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FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Dover Air Force Base, Delaware ~ 08 SEPT 2020
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 09/07/2020 5:56:45 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe

 
 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Dover Air Force Base, Delaware

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Dover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force base under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command (AMC), located 2 miles southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware. 436th AW is the host wing and run the busiest and largest air freight terminal in the Department of Defense.

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Dover AFB is home to the 436th Airlift Wing (436 AW) of the Air Mobility Command (AMC), known as the "Eagle Wing", and the AMC-gained 512th Airlift Wing (512 AW) of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), referred to as the "Liberty Wing". It was previously the only base to solely operate the massive C-5 Galaxy and now operates both that aircraft plus the C-17 Globemaster III.

The 436 AW has two active flying squadrons (the 3rd Airlift Squadron, which now operates the C-17 Globemaster III, and 9th Airlift Squadron), and the 512 AW has two Air Force Reserve flying squadrons (the 326th Airlift Squadron and the 709th Airlift Squadron).

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Dover AFB is also the home for the largest military mortuary in the Department of Defense, and has been used for processing military personnel killed in both war and peacetime; the remains of those killed overseas are traditionally brought to Dover AFB before being transferred to family.

The Charles C. Carson Center for Mortuary Affairs has also been used to identify remains of civilians in certain exceptional circumstances, in 1986 for identifying the remains of the crew of the Space Shuttle Challenger, and in 2003 for the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia.

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AFMAO is charged with fulfilling the nation's sacred commitment of ensuring dignity, honor and respect to the fallen and care, service and support to their families. A solemn dignified transfer of remains is conducted upon arrival at Dover AFB from the aircraft to a transfer vehicle to honor those who have given their lives in the service of the country.

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Learn More About Dover Air Force Base HERE!!

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1 posted on 09/07/2020 5:56:45 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe

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September 8

Loving Others with Our Prayers

Bible in a Year:

This happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead.

2 Corinthians 1:9

“Are people still praying for me?”

That was one of the first questions a missionary asked his wife whenever she was allowed to visit him in prison. He had been falsely accused and incarcerated for his faith for two years. His life was frequently in danger because of the conditions and hostility in the prison, and believers around the world were earnestly praying for him. He wanted to be assured they wouldn’t stop, because he believed God was using their prayers in a powerful way.

Our prayers for others—especially those who are persecuted for their faith—are a vital gift. Paul made this clear when he wrote the believers in Corinth about hardships he faced during his missionary journey. He “was under great pressure,” so much that he “despaired of life itself” (2 Corinthians 1:8). But then he told them God had delivered him and described the tool He’d used to do it: “We have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers” (vv. 10–11, emphasis added).

God moves through our prayers to accomplish great good in the lives of His people. One of the best ways to love others is to pray for them, because through our prayers we open the door to the help only God can provide. When we pray for others, we love them in His strength. There’s none greater or more loving than He.

By:  James Banks Reflect & Pray

How do you love others with your prayers? In what ways can you encourage prayer for those who are persecuted for their faith?

Loving and Almighty God, thank You for the amazing gift of prayer and the ways You move through it. Please help me to pray faithfully for others today!

For help in your prayer life, read Jesus’ Blueprint for Prayer at DiscoverySeries.org/HJ891.


2 posted on 09/07/2020 5:59:20 PM PDT by The Mayor (I am outraged at your outrage toward the outrage!)
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To: laurenmarlowe
WOO-HOO, it's Road Trip time, thanks Lauren!
3 posted on 09/07/2020 6:02:23 PM PDT by PROCON (MOLON LABE)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Stand strong and stay safe.

I love driving past Dover on Delaware Route 9. Always think of the thousands of fallen heroes who have passed through there.


4 posted on 09/07/2020 6:03:37 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: laurenmarlowe

I love the USO in the passenger terminal there! I usually fly to Europe from Dover.


5 posted on 09/07/2020 6:05:18 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (The root word of vigilante is vigilant!)
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To: The Mayor
Good evening and thank you Mayor!

FIRST!!

6 posted on 09/07/2020 6:07:18 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: PROCON
WOO HOO PROCON!

SECOND!!

7 posted on 09/07/2020 6:08:37 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe
Good evening, lauren, and thank you for today's Road Trip: Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.


8 posted on 09/07/2020 6:09:30 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: lightman
Howdy lightman, and you as well!

THIRD!!

9 posted on 09/07/2020 6:09:34 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: rfreedom4u

Good evening to you rfreedom4u, thank you for joining us this evening!


10 posted on 09/07/2020 6:10:39 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe; Kathy in Alaska; luvie; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; beachn4fun; SandRat; ...

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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


11 posted on 09/07/2020 6:10:43 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

HI MA!

*HUGS*


12 posted on 09/07/2020 6:11:07 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: radu

Howdy howdy radu! Hope you had a nice Labor Day!

*HUGS*


13 posted on 09/07/2020 6:13:10 PM PDT by laurenmarlowe
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To: laurenmarlowe

Dad was stationed at Dover in the early 70s as it was going to be the main C-141 base on the East Coast and Charleston SC was going to be the East Coast C-5 base. For some reason they swapped aircraft and Dover got the C-5. One offshoot was that Charleston AFB has a hanger built for the C-5 that never had a C-5 in it.

Think the swap was done to keep McGuire AFB, NJ open as a C-141 base. Couldn’t have two C-141 bases only 15 minutes away by air from each other.


14 posted on 09/07/2020 6:14:57 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult
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To: laurenmarlowe

Hi everybody!

(((HUGS)))


15 posted on 09/07/2020 6:17:40 PM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: laurenmarlowe

88 degrees today and snow tonight. It was smoky and they changed the voluntary evacuation to about 5 miles away then the wind changed and blew the smoke away. 59 degrees now and they are saying 26 tonight. If they do not stop doing that I may become paranoid.


16 posted on 09/07/2020 6:20:46 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: laurenmarlowe

Thank you for posting this! I came here in 1984 and never left.
DAFB’s nickname? The elephant graveyard.
While there have been a few changes and some upgrades like lengthening the runway and a new tower and much larger terminals and storage, the base remains relatively unchanged.


17 posted on 09/07/2020 6:21:34 PM PDT by Delmarksman (Pro 2A Anglican American (Ford and Chevy kill more people than guns do, lets ban them))
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To: laurenmarlowe
I volunteered to ride a Nightingale from Keesler with a Medical detachment to Dover in March of 1977 to attend the bodies brought back to the US from Tineriffe. I was there four days helping the pathologists with the remains. I only saw the hanger and the barracks they had put up for us temporarily. I have the ultimate respect for those that have this duty year in and year out.
18 posted on 09/07/2020 6:22:19 PM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: laurenmarlowe; MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; ...

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: Dover Air Force Base, Delaware ~

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19 posted on 09/07/2020 6:23:19 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: The Mayor

Worked at 2 VA hospitals in the 80’s. They were hell holes on steroids.

Been at Dover when the dead where coming in during Iraq war

Volunteered at Walter Reed on the amputation ward during the Afghan war , Ward 52, “The Snake Pit”.

Been volunteering at W.R. for 5 years until they closed us down cuz of Covid.

God bless our military.

God bless our president.

I held my nose to vote for this man, now I’m broken glass. Love this man.


20 posted on 09/07/2020 6:28:10 PM PDT by lizma2
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