New Year's Day -- History, Traditions, and Customs

New Years Quotes

I know it's a tad early but......

[Kathy in Alaska]

I used to drive the Ridge Route every other weekend before finally moving from Lakewood, outside LA, to Bakersfield. I remember the “escape routes” for runaway big rigs.

[luvie]

Thanks, FRiend for the beautiful eagle picture!

RANDOM POP TUNES FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE! :)

Philip Bailey~Walking On The Chinese Wall

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.
Here Comes Santa Claus

Willie Nelson
The Mills Brothers

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[luvie]

Thanks, FRiend for the beautiful eagle picture!

RANDOM POP TUNES FOR YOUR LISTENING PLEASURE! :)

Pink~Try

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I'M NOW GONNA TRY TO GET SOME ZZZZZZs!
SEE Y'ALL NEXT TIME 'ROUND!
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS....
....AND GOD BLESS
AMERICA!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night, Publius, and rest well. Thanks for all the tunes. Thanks for helping honor the troops, and thank you for your service to our country.

[Jim Robinson]

Prayers on the way.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

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Mele Kalikimaka

Bing Crosby
Chris Isaak

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[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Mrs. Boss is in Austin visiting her son and I have the whole house to myself until Tuesday night! Just to think about all of the trouble I could get into blows my mind! LOL

Happy New Year to you and yours!

(((( HUGS ))))

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“May I assume you had everything backed up? No gnashing of teeth? Pulling out hair?”

I had all of the important files on external drives! I never store anything or install anything on the default, Windows, boot drive, except, of course, Windows. I learned my lesson LONG ago! ;-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Publius.....#50!!
Luv.....#100!!

[Fiji Hill]

Hadacol.....Sounds like it’s good for everything.

It is, indeed!

• Hadacol Boogie--Bill Nettles & His Dixie Blue Boys (1949)

• Hadacol (That's All)--the Treniers (1952)

[Kathy in Alaska]

I knew it! LOL!

I’ve been burned a couple times...lots of stuff on externals now.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

Parents, you are responsible for previewing.
Winter Wonderland

The Gaither Family
Frank Sinatra

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[Kitty Mittens]

(((((Sending Heartfelt Prayers)))))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Kitty Mittens. He will appreciate your prayers.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Jim....most appreciated.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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 other’s 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
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

"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)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome Troops, Veterans, Families, and Allies!
Music posted for your enjoyment. Thank you for serving our country.

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Silver Bells

Kate Smith
Bobby Vinton

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[BykrBayb]

Prayers for your son and family. God bless and sustain you.

[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.

Welcome, everyone to this weekend's edition of the Canteen Music Dedication. The music in this thread is provided for the enjoyment of the troops and their families.

Please support the artists in this thread. Buy their music and attend their concerts when they come to your area.

Our thanks to the Canteen DJ's for all their hard work in posting the music to today's thread.