FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 22 April 2021

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

Ready For The Cover of Vogue!

Army Reserve Spc. Alan Lopez, a patient administration specialist, assigned to Company A, 228th Combat Support Hospital, 807th Medical Command (Deployment Support) poses for a portrait before tackling a night land navigation course on Camp Williams, April 15. Lopez is one of fifteen Army Reserve Soldiers from around the country who recently came to Camp Williams to compete in a Joint Command Best Warrior Competition that challenged the Soldiers with five-days of rigorous physical and mental events ranging from the Army Combat Fitness Test to marksmanship, medical knowledge and warrior skills. (Official U.S. Army Reserve photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brent C. Powell)

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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.

Homecomings Are The Best!!

Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Moncrief, gunners mate on U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907), hugs his children after returning to homeport in Boston, April 19, 2021. The 270-foot Escanaba crew supported operation Leeward Horizon and Unified Resolve, presidential initiatives designed to disrupt transnational criminal organizations in Central and South America. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Amanda Wyrick/Released)

Camp Pendleton: A Bison's Paradise

A large bison herd roams Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton on April 6, 2021. Camp Pendleton was given 14 Plains Bison from the San Diego Zoo from 1973-1979. Today, the bison herd consists of approximately 90 individuals. Along with another herd on Santa Catalina Island, the herd on Camp Pendleton is one of only two wild conservation herds of bison in all of California. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Dylan Chagnon)

Kentucky Air Guard

A two-ship P-51 Mustang formation performs an aerial demonstration over Bowman Field in Louisville, KY, April 17, 2021, as part of the Thunder Over Louisville air show. The top aircraft, nicknamed Swamp Fox, is now privately owned but once belonged to the active inventory of the Kentucky Air National Guard following World War II. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Dale Greer)

MCCSSS Bring Your Child to Work Day

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Antonio Cruz, left, an instructor with Ground Supply School (GSS), Marine Corps Combat Service Schools (MCCSSS), and Master Sgt. Neil Mason, an instructor with GSS, MCCSSS, teach Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques during the MCCSSS Bring Your Child to Work Day event at Camp Johnson, NC, April 9, 2021. MCCSSS’ Bring Your Child to Work Day event fostered morale and positive relationships between MCCSSS personnel and their children by allowing attendees to participate in various activities. (U.S. Marine Corps photo released/taken by Sgt. Muriah M. King)

Peek-A-Boo! We See You!

U.S. Marines with Fleet Anti-terrorism Security Company, Europe (FASTEUR), Commander, Task Force - 68 (CTF-68), and French armed forces soldiers conduct Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) training during a joint forces readiness exercise in Timbuktu, Mali, April 16, 2021. U.S. forces routinely conduct operational exercises across regions with partners and allies to prepare for contingencies and exercise readiness. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. William Chockey)

We Like Jumping Out Of Planes, Too!

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division prepare to for their jump into Sicily drop zone from a C-17 aircraft April 13, 2021, at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The Soldiers completed an all-female pass to pay homage to the rich history of women in the U.S. Army. (U.S. Army photo by: Spc Emely Opio/Released)

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April 22

The God of All Comfort

Bible in a Year:

• 2 Samuel 14–15
• Luke 17:1–19

[God] comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble.

2 Corinthians 1:4

Radamenes was just a kitten when his owner dropped him off at an animal shelter, thinking he was too ill to recover. The kitten was nursed back to health and adopted by the vet. He then became a fulltime resident at the shelter and now spends his days “comforting” cats and dogs—just out of surgery or recovering from an illness—through his warm presence and gentle purr.

That story is a small picture of what our loving God does for us—and what we can do for others in return. He cares for us in our sickness and struggles, and He soothes us with His presence. The apostle Paul in 2 Corinthians calls our God, “the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort” (1:3). When we are discouraged, depressed, or mistreated, He’s there for us. When we turn to Him in prayer, He “comforts us in all our troubles” (v. 4).

But verse 4 doesn’t end there. Paul, who had experienced intense suffering, continues, “so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.” Our Father comforts us, and when we’ve experienced His comfort, we’re enabled to comfort others.

Our compassionate Savior, who suffered for us, is more than able to comfort us in our suffering and distress (v. 5). He helps us through our pain and equips us to do the same for others. 

Reflect & Pray

When have you experienced God’s comfort during a difficult time? When have you offered God’s comfort to others?

Dear God, thank You for Your comforting presence in my pain and sorrow. Help me in turn to be a comfort to others.

[PROCON]

Thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops, Kathy!

[lightman]

Happy hump day!

Salute those serving.

Honor those who have served.

NEVER FORGET the fallen!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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[mylife]

lose the covid masks!!

[Biggirl]

Hi!

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=185&v=Mx49Vr0BA80&feature=emb_logo

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

It’s Hump Day. Any chance of catching your breath this evening?

[mylife]

seriously lose the covid masks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=185&v=Mx49Vr0BA80&feature=emb_logo

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

How are things up your way? Do you have enough warm weather you can share a little? We’re under a freeze advisory tonight!

[Kathy in Alaska]

YES! YES! and YES!

I am wiped out from all the fun and frivolity, and a mandatory safety meeting today, but the checks are printed. I intend to veg tonight, and go to bed early.

[PROCON]

Yo radu!

We are sunny and warm and I did some yardwork at Robin's this morning and then ordered a pizza delivery to have lunch with son before he went off to work.

No, you can't have our weather. We're suppose to go back into a cool spell for a few days.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

We made it through hump day...mostly intact I hope.

Keep resting your back.

[radu]

YAAAAAAY!!!!!! Glad you can kick back tonight. I reckon you didn’t get much sleep the past two nights. Early bedtime sounds ideal.

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlxxDr01V_c

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey there, Pro...honoring our troops at work and play.

[radu]

Sounds like you had a nice day. Getting outside to do yardwork this time of year is fun after being cooped up all winter. Now when summer rolls around, yardwork ceases to be fun. LOL

Sounds like we’re going to swap weather. It’s supposed to start warming up the next few days and feel like spring again by the weekend. But farmers with early crops are going to take a hit first with the freeze tonight. We had a little sleet falling early this morning before I went to bed. WAY too late for this stuff!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy hump day to you, too, lightman.

We must never forget our troops! Not from the past, and for sure, not those who gave their lives for our freedom.