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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[Kathy in Alaska]

As exciting as me...a doctor’s appointment on the way to work; a 90 minutes class on Excel formulas (could be interesting), then rush home, pick up Mom, and hair cuts.

The last 2 times she could walk in and out, but I don’t think that can happen this time. I’ll take the wheelchair.

[radu]

Same here. They don’t want me to know if they feel that way because they’ll get an earful and then some!

[radu]

I haven’t even pulled the birds up yet. Watched Survivor and now am going through kitty pix to see if I have any of them acting up. LOTS of pix to go through. Imagine that. LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hear! Hear!! We WILL remember, ALWAYS!!

Good evening, Luv.

[Kathy in Alaska]

DOG TRAINING

A U.S. soldier trains his working dog on Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, July 4, 2015. The soldier is assigned to the 709th Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade.

[radu]

A pretty active day for you!
Other than the grocery shopping, it was just a little housework here. Got some laundry going now. How to stand all the excitement. hee!

From what you’ve said about your mom’s knees acting up these days, it sounds like a good idea to take the wheelchair. It’s got to be frustrating for her not being able to walk much these days.

[radu]

Well, I'm not finding much in the way of kittehs-acting-up pix but did find this one of Gabby, which is typical behavior for her ANY time. Sitting on the back of the desk chair with claws and teeth in my head. OUCH!

[Kathy in Alaska]

wh!!

Pro.....#50!!

[PROCON]

LOL, Gabby doesn't sound like the friendliest of kittehs, I would be inclined to give her....a stern talking to (or the back hand.)

I'm outta here, radu, see you tomorrow!

[Kathy in Alaska]

ICE BREAKER

The Coast Guard Cutter Healy breaks through ice in the Arctic Circle, July 14, 2015. An aerostat aircraft, a self-contained, compact platform, produced this image.

[luvie]

Howdy, Kathy! (((hugs)))

How are you doing today? Is everything running smoothly at the new office digs? Do you ever get a chance to go shopping at the mall, since it’s nearby now?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and rest well, Pro. Thanks for helping honor our troops and thank you for your service to our country.

[radu]

Gabby’s actually a sweetie. She just gets a little demanding when she wants attention. LOL! She doesn’t claw or bite hard but it DOES get my attention.

Good night and sleep well. Hope you have a grand day tomorrow.

[luvie]

You should have plenty of opportunities of kitties acting up! Especially around the full moon. Which comes around again this Saturday.

It’s funny that I don’t notice any difference in mine. Maybe it’s me not being attuned to it. Though I do love the full moon.

[radu]

PRO had said I should get pix or videos of them when they’re on their full moon tear this weekend and looked to see if I had any pix already. Not much but cute and funny pix. Too hard to catch them when they’re racing through the house.
So I posted the one of Gabby on my head.

Maybe you got lucky and got kittehs that don’t feel the moon. I’ve never been that lucky, even when I had only two at a time. That’s been a looooooong time ago. LOL!

I’ve always loved the full moon and enjoy getting to walk under it. No flashlight required. :-)
But I don’t think we’ll see it here this month. We aren’t getting much in the way of rain this week but the clouds just won’t move out. :-(

[luvie]

I scrolled back to see it...she sure has a mischievous look on her face! LOL!

[radu]

She’s a stinker alright! Has been since before she was born.

Her poor little momma made the mistake of getting together with a large male. She got so large, she rarely got up the last 3 weeks she was pregnant. I called her “Octo-Mom” because I just knew there had to be at least 8 kittens in there. There were only 5.
And one was constantly in motion, which had to wear poor Isis out. I’d sit next to her and rub “Lump” through her belly trying to get it to be still.

After they were born, it was obvious which one was “Lump”. It was Gabby. Even when she slept, she twitched and moved all the time.

She’s a spoiled brat and was spoiled before she was born due to me rubbing her so much. And that mischievous look in her eyes is always there. She’s a stinker!

[luvie]

Maybe all that rubbing of your head is her doing for you what you did for her when she was Lump. Only with claws.

My Peaches has started napping with me, curled up behind my head on my pillow. He must always be touching me, but sometimes he forgets to NOT use his claws. I have to remind him. This afternoon, I felt like a pincushion. LOL!

And he only means to be sweet. In his own way. :)

[radu]

Naaah, she does it when she wants attention and I ignore her. She knows it’s hard to ignore that. LOL! She’s no dummy.

Ellie likes to sleep on my pillow like Peaches does with you. No clawing but it makes me hot. I wake up kicking covers off and moving her off the pillow.

It’s wonderful being loved by our kittehs but sometimes it can be a bit much, can’t it? :-)

[luvie]

It is. There is NO privacy when they’re around. They have to BE there...wherever there is. :)

But they’re sweet, so we just enjoy them. I don’t think I could deal with more than the two I have though. LOL!