FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 22 May 2014

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

A HUSBAND'S HUG

Army Spc. Jessie Nelson hugs her husband, Matt, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, July 10, 2013. Nelson and about 230 soldiers returned home after an eight-month deployment to Afghanistan to support Operation Enduring Freedom. Nelson is an all-source intelligence analyst assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's Headquarters Company, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kimberly Hackbarth

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MEDICAL EVACUATION

U.S. soldiers carry an Afghan civilian to an awaiting UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter after a suicide bombing at the Afghan-Pakistan border crossing near Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, July 5, 2013. The soldiers are assigned to the 2nd Infantry Division's 4th Striker Brigade Combat Team. Several Afghan police and civilian casualties were brought to the base, treated by medical personnel and evacuated for further treatment. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jovi Prevot

TRAINING PATROL

U.S. soldiers patrol the area outside a proposed range during a training exercise in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, July 3, 2013. U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Charles Morgan

GRENADE TRAINING

U.S. Army Lt. Charles Morgan throws a M67 fragmentation grenade on a range during skills training in Kunduz province, Afghanistan, July 3, 2013. Morgan is assigned to the 1st Infantry Division's 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Robert Avila

SNIPER SHOT

Army Spc. Kjirk Dixon fires during the final day of qualifications for the M110 semi-automatic sniper system on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Grezelka Range, AK, July 10, 2013. Dixon is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. The brigade's soldiers are attending the U.S. Army Mobile Sniper School, a five-week course with graded marksmanship on several sniper systems. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher

AREA OF INTEREST

U.S. soldiers point out an area of interest from a guard tower near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border crossing before escorting U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, the new commander of Regional Command South, in the Spin Boldak district in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, July 11, 2013. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Shane Hamann

ROTOR WASH

Marines brace themselves against rotor wash from an MH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer off the coast of Southern California, July 10, 2013. The Boxer is conducting a scenario-driven exercise aimed at integrating the ships of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group through a series of training events. The Marines are assigned to combat cargo. U.S. Navy photo Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenan O'Connor

TWO COMMANDERS

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Henry I. B. McNeilly, left, and U.S. Army Lt. Col. Thomas M. Feltey provide rear security in a Stryker armored vehicle as part of a convoy carrying the new commander of Regional Command Southin in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, July 11, 2013. McNeilly commands the 2nd Infantry Division's 1st Battalion, 6th Field Artillery Regiment and Feltey commands the 2nd Infantry Division's 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Shane Hamann

HUEY LANDING

A U.S. Marine Corps Huey UH-1N lands on the flight deck of the USS Kearsarge in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility, July 13, 2013. The huey is assigned to the Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 266, 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit. The Marines are deployed aboard the Kearsarge Amphibious Ready Group, which serves as a sea-based, expeditionary crisis response force capable of conducting amphibious operations across the full range of military operations. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher Q. Stone

1,000 POUND CHALLENGE

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ben Burnell participates in a 1,000 pound challenge aboard the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the Pacific Ocean, July 14, 2013. The Washington and its embarked air wing, Carrier Air Wing 5, provide a combat-ready force that protects and defends the collective maritime interest of the U.S. and its allies and partners in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Burnell is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 27. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Liam Kennedy

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[ConorMacNessa]

REQUEST PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD



CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2008) The first major snowfall of the New Year blankets the USS Constitution. Despite the weather "Old Ironsides," remained open for free public tours. At 210 years-old, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 67 active-duty United States Sailors and visited by nearly half a million visitors annually. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown (Released)

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!!!





Boston, Oct. 21, 2009 - Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).
(Click for Bosun’s Whistle)



USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

"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)

[The Mayor]

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Listening
May 22, 2014

Read: Job 2:11-13

Oh, that I had one to hear me! —Job 31:35

Bible in a Year:
1 Chronicles 16-18; John 7:28-53

In her book Listening to Others, Joyce Huggett writes about the importance of learning to listen and respond effectively to those in difficult situations. As she relates some of her own experiences of listening to suffering people, she mentions that they often thank her for all she’s done for them. “On many occasions,” she writes, “I have not ‘done’ anything. I have ‘just listened.’ I quickly came to the conclusion that ‘just listening’ was indeed an effective way of helping others.”

This was the help Job sought from his friends. While it is true that they sat with him for 7 days in silence, “for they saw that his grief was very great” (2:13), they didn’t listen when Job started talking. Instead, they talked and talked but failed to comfort him (16:2). “Oh, that I had one to hear me!” Job cried (31:35).

Listening says, “What matters to you matters to me.” Sometimes people do want advice. But often they just want to be listened to by someone who loves and cares about them.

Listening is hard work, and it takes time. It takes time to listen long enough to hear the other person’s true heart, so that if we do speak, we speak with gentle wisdom.

Oh, Lord, give us a loving heart and a listening ear.

