FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 29 April 2021

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

I Don’t Need A Shot!

Senior Airman Alan Ricker, public affairs journeyman, brought his corgi, Topanga, to the McConnell Air Force Base Veterinary Services for a leptospirosis vaccine April 26, 2021, at McConnell AFB, Kansas. The leptospirosis vaccine protects pets from bacteria in water sources contaminated by wild animal urine. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Zachary Willis)

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Showing support and boosting the morale of
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and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

Army Ready!

U.S. Army Soldiers synchronize their watches as they gather at the two-mile start line during the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) on Camp Bullis in San Antonio, Texas, April 22, 2021. The ACFT is an event held during the Contract Operational Readiness Exercise 21 that prepares Soldiers who are set to deploy in the upcoming months and next fiscal year. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Larisssa Peterson)

I Am I Said

A Washington Army National Guard soldier, assigned to India Company, 3rd Battalion, 161st Infantry Regiment "Dark Rifles", 81st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, adjusts his advanced combat helmet strap in “The Box”--a massive training area within the National Training Center--on Fort Irwin, California, March 13, 2021. India Co. is the forward support company responsible for providing field-level maintenance capabilities, wheeled vehicle recovery, and ground support equipment maintenance, amongst other essential sustainment resources. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Adeline Witherspoon)

Just Out For A Boat Ride. Shhh!

Members of a Special Forces Detachment – Alpha team from 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) navigate a combat rubber reconnaissance craft, also known as a Zodiac, up the Cape Fear River during the long-range movement portion of a maritime operation on March 16, 2021 near Wilmington, North Carolina. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Bruce Scott)

Look Closer! Real or Not?

A Military working dog (MWD) handler wraps a bandage around the bleeding leg of a robotic dog during MWD first aid training, April 21, 2021, onboard NAS Pensacola. The robotic dog actually bled from the injured leg and barked while handlers worked to apply a tourniquet and stop the bleeding. (Official U.S. Navy photo by Joshua Cox)

Live-Fire Exercises!

ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 27, 2021) Machinist Mate 3rd Class Garry He assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS San Antonio (LPD 17), fires an M2HB .50-caliber machine gun during a live-fire exercise, April 27, 2021. San Antonio is operating in the Atlantic Ocean with Amphibious Squadron 4 and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (24th MEU) as part of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Jacob M. Turrigiano)

Army Flies Gear to Denali for National Park Service

Two soldiers from Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 52nd Aviation Regiment, based out of Fort Wainwright, observe the landscape after leaving Denali National Park, where the crew unloaded gear and supplies for the National Park Service. The unit provides assistance annually in flying supplies to the base camp located at 7,200 feet in elevation on Kahiltna Glacier. (Photo by Eve Baker, Fort Wainwright Public Affairs Office)

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[Biggirl]

Hi!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering The Troops! ~

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Biggirl...hump day is finally over!

[PROCON]

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...have you been graced with nice Blue weather yet this week?

It’s mid 50s here, but the wind is starting to gust.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...we MUST remember them!!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

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Oh yes...I have been out several times this week. Today, however, I needed to use the car because I bought Penny a New Bed!

It looks like this:



Penny LOVES it! It is made of ballistics fabric and is supposedly indestructible.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello, radu...did you warm up? Stay dry so planting is closer?

Mostly sunny weather at my house, but the wind is staring to come in gusts.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hump Day! Do you get a chance to catch your breath this evening?

Wow, medical training devices are certainly a lot different nowadays. Robotics are changing the game. We have a few items at the museum from days past and they are very low-tech.

[radu]

Hey there, Kathy.

It sure HAS warmed up the past few days with low 80s for highs. Humidity was added to the mix today and it wasn’t exactly comfortable.

I’ve heard the wind gusts on the live cam this afternoon. Had to turn the volume way down because it was so loud at points. The past several days in the 50s with sunshine are melting the lake ice quickly. None of the small planes are landing on it now.

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

Have you gotten started on any of the projects Robin’s lined up?

[PROCON]

Hiya radu!

We work together on weekends since she still works M-F.

I did fertilize last week and I do mow weekly.

Like I mentioned before, we have a lot of yard projects scheduled, hopefully we'll get the hard ones done before the real hot weather begins.

'Sup your way?

[Kathy in Alaska]

A new bed! How cool for Penny...can she use it out on her porch? Or is it an indoor bed?

[radu]

No rain today so farmers took advantage of it. When I woke up briefly early this morning, I looked out the window and saw a truck with what looked like big bags of corn in the back. Hubby came in a few minutes ago and I asked him about it. Looks like it’s going to be a corn year! WOOHOO! They were already finished with our fields by the time I got up today and were finishing Hubby’s cousin’s farm next door. Then on to the fields across the road from us.
No cotton anywhere near!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

HURRAH!!! No cotton this year!!

[radu]

I didn’t know if there was anything you could play with during the week while she’s at work.
Definitely need to concentrate on the harder stuff first so you don’t melt in the heat doing them later. LOL

Just been laying low here. Not much going on. The only excitement is knowing corn went into the ground today. No cotton!!