FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 20 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!! ~

Enjoying The View!

U.S. Navy Sailors watch flight operations on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) May 7, 2021, in support of flight operations above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex and Gulf of Alaska during Exercise Northern Edge 2021 (NE21). Navy, Air Force and Marine aircraft executed flight missions during NE21 demonstrating seamless, joint combat capabilities. Approximately 15,000 U.S. service members are participating in a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces May 3-14, 2021, on and above the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex, the Gulf of Alaska, and temporary maritime activities area. NE21 is one in a series of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command exercises designed to sharpen the joint forces' skills; to practice tactics, techniques, and procedures; to improve command, control, and communication relationships; and to develop cooperative plans and programs. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Zachary Wheeler)

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.

A Day To Remember

May 5 1945 a B-29 bomber crashed near the village of Ryujin, Japan. Townspeople have erected a memorial and held a remembrance ceremony every year on the anniversary of the crash. (Photo by Senior Airman Jeriad Wood)

A Hero Honored! Semper Fi!

BAIRD, TX (April 26, 2020) Dolores Keith, mother of Miguel Keith, recently just sponsored the commissioning of the USS Miguel Keith on May 8, 2021. Lance Cpl. Miguel Keith was a United States Marine who posthumously received the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor for heroism in Vietnam in May 1970. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Levingston Lewis/Released)

Join The Coast Guard---We Surf!

Coast Guard Enlisted Person of the Year, Seaman Theodore Kirkbride, spends time surfing and skateboarding with his Little Brother from the Big Brother Big Sister program. He has dedicated more than 100 hours volunteering with the Big Brother Big Sister of Maui program. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Jellyfish Falling From The…Oh Wait!

BOBOC AIR BASE, Romania—Paratroopers with the 82nd Airborne Division, Polish 6th Airborne Brigade, Dutch 11th Air Assault Brigade, and 495th Parachute Battalion execute a jump during Swift Response 21 here May 10. The 82nd Airborne Division partnered with three of its NATO allies and partners to complete the last iteration of a near simultaneous joint forcible entry operation. The operation demonstrates NATO’s extensive military capabilities that serve to prevent conflict and preserve peace. DEFENDER-Europe 21 is a large-scale U.S. Army-led exercise designed to build readiness and interoperability between the U.S., NATO allies and partner militaries. This year, more than 28,000 multinational forces from 26 nations will conduct nearly simultaneous operations across more than 30 training areas in more than a dozen countries from the Baltics to the strategically important Balkans and Black Sea Region. Follow the latest news and information about DEFENDER-Europe 21, visit www.EuropeAfrica.army.mil/DefenderEurope. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jabari Clyburn)

To Be The Best, You Crawl Through Mud!

Hawaii Army National Guard Pfc. Kaeo J. New low crawls through muddy water during the 2021 Hawaii Best Warrior Competition (BWC) obstacle course at Area X, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, March 6, 2021. The BWC is an annual three day event that Soldiers and Non-Commissioned Officers of the Hawaii Army National Guard and Hawaii Army Reserve compete in to earn the title of "Best Warrior". The BWC tests the Soldiers' individual ability to adapt and overcome challenging scenarios and battle-focused events, testing their technical and tactical skills under stress and extreme fatigue. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Lianne M. Hirano)

What Do You Mean McDonald’s Ice Cream Machine Is Broken Again?

Swift Response 21 joint, multinational airborne operation at Boboc Air Base, Romania, May 10, 2021. Swift Response 21 is the first exercise of the larger operation Defender Europe 21 during which U.S. forces work closely together with NATO allies and partners. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Catessa Palone)

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[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....Gay State Conservative bags the bronze!!

[The Mayor]

He never showed up..... Drunks they’re all drunks or crackheads round here

[radu]

May’s weather has been weird for us too. It was unseasonably cool and now it’s going to be unseasonably hot. Only a few days of normal temps and that was this week.

It sounds like you should have mowed today. But then if you had, you’d just have to turn around and mow again real soon. Rain seems to make grass grow several inches overnight. LOL

Enjoy your cooler weather while you have it.
I’m staying inside with the A/C. :-)

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

How are things down your way?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...drab and dreary and now wind. At least it could rain, but no dice.

Are you heating up? Any rain in sight? Beans growing?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Early to bed is #1 on my list this evening. Last night was a bad knee night...finally had to resort to ibuprofen.

[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

Things are great here. We had a lovely rain shower this afternoon that gave us 1/4”. Not much, but we’ll take every drop.

Are things heating up over that way? Hope it’s been calm there...no tornadoes or other bad stuff.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mooch...don’t like the sound of heat wave.

Hope you don’t need to be out in it much, and your air conditioning is working well for you.

[radu]

Hey there, Kathy.

Your sky earlier in the day looked a lot like ours. Mostly cloudy with a few patches of blue sky here and there. Now it looks like our sky’s looked the past few days. Dreary but no rain falling.

I can tell the wind kicked up a lot. This morning Lake Hood was like glass, it was so smooth, but the water’s choppy now.

Our temperature was up today but 30 mph winds made it feel pretty nice while I was in town this afternoon. I hope the wind sticks around when the temps hit 90 this weekend and on into next week.

[radu]

Early to bed sounds like a grand plan. I hope your knee doesn’t fire up again and mess that idea up.

[radu]

WOOHOO! Glad you got some rain! More would have been nicer but every little bit counts.

Yes, things are warming up here and it’s going to be roasty hot by Friday. None of the rain made it over here from your direction because a big high has moved over us and is going to keep all the rain to the west the next week.

[luvie]

Yeah, Reed Timmer keeps talking about that big low. It’s causing some disturbance all the way from eastern WY down to the Texas panhandle. I’d as soon miss all that stuff.

Sorry it’s getting toasty over there and I hope it doesn’t reach the 90s. Have the cicadas made their appearance yet?

[radu]

Yep. Our high moved in from the east and will keep your low in place for a while.

There’s supposed to be a few inches of snow tonight in the Rockies. brrrrrrrr It’s already snowing in parts of Montana.

We aren’t looking forward to 90s this early but we can’t stop it. LOL

What I really don’t look forward to is having to water the flowers Dad sent a few years ago. They’re planted at the other house and Hubby has the water turned off over there. I’ll have to lug it in jugs from here. *sigh*

No cicadas yet. The ground has to warm up to a certain point and we’ve just warmed up the past few days. They’ll come crawling out soon enough.

The lightning bugs have appeared. I keep forgetting to step outside just as the sun sets to watch them come up from the grass for their nightly flights. That’s fun to watch.

[luvie]

I love lightning bugs, but we don’t have them here. I think the last time I saw them was in Maine. Along with some very large mosquitoes. LOL!

[radu]

Oh man, skeeters up north are big enough to cart you off! LOL

We don’t seem to have mosquitos all that bad this spring. They’re out there but not as many as we’ve had the past couple of years. We’ll see how long that holds.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh no...sending prayers for you to find someone reliable.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Is that you, luvie, jumping out of a perfectly good airplane??

WE MUST remember and honor them!!

[luvie]

We haven’t either. But we’ve now had a couple of rains, so, like you, we wait. Hubby did treat the water barrels with some stuff that kills the larvae, and I hope that has been effective.

[luvie]

Not ME! I I’m one of the low-risk takers. LOL! I barely jump off a step anymore.

[radu]

Yeah, you might get a few more skeeters now that you’ve had a little rain. It’s good that your hubby treats the water barrels. That does help.

We’ve had rain and we have the lake right behind the farm but have been lucky, so far, that the numbers have been down.