FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 11 December 2014

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

ANCHOR AWAY

U.S. Navy Seaman Recruit Thomas Hyatt, left, Seaman Apprentice Leonard Shepard and Seaman Recruit Benjamin Nunez perform preservation on the anchor aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Monterey while the ship is moored in Souda Bay for a port visit in Souda Bay, Greece, Dec. 10, 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Billy Ho

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Honoring those who have served before.

MACHINE GUN MOUNT

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeremy A. Cieplich posts on a GAU-21/A .50 caliber machine gun mounted in a MH-60S Seahawk helicopter, before executing live-fire, close-air support training at Farallon de Medinilla Target Range, Northern Mariana Islands, Dec. 10, 2013. The MH-60s are currently forward deployed to the island of Tinian, coordinating with the U.S. Marine Corps during Exercise Forager Fury II. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Joseph Karwic

BUILDING A FIRE

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jonathan Schmitz, right, shows other airmen how to build a fire during desert and coastline combat survival training in Djibouti, Dec. 6, 2013. Schmitz, a survival, evasion, resistance and escape specialist, is deployed in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Antoinette Gibson

AIRSPACE SCAN

U.S. Army Spc. Cameron Ramirez scans his airspace while communicating with the rest of his U.S. Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter crew during a personnel and equipment movement mission over Kunar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 28, 2013. Ramirez, a crew chief, is assigned to the 3rd Battalion General Support, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade, deployed from the Oklahoma National Guard. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Peter Smedberg

MISSION BRIEF

U.S. Army Spc. Phillip C. Escribano, left, and team leader Sgt. Anthony R. Francisco prepare a pre-mission brief early December during one of the unit's final Operation Enduring Freedom missions at Camp Phoenix, Kabul, Afghanistan, Dec. 12, 2013. The Guam battalion is scheduled to conclude its OEF responsibilities at the end of December. Both are assigned to the 2nd Platoon, Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard. U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Eddie Siguenza

ATLANTIC FORMATION

U.S. Navy ships from the George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group simulate a strait transit in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 10, 2013. The strike group is conducting a pre-deployment evaluation. U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Wolpert

GOGGLE GAZE

Goggles protect a military working dog, his handler, Kyle Miller, a Defense Department civilian, and Army Pvt. 1st Class Kristi Deal from a laser in use to help heal a wound after surgery in the Holland Military Dog Hospital on Joint Base San Antonio in San Antonio, Dec. 4, 2013. Deal is an animal care specialist. DOD photo by EJ Hersom

SUSPENSION TRAINING

U.S. Marines and sailors conduct helicopter rope suspension training from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft over Moron Air Base, Spain, Dec. 6, 2013. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Robert L. Fisher III

REFUELING JOB

U.S. Army crew chiefs, left, observe as U.S. Army Spcs. Russell King, center right, and Eric Daniels refuel their U.S. Army HH-60M Black Hawk helicopter following a medical evacuation mission on Forward Operating Base Shank, Afghanistan, Dec. 4, 2013. King and Daniels, petroleum supply specialists, and the crew chiefs are assigned to Company E, 2nd Battalion Assault, 10th Combat Aviation Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Capt Peter Smedberg

LAID TO REST

An Air Force honor guardsman holds the Prisoner of War flag during a funeral honoring Air Force Col. Francis J. McGouldrick at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, Dec. 13, 2013. The POW/Missing Personnel Office located his remains in a remote jungle in Laos and he was identified using mitochondrial DNA. McGouldrick was laid to rest after being missing in action for 45 years since the Vietnam War. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nesha Humes

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Snake In A Box

December 11, 2014

Read: Isaiah 11:1-9

The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord. —Isaiah 11:9

Bible in a Year:
Hosea 5-8; Revelation 2

At a nature center, I watched my friend’s rosy-cheeked toddler pat the side of a large glass box. Inside the box, a bull snake named Billy slithered slowly, eyeing the little girl. Billy’s body was as thick as my forearm and he sported brown and yellow markings. Although I knew Billy could not escape from his container, seeing a menacing-looking creature so close to a small child made me shudder.

The Bible speaks of a time in the future when fierce animals will fail to threaten each other or human beings. “The wolf . . . shall dwell with the lamb” and “the nursing child shall play by the cobra’s hole” (Isa. 11:6,8). All the inhabitants of the world will experience total harmony and peace.

The Lord will establish this safe environment when He restores the world with His wisdom, might, and knowledge. At that time, He will judge the world with righteousness and justice (11:4). And everyone will acknowledge His greatness: “The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord” (11:9).

We live in a broken world. Unfairness and discord, fear and pain are a very real part of our daily lives. But one day God will change everything, and “the Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings” (Mal. 4:2). Then Jesus will rule the world in righteousness.

Be still, my soul: the hour is hast’ning on
When we shall be forever with the Lord.
When disappointment, grief, and fear are gone,
Sorrow forgot, love’s purest joys restored. —von Schlegel

Leave final justice in the hands of a just God.

Insight

The future and everlasting kingdom of God will be one of peace and harmony. Many of the prophets looked forward to this day with great anticipation. In today’s passage, Isaiah describes this kingdom by picturing animals that would normally prey on each other at peace together. This will be a time of peace because the Messiah will rule (v.9).

[PROCON]

(((HUGS))) Ma!

Merry Christmas!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[SkyDancer]

~ Good Evening! ~

Pizza And Movie Nite!!

[CMS]

Evening!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Our streets are clean and dry right now after 2 days above freezing. Now, my neighborhood is a different story....it’s a slip and slide.

[ConorMacNessa]

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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!!!!!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

United States Marine Corps Band ~ National Anthem

[Kathy in Alaska]

Permission Granted!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Kate Smith ~ God Bless America

[SandRat]

Anchors away!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...((HUGS))...are you all unpacked and everything is in its assigned place?

Tonight I get to put up a little 4’ pre-lit tree for my Mom. I came in yesterday’s mail.

[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!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...what kind of pizza and what movie?

I’m partial to all meat. Yum!

[ConorMacNessa]

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

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who
Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

[SkyDancer]

Hai! Two big combo’s and the movie is a shoot-em-up guy thingie ... “From Paris With Love” - I’m voting for a Bruce Willis movie “RED” .... we’ll see where the fur flies on this ....

[acad1228]

Tunes For Da Troops!!!acad1228’s Daily Dose O’ Da Blues!

Billy 'Red' Love - Way After Midnight (Take 1)

Earl Hooker - Blue Guitar

Boyd Gilmore - Believe I'll Settle Down

Little Milton - Lookin' For My Baby

Rufus Thomas - Save That Money

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