FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 06 May 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!! ~

Dude, You’re Not Going To Fit!

U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division receive instructions for cold load training from a member of the flight crew from the 82nd Combat Aviation Brigade on Fort Bragg, NC, April 28, 2021. The training taught them how to safely load a UH-60 Blackhawk with their equipment, offload quickly and provide security. The training is in preparation for their participation in Exercise Swift Response 21, a multinational airborne exercise involving 7,000 Paratroopers from 10 nations, which begins the DefenderEurope exercise series. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Justin Stafford)

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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.

You Can Do This!!

Recruit (rct) Cody Bean, left, and rct. Mason Sannito, recruits with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, climb the stairway to heaven during the confidence course at Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, April 27, 2021. Drill instructors kept a close watch to ensure that the obstacles were being executed correctly and safely. Bean is from San Antonio, Texas and was recruited out of RS San Antonio. Sannito is from Dyer, Indiana and was recruited out of RS Indianapolis. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Zachary T. Beatty)

Future Marine In Training!

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Sara Kirstein, the deputy assistant chief of staff with Marine Corps Installations Pacific G1, helps lift her child to conduct a pull-up during the bring your kid to work day event on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, April 30, 2021. Headquarters and Support Battalion opened up their doors to children of service members for a firsthand look at what it takes to be a Marine in one of the largest battalions in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Karis Mattingly)

I’m Not Sure About This Dad!

U.S. Navy Petty Officer First Class Keith Olson, a religious program specialist with Headquarters and Support (H&S) Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, holds his son while on a motor transport vehicle during the bring your kid to work day event on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, April 30, 2021. H&S Battalion opened up their doors to children of service members for a first-hand look at what it takes to be a Marine in one of the largest battalions in the Marine Corps. Olson is a native of Copperas Cove, Texas. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Karis Mattingly)

I Don’t Think You Should Touch That!

Children of U.S. Marines and sailors explore a motor transport vehicle during the bring your kid to work day event on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan, April 30, 2021. Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations Pacific, opened up their doors to children of service members for a first-hand look at what it takes to be a Marine in one of the largest battalions in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Karis Mattingly)

Headed To Graduation!

U.S. Marines with Alpha Company, Infantry Training Battalion, School of Infantry - West, make their final movement as part of the last event of a five-day capstone exercise for the Infantry Marine Course on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, April 30, 2021. IMC is a 14-week pilot course designed to create better trained and more lethal entry-level infantry Marines prepared for near-peer conflicts. The course uses a redesigned learning model for students intended to develop their capabilities for independent and adaptive thought and action. The program of instruction for IMC has been in development for a year and follows guidance from the 2019 Commandant's Planning Guidance and Force Design 2030. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Jeremy Laboy)

Happy 75th Anniversary!

210501-N-AS200-0012 El Centro, CA. (May 01, 2021) Naval Air Facility (NAF) El Centro commemorates its 75th Anniversary, May 1, 2021. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Drew Verbis/Released)

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[The Mayor]

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May 6

Heavy but Hopeful

Bible in a Year:

• 1 Kings 21–22
• Luke 23:26–56

Lord, you are the God who saves me.

Psalm 88:1 In a Peanuts comic strip, the very enterprising character Lucy advertised “psychiatric help” for five cents. Linus found his way to her office and acknowledged his “deep feelings of depression.” When he asked her what he could do about his condition, Lucy’s quick reply was, “Snap out of it! Five cents, please.”

While such lighthearted entertainment brings a momentary smile, the sadness and gloom that can grip us when real life happens is not that easily dismissed. Feelings of hopelessness and despair are real, and sometimes professional attention is needed.

Lucy’s advice wasn’t helpful in addressing real anguish. However, the writer of Psalm 88 does offer something instructive and hopeful. A truckload of trouble had arrived at his doorstep. And so, with raw honesty, he poured out his heart to God. “I am overwhelmed with troubles and my life draws near to death” (v. 3). “You have put me in the lowest pit, in the darkest depths” (v. 6). “Darkness is my closest friend” (v. 18). We hear, feel, and perhaps identify with the psalmist’s pain. Yet, that’s not all. His lament is laced with hope. “Lord, you are the God who saves me; day and night I cry out to you. May my prayer come before you; turn your ear to my cry” (vv. 1–2; see vv. 9, 13). Heavy things do come and practical steps such as counsel and medical care may be needed. But never abandon hope in God.

Reflect & Pray

When have you turned to God in the midst of your despair? What’s keeping you from crying out to Him now?

Father, help me to see Your open, welcome arms regardless of my situation.

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[PROCON]

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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

We made it through hump day. Hope your week is going as planned.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[The Mayor]

Week is going OK Kathy, Thank you my FRiend

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Hiya Ma!
You find the BEST photos!
*Did you have a good day?
*HUG*

[Biggirl]

Hi!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Any chance you’ll get to catch your breath this evening?

Have you seen any of the military planes flying around over Anchorage this week? The Lake Hood cam ops have tracked several the past few days. Just watched an E-3G Sentry cruising.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...has it stopped raining?

I know you and Blue don’t like it, but is your garden happy?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...our troops at work and play! We must remember them.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...is the planted corn settling in? Nobody washed away?

Practically no sun today.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Back still behaving? Doing what you tell it?

[Kathy in Alaska]

In first....The Mayor grabs the gold!!

[luvie]

Remember Our Troops!
They work so hard to keep us safe.
This is my son at his tech promotion ceremony.
With baby Piper. Awhile ago. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in second....ML snags the silver!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....Pro bags the bronze!!