FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 18 February 2021

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

ESSEX HOMECOMING

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Ben Hernandez kisses his newborn child after returning from a seven-month deployment aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Essex in San Diego, Dec. 15, 2015. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class James Vazquez

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.

SURGICAL STEEL

Navy surgeons operate on a simulated casualty during Exercise Steel Night’s mass casualty drill on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, CA, Dec. 12, 2015. The drill tested the ability of personnel with the 1st Marine Division to react to a large influx of simulated injured and wounded personnel. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Justin Boling

OPERATION TOY DROP

A U.S. soldier jumps out of a UH-60 Black Hawk during the 18th Annual Randy Oler Memorial Operation Toy Drop on Camp Mackall, NC, Dec. 8, 2015. Operation Toy Drop provides paratroopers from the U.S. and seven partner nations an opportunity to help children receive toys for the holidays. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis

WEIGHT ROOM

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Doyle exercises in the weight room aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 12, 2015. The Eisenhower and embarked Carrier Air Wing 3 are preparing for their upcoming deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Taylor L. Jackson

SHIP WASHDOWN

Sailors assigned to the repair division of the amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island wash down its deck in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 9, 2015. The Makin Island is conducting sea trials while finishing maintenance in San Diego. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Dennis Grube

DAMAGE CONTROL

Petty Officer 2nd Class Natasha McNeil mans a hose during a damage control drill on the flight deck of the USS Mustin in the Philippine Sea, Dec. 9, 2015. The Mustin is on patrol in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility in support of security and stability in the Indo-Asia Pacific region. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christian Senyk

NIGHT LIGHTS

The USS Harpers Ferry prepares for flight operations at night in the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 7, 2015. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Eshleman

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[Kathy in Alaska]

RIP

Rush H Limbaugh III
January 12, 1951 - February 17, 2021

Amazing Grace

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

February 18

Remember to Sing

Bible in a Year:

• Leviticus 23–24
• Mark 1:1–22

How good it is to sing praises to our God.

Psalm 147:1

Nancy Gustafson, a retired opera singer, was devastated when she visited her mother and observed her decline from dementia. Her mom no longer recognized her and barely spoke. After several monthly visits, Nancy had an idea. She started singing to her. Her mother’s eyes lit up at the musical sounds, and she began singing too—for twenty minutes! Then Nancy’s mom laughed, joking they were “The Gustafson Family Singers!” The dramatic turnaround suggested the power of music, as some therapists conclude, to evoke lost memories. Singing “old favorites” has also been shown to boost mood, reduce falls, lessen visits to the emergency room, and decrease the need for sedative drugs.

More research is underway on a music-memory link. Yet, as the Bible reveals, the joy that comes from singing is a gift from God—and it’s real. “How good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!” (Psalm 147:1).

Throughout the Scriptures, in fact, God’s people are urged to lift their voices in songs of praise to Him. “Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things” (Isaiah 12:5). “He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God. Many will see and fear the Lord and put their trust in him” (Psalm 40:3). Our singing inspires us but also those who hear it. May we all remember: our God is great and worthy of praise.

Reflect & Pray

What role does singing play in your life? How can you make more time for singing songs of praise with those who are experiencing memory problems?

May I sing praises to You, God. Thank You for so often unlocking the minds of those with memory problems through the beauty and power of song.

To dig deeper, read Psalms: Ancient Prayers for Modern People at ChristianUniversity.org/OT222.

[The Mayor]

I am missing him already

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody.
A Sad Day. RIP Rush.

(((HUGS)))

[mylife]

7 months? they told me it would be weekend jaunts in the warm water bits of the world...

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[mountainlion]

Rush and Carman both passed this morning. RIP patriots.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Me, too...a very sad day, but he is Home and without pain and hearing again.

RIP Rush, you were a great conservative American.

[The Mayor]

Amen

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hump Day is here. I hope it means you get a little breather and early bedtime tonight.

Such a sad day, losing Rush. He was a giant.

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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[PROCON]

Thanks for honoring and remembering our Troops, Kathy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

Did you make it safely through hump day?

My day started with the announcement by Rush’s wife of his returning Home. RIP Rush...

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[PROCON]

Hi Rus!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...a very sad day, indeed.

How are you and Penny doing? Storms? Cold? Any weather that allows walking?

Stay safe and warm!

[luvie]

Pretenders~My City Is Gone [Rush's Theme]

Rest in Peace, Rush

[luvie]

Great sketch and tribute.

[Publius]

He was the only reason I bothered to turn on the radio.

[Publius]

My own tribute would be a poem by Walt Whitman set to music by Ralph Vaughn Williams.

Darest thou now O soul,
Walk out with me toward the unknown region,
Where neither ground is for the feet nor any path to follow?
No map there, nor guide,
Nor voice sounding, nor touch of human hand,
Nor face with blooming flesh, nor lips, nor eyes, are in that land.
I know it not O soul,
Nor dost thou, all is a blank before us,
All waits undream'd of in that region, that inaccessible land.

Till when the ties loosen,
All but the ties eternal, Time and Space,
Nor darkness, gravitation, sense, nor any bounds bounding us.

Then we burst forth, we float,
In Time and Space O soul, prepared for them,
Equal, equipt at last, (O joy! O fruit of all!) them to fulfil O soul.

Vaughn Williams: “Toward the Unknown Region”