I cried, and from His holy hill
He bowed a listening ear;
I called my Father, and my God,
And He subdued my fear. —Watts

When I’m thinking about an answer while others are talking—I’m not listening.

Insight

Job was in financial ruin, had just lost all 10 of his children (Job 1:13-19), and had suddenly taken ill (2:7). As a result, three of Job’s friends did what normal good friends would do in the face of life’s pain: they traveled long distances to be with Job in order to comfort him (vv.11-12). Participating in Job’s grief and pain (v.12), “they sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights” (v.13). This was the normal duration for grieving the loss of a loved one in the ancient Near East (Gen. 50:10; 1 Sam. 31:13). And sitting on the ground was their way of showing deep sorrow (Isa. 3:26; Lam. 2:10; Jonah 3:6). Yet, despite his friends’ initial good start, the majority of the counseling they gave him was unhelpful or wrong.

[The Mayor]

Still home Kathy. Waiting on one part to come in on Friday. Will hopefully leave Monday.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[Hoodat]

So what’s the general consensus on Shinseki from the rank and file?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Permission Granted!

[Kathy in Alaska]

When is the wedding?

Sorry you are having to wait on a part. UGH!

[Kathy in Alaska]

United States Marine Corps Band ~ National Anthem

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks very much, Kathy!

***HUGS***



Striding up the gangplank as we speak,
rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors
and to the Officer of the Deck!

Thank you very much for this evening's
"Remembering Our Troops" thread!

"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]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...good travel today?

1 minute before posting time we finally got the checks printed. The whole system dies for almost 2 hours. “Scary” times. I’m beat and need a nap.

[SkyDancer]

~ Hi Kathy!

~ Doing more test flight interviews. Sure surprised at the number of candidates. All are good.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Kate Smith ~ God Bless America

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

((((HUGS)))

Back to work today. Couldn’t slack off forever on a stupid sprained ankle!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Hoodat.....

I cannot imagine ANYONE not wanting his departure. Someone should be in jail, but since the cic just found out from the tv news, we know nothing will get done.

THIS IS A DISGRACE!!

[luvie]

Always remembering our troops
and praying for their safety!

[ConorMacNessa]

Cpl. Desmond T Doss, USA (MOH)
Medical Detachment, 307th Infantry, 77th Infantry Division



From Today in U.S. Military History:

Near Urasoe Mura, Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 29 April-21 May 1945.

Citation: "He was a company aid man when the 1st Battalion assaulted a jagged escarpment 400 feet high As our troops gained the summit, a heavy concentration of artillery, mortar and machinegun fire crashed into them, inflicting approximately 75 casualties and driving the others back. Pfc. Doss refused to seek cover and remained in the fire-swept area with the many stricken, carrying them 1 by 1 to the edge of the escarpment and there lowering them on a rope-supported litter down the face of a cliff to friendly hands. On 2 May, he exposed himself to heavy rifle and mortar fire in rescuing a wounded man 200 yards forward of the lines on the same escarpment; and 2 days later he treated 4 men who had been cut down while assaulting a strongly defended cave, advancing through a shower of grenades to within 8 yards of enemy forces in a cave’s mouth, where he dressed his comrades’ wounds before making 4 separate trips under fire to evacuate them to safety. On 5 May, he unhesitatingly braved enemy shelling and small arms fire to assist an artillery officer. He applied bandages, moved his patient to a spot that offered protection from small arms fire and, while artillery and mortar shells fell close by, painstakingly administered plasma. Later that day, when an American was severely wounded by fire from a cave, Pfc. Doss crawled to him where he had fallen 25 feet from the enemy position, rendered aid, and carried him 100 yards to safety while continually exposed to enemy fire. On 21 May, in a night attack on high ground near Shuri, he remained in exposed territory while the rest of his company took cover, fearlessly risking the chance that he would be mistaken for an infiltrating Japanese and giving aid to the injured until he was himself seriously wounded in the legs by the explosion of a grenade. Rather than call another aid man from cover, he cared for his own injuries and waited 5 hours before litter bearers reached him and started carrying him to cover. The trio was caught in an enemy tank attack and Pfc. Doss, seeing a more critically wounded man nearby, crawled off the litter; and directed the bearers to give their first attention to the other man. Awaiting the litter bearers’ return, he was again struck, this time suffering a compound fracture of 1 arm. With magnificent fortitude he bound a rifle stock to his shattered arm as a splint and then crawled 300 yards over rough terrain to the aid station. Through his outstanding bravery and unflinching determination in the face of desperately dangerous conditions Pfc. Doss saved the lives of many soldiers. His name became a symbol throughout the 77th Infantry Division for outstanding gallantry far above and beyond the call of duty."

"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]

In first....Mac grabs the gold!!

[Silentgypsy]

A beautiful presentation, Kathy—thank you!