~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~
~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
FIRST MEETING
U.S. Navy Chief Phillip Gauronskas meets his son at Naval Station Norfolk in Norfolk, VA, Jan. 5, 2014, upon returning from a nine-month deployment aboard the USS Monterey. The Montereys crew supported maritime security operations, crisis response, theater security cooperation and provided a forward naval presence in the U.S. Navy's 5th and 6th Fleet areas of operation. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sabrina Fine
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.
SPARKLING GLORY
U.S. Navy 1st Class Vic Maldonado presents the American flag under the lights of a pyrotechnic display at Qualcomm Stadium in San Diego, CA, Dec. 30, 2013. Maldonado is a member of the U.S. Navy parachute demonstration team, the Leap Frogs, which performs aerial parachute demonstrations around the nation in support of Naval Special Warfare and Navy recruiting. U.S. Navy photo by James Woods
CARGO MOVE
U.S. Navy sailors move cargo on the flight deck of the USS Harry S. Truman while an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter assigned to the Sea Knights of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 delivers more cargo during a replenishment-at-sea with the USNS Arctic in the Gulf of Oman, Jan. 1, 2014. The Truman, flagship for the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lyle H. Wilkie III
MARINE PATROL
U.S. Marines take cover during a patrol in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Dec. 29, 2013. The patrol was conducted to disrupt enemy activity in the area. The soldiers are assigned to Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Zachery B. Martin
DIGGING OUT
U.S. Coast Guard recruits clear a path to continue training in the 18-degree temperatures and gusty winds at Training Center Cape May, NJ, Jan. 3, 2013. More than half of the recruits assigned to Echo Company 189 have never shoveled snow before. The Coast Guard uses Cape May as its basic training facility because of its diverse weather conditions. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Donnie Brzuska
SNOW BIRD
A U.S. Air Force maintenance team works on an F-16 aircraft during a snow storm on Bagram Airfield in Parwan province, Afghanistan, Dec. 29, 2013. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Brian Wagner
BULKELEY REPLENISHMENT
The USS Bulkeley, foreground, conducts an underway replenishment with the USNS Arctic in the Gulf of Oman, Dec. 29, 2013. The Bulkeley is part of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of the French navy by Frederic Duplouich
LINE TOW
U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Recruit Tyler Turpin conducts remedial line handling at Training Center Cape May, N.J., Dec. 31, 2013. The recruits must press the 150-pound towing hawser above their heads while reciting the Coast Guard's Core Values of Honor, Respect and Devotion to Duty. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Donnie Brzuska
THROUGH THE TRANSOM
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Howard shovels snow through a transom gun port aboard the USS Constitution in Charlestown, MA, Jan. 3, 2014. The greater Boston area received about 2 feet of snowfall during the first major snowstorm of 2014. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Peter D. Melkus
SNOWSTORM LOAD
Airmen from the 455th Expeditionary Aerial Port Squadron load a C-17 Globemaster III on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 29, 2013. The aircrew and aerial port airmen offloaded and loaded vehicles and cargo during a snowstorm. U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Brian Wagner
Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.