FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 05 March 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

BUBBLE WATCH

U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Scott Hudson and Petty Officer 2nd Class David Stewart watch an aircraft launch from the bubble on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis at sea, Feb. 1, 2015. The carrier is training to prepare for future deployments.

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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.

RUBBER BOAT OPERATIONS

U.S. Marines and Navy sailors conduct boat operations using rubber raiding craft in the well deck of the USS Bonhomme Richard in Aichi, Japan, Feb. 2, 2015. The Marines are assigned to Fox Company, Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit.

FREEZING PLUNGE

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. John Freeseha begins singing the Marines' Hymn after completing a plunge into freezing water during an ice-breaker drill as part of Winter Mountain Leaders Course 1-15 at Levitt Lake on Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center in Bridgeport, CA, Jan. 30, 2015.

WHEELS AT WORK

U.S. Army Sgt. Gordon Scott shows what an all-terrain vehicle can do to soldiers during a safety course in Boeblingen, Germany, Jan. 29, 2015. Scott is assigned to 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group. The solders are assigned to 554th Military Police Company.

BREACHER VEHICLE

A Marine prepares an assault breacher vehicle for a mechanized assault course during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twenty-nine Palms, CA, Feb. 1, 2015.

DE-ICING

An Air National Guard crew chief de-ices a KC-135 Stratotanker on Selfridge Air National Guard Base in Harrison Township, MI, Feb. 4, 2015. The crew chief is assigned to the 191st Air Refueling Group.

TANK TALK

U.S. Marines prepare for the tank mechanized assault course during Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twenty-nine Palms, CA, Feb. 1, 2015. The Marines are assigned to the 1st Marine Division's Delta Company, 1st Tanks Battalion.

FARM FIELD

U.S. and Czech soldiers patrol along a canal and a farm field near a village in Parwan province, Afghanistan, Jan. 27, 2015.

COMBAT GLIDING

Marines practice "combat gliding" during the Integrated Training Exercise 2-15 on Camp Wilson in Twenty-nine Palms, CA, Jan. 30, 2015. The Marines are assigned to Combat Logistics Detachment 1, Combat Logistics Battalion 13, 1st Marine Logistics Group.

FUJI FORMATION

Three CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters fly past Mount Fuji, Japan, Jan. 24, 2015, during a two-day flight to Misawa Air Base, Japan, from Okinawa to support Exercise Forest Light 15-2. The semiannual exercise strengthens U.S. and Japan military relations. The CH-53E helicopters operate with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465, Marine Aircraft Group 16, currently assigned to 1st Marine Aircraft Wing, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force.

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[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops, Kathy!

[Biggirl]

Hi!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...they are special, past and present.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[real saxophonist]

Just checking in. Happen to be off tonight.

[Biggirl]

Thank-you militarily for your service!

[real saxophonist]

Now I've looked at the pictures. I splashed on the Slide For Life on Parris Island, had to come out singing the Marines' Hymn.

Wasn't quite that cold, June or July 1989.

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Biggirl...hope your day went well.

[The Mayor]

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March 5

Plans Disrupted

Bible in a Year:

• Numbers 34–36
• Mark 9:30–50

Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.

Proverbs 19:21

Jane’s plans to become a speech therapist ended when an internship revealed the job was too emotionally challenging for her. Then she was given the opportunity to write for a magazine. She’d never seen herself as an author, but years later she found herself advocating for needy families through her writing. “Looking back, I can see why God changed my plans,” she says. “He had a bigger plan for me.”

The Bible has many stories of disrupted plans. On his second missionary journey, Paul had sought to bring the gospel into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus stopped him (Acts 16:6–7). This must have seemed mystifying: Why was Jesus disrupting plans that were in line with a God-given mission? The answer came in a dream one night: Macedonia needed him even more. There, Paul would plant the first church in Europe. Solomon also observed, “Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails” (Proverbs 19:21).

It’s sensible to make plans. A well-known adage goes, “Fail to plan, and you plan to fail.” But God may disrupt our plans with His own. Our challenge is to listen and obey, knowing we can trust God. If we submit to His will, we’ll find ourselves fitting into His purpose for our lives.

As we continue to make plans, we can add a new twist: Plan to listen. Listen to God’s plan. 

By:  Leslie Koh

Reflect & Pray

How can you submit your plans to God today? How can you listen to His plans?

All-knowing God, give me the faith to listen to You when my plans are disrupted, knowing that You have a greater purpose for my life.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[The Mayor]

44 years ago today I joined the US Army

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[luvie]

Remembering ALL our troops.
They are on the front lines
keeping our country safe and free!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Things down to a dull roar at work today? Little homework for a change?

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy!

[Biggirl]

It did go well.

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

How are things out your way this evening?
Any plans for a trip to the shooting range in the near future since the weather’s behaving?

[radu]

Howdy, LUV.

Were you out dancing in the rain today? LOL! Glad you finally got a decent dose.
Somehow we stayed dry today but the rain has been kissing the TN/AL state line just below us all day.