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

Serving The Bestest Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ 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

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.

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

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

[AZamericonnie]

LOL! Too cute Sandy! *Hugs*

[AZamericonnie]

Good evening Conor...just realized today the irony of your street name! LOL *Hugs*

[AZamericonnie]

Thanks for “Da Blues Acad & a very Merry Christmas to you & Yours! *Hugs*

[luvie]

Remembering them......

[CMS]

Hi AZ! That lil girl is making out like a bandit this Christmas.

Thank you and a Merry Christmas to you and your family as well

[SandRat]

*HUGS* Connie

[AZamericonnie]

So...you two planning on making her a big sister anytime soon? LOL

[PROCON]

HUGS Connie!

[PROCON]

HUGS Connie!

[PROCON]

HUGS Connie!

[PROCON]

HUGS Connie!

[ConorMacNessa]

Doing great, thanks! Most of the antique railroad cars have been pulled out.

Today and tomorrow, Union Station is hosting the Marines "Toys for Tots" campaign. Lots of Marines in Dress Blues walking around, etc.

I'm getting used to the walking - I've even lost a few pounds - but I've been sick over the last couple of days - chest congestion and asthma. I could barely make it through Choir last night. We rehearse again tomorrow evening - I'm going to have to sign off soon to get some rest.

The weather has been rainy and blustery lately - seems to have settled down for the present.

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

This is the Arabic character "nun" – the first letter of the word "Nazarene." I post it as my avatar in solidarity with people of all faiths suffering persecution at the hands of Islam. Many of them are members of the oldest of our Christian Communities, dating from the days of the Apostles. They endure cruel, merciless and unrelenting persecution. They are Orthodox and Catholic, Protestant and Evangelical, Coptic, Pentecostal, and Baptist. To the persecutors they, and we, are all "Nazarenes."

[CMS]

LOL. Nope she had her tubes tied when she had the c-section.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Connie...and thank you for the tributes to our troops. *HUGS*

Did you have a safe commute? The sea of red lights is finally lessening on my street.

Think I’ll head home and be back after I get my Mom’s tree set up.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Suspicious isn’t he? LOL!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Connie!

*HUGS*

You apparently know more about my "street name" than I do! :)

"Dia shábháil ar fad anseo!"

This is the Arabic character "nun" – the first letter of the word "Nazarene." I post it as my avatar in solidarity with people of all faiths suffering persecution at the hands of Islam. Many of them are members of the oldest of our Christian Communities, dating from the days of the Apostles. They endure cruel, merciless and unrelenting persecution. They are Orthodox and Catholic, Protestant and Evangelical, Coptic, Pentecostal, and Baptist. To the persecutors they, and we, are all "Nazarenes."

[luvie]

Oh, kitties and yarn! LOL!

[AZamericonnie]

Hiya Sweetie...so I'm imagining that you got a “fidy” (50) with all those posts. Not that you were just so exuberant to see me right??? ROFL!

[SandRat]

Dogs don’t have absolute trust when it omens to food.

[AZamericonnie]

Well then...all the more love, attention & Christmas presents for her! LOL

I had an only child as well. I managed not to spoil him either...well not TOO much!;-}