FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 19 May 2016

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

MEDAL MOMENT

Team Army members celebrate after winning the gold medal for both the team compound and recurve events during the archery competition at the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games on Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA, June 22, 2015.

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.

TALISMAN DRILLS

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Chance Seckenger participates in launch-and-recovery drills in a combat rubber raiding craft during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 after launching from the well deck of the USS Green Bay at sea, July 9, 2015. Seckenger is assigned to Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.

STAR FORMATION

Two U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcons lead a mixed formation including a Bulgarian air force MiG-29 Fulcrum and MiG-21 Fishbed during Thracian Star 2015 over Bulgaria, July 20, 2015.

FALCON FLIGHT

U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dave Julazadeh conducts preflight checks in an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft before flying his first combat sortie as commander of 455th Air Expeditionary Wing on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 7, 2015.

CANINE CHASE

U.S. Army Spc. Anthony Andrews, background, watches as Andy, his military working dog, chases a role player during training on Tactical Base Gamberi, Afghanistan, June 27, 2015. U.S. soldiers and dogs participating in the training are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team.

HOMECOMING HUGS

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ross Farling hugs his daughters during a homecoming ceremony at the Kentucky Air National Guard Base in Louisville, KY, July 4, 2015. Farling was among 39 guardsmen who returned from a deployment to the Persian Gulf region, where they supported Operation Freedom's Sentinel. Farling is a C-130 Hercules pilot assigned to the 123rd Airlift Wing.

AIR CUSHION

A landing craft air cushion departs the well deck of the forward-deployed amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard in the Indian Ocean, July 8, 2015. The assault ship is patrolling in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations and the landing craft is assigned to Naval Beach Unit.

FLARE POWER

An MH-60R Seahawk helicopter fires flares near the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson during an air power demonstration in the Pacific Ocean, July 11, 2015. The carrier hosted more than 2,000 family members and friends to demonstrate the ship's capabilities. The helicopter is assigned to Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron 73.

BEACH ASSAULT

U.S. Marines practice an amphibious assault in amphibious vehicles during Talisman Sabre 2015 at Fog Bay, Australia, July 8, 2015. The biennial exercise enables nearly 30,000 U.S. and Australian defense forces to conduct operations to increase their ability to plan and execute operations from combat missions to humanitarian assistance efforts. The Marines are assigned to 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment.

SABRE SUNSET

The guided-missile destroyer USS Preble is underway to participate in exercise Talisman Sabre 2015 in the Timor Sea, July 6, 2015. The bilateral training exercise help to maintain a high level of interoperability between U.S. and Australian forces.

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[PROCON]

Hi radu, I hope your day was fine!

The full moon ought to make interesting for the herd tonight!

Son came over for breakfast at 9:00 this morning and we visited and hung until about 3:00.

I was telling son that today is the 36th anniversary of the Mt. Saint-Helens volcanic eruption west of here. I was stationed at Fort Lewis South of Seattle and we only got a little ash fall.

But over here in Yakima where I now live, they got a foot to a foot and a half of ash, ALL OVER THE CITY, people were shoveling and cleaning up the ash for months afterwards. It was devastating.

I remember my FIL telling me that 10 years after the eruption, he was ripping out a hedge bush in his yard and found the skeletal remains of one of his cats who must of hid in the hedge when the volcanic ash started falling and suffocated in it.

What a time that was!

Anyway, just chilling out now.

[luvie]

ALWAYS remembering them!

[SandRat]

Mrs SR & I expect him too.

[radu]

Howdy, PRO!

That was a nice long visit today with your son. Did y’all save the world from chaos at all or do something different this time? :-)

It’s been 36 years since Mt. Saint Helens blew? Dang! It doesn’t seem that long. I still remember watching news coverage in horror like it was last week. Time really gets away, doesn’t it.

How sad for your FIL’s cat. And he must have felt horrible when he found the remains and realized what had happened to the poor thing.

The full moon isn’t until Sat. so we still have a little time before it gets wild in here. They must be planning to really cut loose this time because they’re conserving their energy again tonight. LOL

That’s cool because I don’t like interruptions when Survivor is on. They’re allowing me to watch in peace tonight.

[radu]

Howdy, LUV.

Whew, that pic really tugs at the heart, doesn’t it? VERY touching.

Always remembering!

[luvie]

...till they all come home.... *sniff*

[luvie]

It sure does...and happens hundreds of times a day with families who apart because they love their country more than self! God bless them every one!

[PROCON]

Oh, mercy, you just HAVE to take some pics or post a video of the kittehs come the full moon rambunctiousness, it would be a hoot to see!

Son and I did save the world from evil today but we always also talk at length about the current events of the day.

I'm blessed that both my kids haven't drank the liberal kool-aid. Maybe when they're not so busy, they'll become FReepers, who knows?

[PROCON]

What?...

[PROCON]

What?...

[luvie]

What indeed! LOL!

WOOOHOOOO!!! :)

[radu]

And their efforts and sacrifices are not taken for granted!

[radu]

LOL! It isn’t easy getting pix when they’re going full bore because they’re moving so fast. But I know if I dig through all the pix I’ve snapped over the years, there are some of them acting up. They’re good at it, even when the moon isn’t full.

Ok, so y’all did have some fun - - it wasn’t a totally serious day. :-)

Cool that your kids managed to survive without being dragged down the liberal path by peers and/or school teachers. I see so many of our friends’ kids who were dragged down that path and it makes one want to grab them and shake them.

Ya done good raising ‘em. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Then he really needs his friend and some pampering.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sounds like a terrific pub night.

Today was another matter....quite the “adventure” you had. BUT....Blue is now home, with gas, and tomorrow is a new day.

[radu]

WOOHOO! Ya got it!

I wuzn't payin' attention.

[Kathy in Alaska]

It’s out there somewhere just waiting for the right guy, you, to come along.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I’m hanging, I’m hanging....and I think I might make it.

[luvie]

Indeed they are not...and I detest the ones who try to do so! Grr!

[luvie]

Me either! LOL!

I was off in birdland, as it were! ;)