FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 24 March 2022

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

Now THIS Is A Stockpile!

Chad Bugley, 66th Logistic Readiness Squadron materials examiner, inspects mobility gear stored in a warehouse at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA, Jan. 4, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Maki)

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.

Shhhh…We’re Doing Amphibious Stuff!

NORFOLK, VA (March 10, 2022) - Sailors pilot a Combat Rubber Reconnaissance Craft (CRRC) during welldeck operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5), March 10, 2022. Bataan is homeported at Naval Station Norfolk. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Darren Newell)

Deployed Sailor Comes Home To A “Warm” Reaction!

GROTON, Conn. – A Sailor attached to USS Colorado (SSN 788) embraces a loved one as the Virginia-class submarine returned to Naval Submarine Base (SUBASE) New London, after a nearly seven-month deployment. In cold and wind, families, friends, and fellow shipmates welcomed Colorado Sailors home in a celebration that warmed hearts. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Maxwell Higgins)

Please Reach Out To Us! We Have A Perfect Space Force Fight Song Prepared!!

U.S. Space Force 1st Lt. Daniel "Bandit" Reynolds poses for a photo wearing his U.S. Army Air Assault School badge May 10, 2021, at Peterson Space Force Base, CO. “To do what we do effectively requires a keen understanding of the warfighter’s needs, wants, and concerns," said Reynolds. Reynolds is the first USSF Guardian to graduate the Army's Air Assault School. (U.S. Space Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. JT Armstrong)

The Only Time To Meet John Kreese—Surrounded By Marines!!

Martin Kove, the actor who played John Kreese in the Karate Kid franchise, signs posters for U.S. Marines at the 62 Area mess hall on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, March 9, 2022. Kove came onto base to do a meet and greet with the Marines in the 62 Area. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Andrew Cortez)

Marines Doing Marines Stuff!

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, the 19th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps, speaks to Lt. Col. Scott Stewart, an infantry officer with Tactical Training Exercise Control Group, during Initial Training Exercise (ITX) with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, March 4, 2022. The sergeant major conducted the visit to observe a company attack on range 400, the most dynamic range offered in the Marine Corps. ITX is a 28-day training evolution that involves a series of progressive live-fire events that assess the ability and adaptability of Marine Corps rifle companies. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Victoria Ross)

Poor Recruits! They Don’t Look Friendly!

Recruits from company Yankee-201 meet their company commanders and begin recruit training during a ceremony at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, March 4, 2022. Yankee-201 is led by an all-female company commander team consisting of Petty Officer 1st Class Elena Cappelmann, Chief Petty Officer Tiffany Moore, Petty Officer 2nd Class Kerrigan King, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Caleigh Vazquez. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Shannon Kearney)

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and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[radu]

Yikes! It’s a bit early for those high temps you have in store.

Our cold fronts aren’t arctic blasts but we’ll have highs in the 50s with lows in the low 40s the next couple of days. Today was low 60s. Saturday night will be around freezing. Then we start warming up again.

A few farmers have done a little field prep, like the fella across the road who spread poop a few weeks ago. The ground’s still cold enough it isn’t close to planting time yet.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...did you get lots of storm chaser action last night?

A friend in the Florida panhandle texted about 3am that they were in the middle of an alert area. Said this morning, no damage at home, but damage at work...the Air Force base.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mark....hmmmm, interesting question. I hope they’ve put some thought into that scenario.

[radu]

Hey there, Kathy.

Not a lot of storm chaser action last night but there was a lot the night before. Last night, I just kept a close eye on NOAA for tornado warnings as the storms moved towards FL. You and I both have friends down there around Ft. Walton.

Glad your friend came through ok and I hope there wasn’t too much damage at Eglin. My friend lives just west of the storm track so he came through just fine. A sigh of relief for both of us.

Did it snow again or is the weather behaving now? It was so strange to see how thick the snow was over the city and not a flake falling at the airport. LOL

[luvie]

I’m thinking that with the pollen falling like yellow rain, you don’t need farmer prep right now. LOL!

The kitties were a bit happier today. It wasn’t as chilly nor as windy as yesterday. Still didn’t see much of them, though.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Poor flowering shrubs and bulbs must be so confused!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, nascarnation, and THANK YOU for the link.

Now we know from where the Space Force officers will come.

[radu]

Pollen, dust from field prep - - it comes with the territory. Can’t say it’s fun but it’s not enough to make me ever want to move. On the rough days, just stay inside and keep the windows closed.
I will say it’s sucked the last two years with cotton surrounding us and I still hope for corn or soybeans this year. LOL

Maybe you didn’t see your kitties today because they were out wandering. >^..^<

[Kathy in Alaska]

An intense 3 days, but success! And some sanity intact, but I’m sleep deprived. LOL!

[radu]

YAY for success!
Now you need a good night’s sleep to celebrate. :-)

[luvie]

I’m sure they did some wandering, but no matter when I go out back, Grey isn’t so far that she doesn’t come to be petted.

I still have my fingers crossed for no cotton there for you. That is soooome nasty stuff. Even though I love cotton clothing.

[Mark17]

Thanks for the info. Now, for those who don’t go to the USAF academy, I wonder if USAF ROTC and OTS, will also commission officers for Space Force? As a USAF retiree, I had a good chance to get my son an appointment to the USAF Academy. He didn’t want to do that, so he ended up going to OTS at Maxwell. Within a week, he entered pilot training.
Now, the next question would be. Where do they get their enlisted people from? USAF basic training at Lackland, I would suspect. I wonder if Space Force will get any people from other branches, besides USAF?

[radu]

It sounds like Grey isn’t much of a wanderer but the others are. Smart Grey. Keeps her from getting in trouble.

With things the way they are right now, growing corn or soybeans for livestock feed is more important than growing cotton. We have a feed mill here in town and a lot of cattle and chicken farmers in the area.
Food’s more important than clothing.

Cotton feels good enough but I own no cotton clothing other than cotton blends. It wrinkles and I hate to iron. :-)

[luvie]

Grey is a tiny thing, and I expect she realizes she would not have the edge in many fights. She spends lots of hours in her carrier/cave. I can open the back door and her little face appears at the entrance of it. I need a picture of that. :)

I do understand that cotton is the last thing on people’s minds when there is livestock not getting what it needs to survive.. I hope that’s what the farmers plant.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Thursday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

How's everyone doing this morning?

[Kathy in Alaska]

In first....lightman grabs the gold!!

[radu]

Some cats just aren’t much for wandering. When we allowed some of ours to stay outside, a lot of them stayed close by while others went off to the woods or wherever. Grey seems to prefer being a homebody. She wants to be there when you poke your head out so she can get some lovin’. :-)

It used to be all corn and soybeans in the fields around here but I guess word got out that there’s money to be made with cotton - - gubmint subsidies. They got that taste of money and don’t want to give it up. *spit*

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

[luvie]

Yep. And that’s why the government does that. Draws people into that web of money. *more spit*

[Kathy in Alaska]

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