FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 26 March 2015

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

CANINE CARE

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Ashly Lester carries Leska, a military working dog, off the operating table after a surgery to remove a broken incisor at the camp's medical facility on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, April 2, 2014. Lester is a military working dog handler. Leska made a full recovery from the surgery. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Dietrich

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.

SHILOH SIGNALS

U.S. sailors assigned to the cruiser USS Shiloh send signals to the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS John Ericsson during a replenishment in the Philippine Sea, March 19, 2014. The Shiloh is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kristopher G. Horton

MEDICAL TEAM

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Christina Chuchuru, U.S. Air Force Capt. Teresa Sellers, U.S. Army Sgt. Mary Shannon McCay and U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Allison Cogar prepare a patient for surgery at Craig Joint Theater Hospital on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, March 18, 2014. Chuchuru, Sellers, McCay and Cogar work together in the operating room. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Gary J. Rihn

OPERATIONS END

A U.S. Special Forces soldier returns from leading a patrol of Afghan commandos during an operation in the Khogyani district in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, March 21, 2014. U.S. Special Forces Soldiers advised and assisted the commandos during an operation to disrupt insurgent movement. The soldier is assigned to Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force Afghanistan. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Connor Mendez

PAINTER'S EDGE

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Joiner, center, repaints the command excellence award insignias on the island aboard the U.S. Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington, Yokosuka, Japan, March 25, 2014. Joiner is a quartermaster. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Beverly Lesonik

CANINE CARING

Air Force Master Sgt. Thomas Siegel, right, shares a quick smile as he helps transport a tired K-9 team after their search for survivors in Oso, Wash., March 31, 2014, following a deadly mudslide. Washington National Guard photo by Lt col. Puckett

PRACTICE ROCKET

U.S. Marines fire a practice rocket from a high-mobility, artillery rocket system during a live-fire exercise on Rodriguez range, South Korea, March 28, 2014. The annual exercise enhances interoperability between U.S. and Korean forces through amphibious operations showcasing sea-based power in the Pacific. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Lauren Whitney

ADJUSTING ACTION

U.S. Army Spc. Kodi T. Lindsey and a fellow soldier correct the action of an M240B machine gun during a combined-arms, live-fire exercise on the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr and Hohenfels training areas in Germany, March 28, 2014. Lindsey is a paratrooper assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Pablo N. Piedra

CHILD RESCUE

Sailors from the frigate USS Vandegrift help rescue a family with a sick infant in the ship's small boat as part of a joint U.S. Navy, Coast Guard and California Air National Guard effort in the Pacific Ocean, April 6, 2014. The family and four Air National Guard pararescuemen were safely moved from the sailboat to Vandegrift, which then transited to San Diego. U.S. Navy photo

HORIZON SCAN

U.S. Air Force Capt. Christopher K. Jordan scans the horizon while flying a combat sortie mission to support Afghanistan's presidential elections, April 5, 2014. Jordan, an E-3B sentry airborne warning and control system aircraft pilot, is assigned to the 968th Expeditionary Airborne Air Control Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson

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[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]

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

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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[SandRat]

Hi!

[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!

[mountainlion]

Man what a pile of brass to adjust a machine gun. I could volunteer to help if it was not so far away.

Snow today but it is melting with out sun. Maybe this is the last one this year. Give me some of that Gorebull warming or Spring whichever you choose to call it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Kate Smith ~ God Bless America

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...checks all printed on time!

Did you and Maddi have a good day?

[SandRat]

Good evening, Kathy... Maddi and I had a good day.

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!



The Star Spangled Banner – Verse Four
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Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

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[Kathy in Alaska]

I keep looking at that picture knowing it is two guys, but I can’t find both of them. The guy shooting has no head. And that pile of brass is HUGE!

Good evening, mountainlion...hope spring is just around the corner for you.

We never had much winter...spring seems here to stay.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Mac!!

[PROCON]

Hiya Kathy!

[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!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sand!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

mountainlion!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

beachy...happy 29th birthday!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...hope today’s hump day went well for you.