FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 30 January 2020

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

RAPTOR REFUELING

Four F-22 Raptors await refueling from a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft during Rim of the Pacific 2016 over the Pacific Ocean, July 26, 2016. The Raptor pilots are assigned to the 199th and 19th Fighter squadrons. The Stratotanker crew is assigned to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory A. Harden II

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.

SEAHAWK DEPARTURE

An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter departs from the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell during visit, board, search and seizure training in the South China Sea, July 22, 2016. The McCampbell is patrolling with Carrier Strike Group Five in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. The helicopter is assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 12. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Elesia K. Patten

LIGHTWEIGHT GUN SMOKE

The crew of the USS Stethem fire an MK 45 5-inch lightweight gun at a surface target during Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training Singapore 2016, or Carat, in the South China Sea, July 24, 2016. The annual maritime exercises occur between the Navy and Marine Corps and the armed forces of nine partner nations, including Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Timor-Leste. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John Pearl

WILD RIDE

A Marine student fast-ropes out of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during operations at Camp Lejeune, NC, July 13, 2016. The course is a new, shortened version of the helicopter rope-suspension training course and focuses on qualifying Marines as subject matter experts within their subordinate command. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Preston McDonald

TANK TASK

An M1A1 Abrams tank drives down a dirt road during a training event on Camp Lejeune, NC, July 21, 2016. The event brought together active and reserve Marines to train for possible future deployment. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Matthew Callahan

GREEN SCREEN

Soldiers advance through a smoke screen during live-fire training at the Joint Readiness Training Center in Fort Polk, LA, July 25, 2016. The soldiers are assigned to the New York Army National Guard's Company C, 1st Battalion, 69th Infantry Regiment. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Harley Jelis

OFFLOADING A HELICOPTER

U.S. and NATO troops participate in Advanced Casualty Sustainment Care Medical Training, a course the International Special Training Centre hosted in Pfullendorf, Germany, July 20, 2016. The multinational students received the training to enhance their medical skills to support NATO troops. Army photo by Jason Johnston

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

[txnativegop]

. . . to a man. I dislike typos.

[radu]

We NEED a good two weeks, at least, with no rain but I don’t see that happening. We’re happy to get what dry stretches we can, even if they’re short.
And I certainly don’t mind a few days with 60s for the beginning of February. LOL

We need to put our thinking caps on to figure out how to redirect some of our rain down to ya’ll! If this February is like last year’s, we’re in trouble.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shock of shocks...today went amazingly well. If you can’t make corrections, why look for mistakes?? d:o)

That left me time to really concentrate on garnishments..it was good.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome home, Daddy!! ((HUGS)) Thanks, Luv.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, txnativegop, for helping honor our troops, past and present.

[txnativegop]

You are welcome, Kathy

[radu]

Wonder of wonders!!!!! Not something we hear very often, especially on pay week! LOL

Glad you had a good day for a change. It should happen more often.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Would you believe it is 25.9 at my house right now?

[radu]

HEAT WAVE!!! Are you in shorts and flip flops? LOL

[radu]

I’ll jump on it. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL!! Not to worry about typos.

[luvie]

I hope all this rain will help in case y’all have a long dry spell this summer like you did last year.

It’s so dry now that if I wake up in the middle of the night my mouth is as dry as if I had been given drugs before surgery. That’s even when I’ve drunk water before sleeping. I hate it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shorts? yes, but still socks. It’s not THAT warm. LOL!

[E.G.C.]

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

How's everyone doing this morning?

[radu]

The rain will get the water table way up and that’s good for those of us with wells. But it won’t help the crops if we have a long dry spell later in the summer.

Right now, we need a lot less rain. Actually a long dry stretch so the area farmers will be able to prep the fields for spring planting.

Ugh on the bad cases of dry mouth you’re dealing with at night. :-(

[radu]

OMG! You ARE wearing shorts???!! Not the answer I expected. LOL

I’m not wearing shorts these days but am wearing flip flops in the house. It’s nice to be in a house that’s comfortable enough to be able to do that now. I’d be in layers and wearing heavy socks and shoes in the other house.

[radu]

Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))

Was the weather a little more pleasant so you and Gizmo could enjoy your outing a bit more? Not a lot of fun outside when it’s blustery and chilly.

[luvie]

Yeah, they would have a nasty time of it trying to work the fields as soggy as they are.

I just looked at the temp. I didn’t realize it was down to 37. LOL! It didn’t feel that chilly when I fed the kitties at 8pm. Imagine my surprise.

[radu]

They’d sink so deep in the mud, they’d have a heck of a time ever getting out. I won’t even step out into the fields right now. I made that mistake several years ago after a long wet stretch. Took one step and sank almost to my knee. If I’d had both feet in the muck, I’d have been in trouble. Had a heck of a time getting the one foot out. Years and years of plowing make the fields almost like quicksand in these conditions.

You’re a little cooler than we are right now, but not by much. It didn’t feel too bad, though, when I stepped outside a little while ago because there’s no wind.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hope you feel better soon.