FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 28 December 2017

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

RECEIVING INSTRUCTIONS

Army Capt. Brandon Shorter, right, receives instructions on the M249 machine gun during Expert Infantryman Badge training at the 7th Army Training Command’s Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, Oct. 17, 2016. The purpose of the Expert Infantry Badge is to recognize infantrymen who have demonstrated a mastery of critical tasks that build the core foundation of individual proficiency that enables them to locate, close with, and destroy the enemy through fire and maneuver and repel an enemy assault in close combat. Army photo by Gertrud Zach

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.

GLOBEMASTER LINE

Airmen direct soldiers as they exit a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during exercise Red Flag Alaska 17-1 at Allen Army Airfield, Alaska, Oct. 13, 2016. The soldiers are assigned to the 25th Infantry Division’s 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne). Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Joseph Swafford

NIGHT LIGHTS

Marines prepare their weapons for a night live-fire during Exercise Silver Arrow at Adazi Training Area, Latvia, Oct. 16, 2016. The platoon fired grenade launchers, machine guns and wire-guided missiles to improve anti-armor capabilities through training scenarios based on real-world challenges in the Baltic Region. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Kirstin Merrimarahajara

MAINTENANCE WORK

Navy Seaman Oriana Rosario holds a panel in place during routine 84-day maintenance on an F/A-18C Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 131 in the hangar bay of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf, Oct. 14, 2016. Rosario is an aviation ordnanceman. Navy photo by Seaman Christopher A. Michaels

TAIL WING RINSED

Navy Seaman Jeremiah Milligan rinses off the tail wing on an F/A-18E Super Hornet aircraft assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 105 on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf, Oct. 14, 2016. Milligan is an aviation structural mechanic. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert J. Baldock

RIG REVIEW

A paratrooper checks the rigging of a fellow paratrooper before a jump during Red Flag Alaska 17-1 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Oct. 12, 2016. About 2,095 service members will participate in the exercise. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Valerie Monroy

SUNSET ASSAULT

UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters arrive at the pickup zone as the sun sets over Fort Drum, NY, Oct. 15, 2016. The air assault involved soldiers from 1-89 Cavalry and was part of the 10th Mountain Division's annual Mountain Peak exercise. Army photo by Spc. Thomas Scaggs

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

[radu]

Thanks! LOL!

I think the majority of folks across the country need them these days. This was a hard hit. Unbelievable how cold it is in places like MN. BRRRRRR!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

COLD is for sure!!!

Stay warm!

((HUGS))

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Thursday morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. How's it going?

[Kathy in Alaska]

It’s gorebul warming, don’t ya know!

[luvie]

Yep...we sure do! And so do you and Ms B! Maybe y’all need twice as many as we do with y’all’s temps! LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...are you and Bo caught in the cold weather, too?

You guys have a great Thursday.

[radu]

That’s what they keep telling us. LOL!

I’ve been surprised to not hear anyone call this “polar vortex” yet.

[luvie]

I’ll go check them out! I always miss them because of the time difference, except for running the video back.

SWFL has two little bobbleheads. They were hatched less than 24 hours apart. This will be interesting to see who dominates in this pair! LOL!

After I check ‘em out, I guess I’ll head out. Go see if Peaches wants back in so he can purr me to sleep.

[Kathy in Alaska]

radu.....#50!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And I am off to bed.

Rest well when you get there.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

[radu]

I usually wait til around 1:00 to check because with them being 8 hours ahead of us, it’s good and light by then. Then I run the video back to see if they’ve been there if they aren’t on the nest in the present. They come and go, getting more nesting materials.
Since you wake up in the morning, you should check the cam then.

I saw a video of both the lil fuzzballs at SWFL. I can’t watch them ‘live’ because it says I have to turn off my ad blocker. Can’t do it because I have no way to do it.

I hope Peaches shows up at the door or you’ll fret so much, you won’t be able to sleep well.

[radu]

Good night and sleep well.
Hoping tomorrow isn’t another day of “adventurous” driving.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Snacks?

[radu]

Thanks.
Slid right into it tonight. LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[luvie]

THIS is too cute not to share.
I've never seen parents hand off food for feeding the bobbleheads!

[radu]

That’s the video I saw earlier tonight.
First time I’d seen eagle parents do that too ...... one bites off the pieces and gives them to the other parent to feed the babies. That was just too sweet.
Harriet and M15 work VERY well together, no doubt about it.

[E.G.C.]

Well, we did walk out at the Wichita Ridge Park yesterday. Bo seemed to enjoy it more than I did. He really likes this cold weather.

Our neighboring city to the South, Waurika is going to have their power cut off later today. PSO (Public Service of Oklahoma) is going to work on the city's transmission lines. The outage is slated to start around 12:30 PM and last for four to six hours.

This planned outage was scheduled for back in October but was postponed due to clean up work from storms at the time. A number of businesses have posted on FB that they will either close at the time oof the outage or be closed all day.