FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Camp Pendleton, California ~ 28 January 2014

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Camp Pendleton, California

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton is the major West Coast base of the United States Marine Corps and serves as its prime amphibious training base. It is located in Southern California between the cities of Oceanside and San Clemente. The base was established in 1942 to train U.S. Marines for service in World War II. By October 1944, Camp Pendleton was declared as a "permanent installation" and by 1946, it became the home of the 1st Marine Division.

This is the main road for traffic into the base. This gate has been open and manned by Marines 24 hours a day since 1942.

The base's diverse geography, spanning over 125,000 acres, plays host to year round training for Marines in addition to all other branches of the U.S. military. Amphibious and sea-to-shore training takes place at several key points along the base's 17 miles of coastline. The main base is in the Mainside Complex, at the southeastern end of the base, and the remote northern interior is an impact area.

Daytime population is around 100,000. Recruits from nearby Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego spend a month on Pendleton's Edson Range receiving field training, and after graduating from boot camp return to the base's School of Infantry for further training. Camp Pendleton remains the last major undeveloped portion of the Southern California coastline, save for a few small state parks.

The base is the home of I Marine Expeditionary Force, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Logistics Group and many tenant units, including elements of Marine Aircraft Group 39 and Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA).

Read More About Camp Pendleton Here!

In San Diego, California, you can visit the USS Midway Museum.

USS Midway (CVB/CVA/CV-41) was an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, the lead ship of her class, and the first to be commissioned after the end of World War II. Active in the Vietnam War and in Operation Desert Storm, as of 2004 she is a museum ship in San Diego, California. She is the only remaining aircraft carrier of the World War II era that is not an Essex-class ship.

Midway was laid down 27 October 1943 by Newport News Shipbuilding Co., Newport News, Virginia. Her revolutionary hull design was based on what would have been the Montana class battleships and gave her superior maneuverability over all previous carriers.

Visit The USS Midway Museum 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

 

 

[Army Air Corps]

Looks like a ZSU-23-4 in that photo.

[luvie]

Great road trip to California, Galz! Thanks for all your hard work!

Lauren...hope your work slows down soon! :)

[luvie]

It's colder here than there! LOL!

[luvie]

Lovely piece! Thanks for sharing your expertise on these!

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

Brad Fletcher - To All Our Mothers Children

Due South - The Good Guys

Perry Nunley - When Freedom Rings

FReeper musical artists. Let me know if you have a submission.

[Publius]

SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY

WINTER FESTIVAL

JANUARY 30 THRU FEBRUARY 2

Robert Schumann’s late works tend to be problematical in that his mind was degenerating. Soon he would end his life in a mental hospital. But here and there, a late work turns out to be a gem. These “Fairy Tales” in four movements were written for an unusual combination of instruments: clarinet, viola and piano.

Schumann had a real gift for writing for clarinet. In addition to chamber works for that instrument, his piano concerto has some really haunting clarinet passages.

Sean Osborn plays clarinet with the Seattle Symphony, and when I was living in Seattle, he was a neighbor.

Roberto Diaz plays viola Thursday night, and he is the head honcho at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia. I’ve enjoyed exchanging stories about the place and how it has changed since the 1930's when my mother would plunk down three dollars to rent a practice room when she was secretly teaching herself piano.

Schumann: Fairy Tales for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 132

[Publius]

Lots of good stuff coming up in the next few nights.

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you ladies for this evenings thread! *Hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you Prof for the “Festival”. *Hugs*

[Publius]

You're very welcome.

(HUGS)

[AZamericonnie]

G’night Conor! *Hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mac, for the Missing Man Setting as we remember those who have given their all that we may gather safe and secure.

[yarddog]

I think driving a tank across a pontoon bridge would be a little scary.

[SandRat]

Never Been there.

[AZamericonnie]

"I think driving a tank across a pontoon bridge would be a little scary."

Ahhhh...and then some!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Publius....programs getting closer. Thanks for the lead ins. ((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Howie...been there?

[Publius]

SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY

WINTER FESTIVAL

JANUARY 30 THRU FEBRUARY 2

Max Bruch (pronounced “brook”) lived a life long enough to see World War I demolish the world he had lived in. His music has been compared to a cross between Mendelssohn and Brahms. Even when the war ended, the few pieces he composed were all in the old style. War? What war?

These pieces are for the same combination as the Schumann Fairy Tales: clarinet, viola and piano. Of the eight pieces in this suite, we will hear three on Thursday night: numbers 2, 5 and 4. This video is of number 4.

Bruch: 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 83/4

[Kathy in Alaska]

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!

God Bless you good, Mac. Good night and rest well. Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present. Thank you for your service to our country.