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FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 10 April 2014
Serving The Best Troops & Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 04/09/2014 6:00:38 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska



~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~


SEARCHING BAGS

A U.S. soldier and Staff Sgt. Alex, his military working dog trained to detect explosives, search bags of recently graduated Afghan local police officers on former Forward Operating Base Bostik in Afghanistan's Kunar province, June 5, 2013. As of June 19, 2013, Afghan national forces assumed the lead for security in their country. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brittany Armstrong




Canteen Mission Statement


Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.




SECURITY GREETING

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Michael Sweeney exchanges greetings with an Afghan boy while providing security in the town of Saka near Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, June 13, 2013. Sweeney is assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Group. U.S. airmen from that unit and the 577th Expeditionary Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force Squadron worked together to rebuild a road connecting Saka and Payan Janqadam. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ben Bloker


NIGHT LANDING

An A/V-8B Harrier lands on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean, June 12, 2013. The Boxer is conducting predeployment training during Dawn Blitz, a scenario-driven exercise led by U.S. 3rd Fleet and 1st Marine Expeditionary Force to test participants in the planning and execution of amphibious operations. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joe Bishop


ROAD WORK

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgts. Michael Bittner and Gemenie Strehlow talk with Afghan children while providing security in the town of Payan Janqadam near Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan's Parwan province, June 13, 2013. Bittner and Strehlow are assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Group. U.S. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ben Bloker



PYTHON PATROL

U.S. paratroopers hold a large python during jungle survival training taught by Indonesian army paratroopers during exercise Garuda Shield 2013 in Cilodong, Indonesia, June 12, 2013. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod


CARBINE FIRE

Army Pfc. James Sneed fires his M4 carbine at a target during nuclear, biological and chemical training at a small arms complex on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK, June 17, 2013. Sneed is assigned to Company B, 3rd Battalion, Airborne, 509th Infantry Regiment. The soldiers conducted the training, which included personal and early warning equipment use and decontamination procedures. U.S. Air Force photo by Percy Jones


COMPOUND SUPPLY

U.S. and Afghan soldiers supply a compound after retrieving a sling-load drop on former Forward Operating Base Bostik in Kunar province, Afghanistan, June 5, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's Company C, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Brittany Armstrong




COMPASS ROUTE

A paratrooper uses a compass to find his way to the next point during the land navigation part of expert infantryman badge testing on Fort Bragg, NC, June 9, 2013. The paratrooper is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team. The testing is one of the seven major events that must be passed to earn the expert infantryman badge. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan A. Shaw


BAMBI BUCKET

Hot shot firefighting crew members, lower left, observe as an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter performs a water drop while fighting the East Peak fire near La Veta, CO, June 21, 2013. The helicopter crew is assigned to the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, stationed on Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, CO. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Darin Overstreet


AVIATION SUPPORT

An Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter performs a water drop while fighting the East Peak fire near La Veta, CO, June 21, 2013. The helicopter crew is assigned to the Colorado Army National Guard's 2nd Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment, stationed on Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, CO. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Darin Overstreet



Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.





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To: Arrowhead1952

Good evening, Arrowhead...((HUGS))...80+...pretty warm.

How’s your planting going?

It’s just after 4p now and the temp is just getting above 32, but the sun has been out most of the day.


81 posted on 04/10/2014 5:14:34 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: MEG33

Good afternoon/evening, Meg...((HUGS))...thanks for the great graphic and remembering our troops.


82 posted on 04/10/2014 5:43:30 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: ConorMacNessa

Hey Conor...how’s your sweetie doing? Leg healing properly?


83 posted on 04/10/2014 8:01:30 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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To: PROCON

Keep up the hunt, Pro...you’ll find what you need. ((HUGS))


84 posted on 04/10/2014 10:41:43 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: AZamericonnie
She's doing great, Connie - thanks for asking! She's kickin' @$$ and takin' names!

It'll take more than a few broken bones to keep her down.



America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

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)

85 posted on 04/11/2014 5:51:02 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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