FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 05 May 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!! ~

“Deliberate Water Parachute Operations!” We’ll Pass! NEXT!

U.S. Marines with 3d Reconnaissance Battalion, 3d Marine Division conduct open water free fall operations off the coast of Okinawa, Japan, April 25, 2022. This specialized training provided Marines with enhanced skills and confidence for deliberate water parachute operations, ensuring they are prepared to execute a diverse set of waterborne reconnaissance and surveillance missions in order to maintain regional security in the Indo-Pacific. (United States Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jackson Dukes)

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.

Today’s Training? In The Kiddie Pool!

U.S. Army Soldiers with 1st Squadron, 303rd Cavalry Regiment, 96th Troop Command, Washington National Guard, perform decontamination procedures during a Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear First Responder Course on Camp Murray, WA, March 10, 2022. The course reenforced the skills-needed to respond to a large-scale CBRN accident/incident when deployed as part of the 10th Homeland Response Force. The 10th HRF is a regionally-aligned, multi-component entity, comprised of members of the 96th Troop command and the 141st Air Refueling Wing, that responds to natural, man-made, or terrorist-initiated CBRN disasters and additional hazards in FEMA Region 10. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Adeline Witherspoon)

Take Me Out To The Ballgame---with Sailors!

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. -- (MAY 3, 2022) U.S. Navy Lt (Chaplain) Stephen Huebscher, left, from Stillwater, MN, attached to USS Princeton (CG-59), and Fire Controlman (Aegis) 2nd Class Jacob Gagliardi from Trenton, NJ who is stationed aboard USS Gettysburg (CG-64) salute the national anthem at TD Bank Ballpark, home field of the Somerset Patriots, as part of Navy Week Trenton. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Mass Communication Specialist Roger S. Duncan)

Sailors Looking Medieval While Training!!

NAVAL BASE KITSAP-BREMERTON, WA, (May 3, 2022) Sailors assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68), practice hose handling skills during Tailored Ship's Training Availability/Final Evaluation Problem (TSA/FEP). TSTA/FEP is a multi-phase training evaluation designed to give the crew a solid foundation of unit-level operating proficiency and to enhance the ship's ability to self-train. Nimitz is currently in port preparing for future operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communications Specialist 3rd Class Caylen McCutcheon)

Don’t Look Down!!

U.S. Air Force aircrafts with the 12th Flying Training Wing fly in formation during The Great Texas Airshow, Apr. 22, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The formation consisted of two T-1A Jayhawks; two T-38C Talons; and two T-6 Texan II. The Great Texas Airshow, featuring the Thunderbirds, is scheduled for April 23 thru 24 at JBSA-Randolph. The Thunderbirds perform for people all around the world to display the pride, precision and professionalism the U.S. Air Force represents. Through air shows and flyovers, they aim to excite and inspire. In addition to showcasing the elite skills all pilots must possess, the Thunderbirds demonstrate the incredible capabilities of the Air Force's premier multi-role fighter jet, the F-16 Fighting Falcon. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tyler McQuiston)

Managing Pests!

Airman 1st Class Evan Orr, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron pest management journeyman, sprays a wasp nest at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, May 3, 2022. Pest management provides base personnel with protection against pests such as rodents, cockroaches, ants and other wildlife that infiltrate base facilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Sabrina Fuller)

What A View!

A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 168th Air Refueling Wing refuels F-22 Raptors from the 3rd Wing over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex flying along side with an F-15 Eagles from the 144th Fighter Wing, April 18, 2022. The Eagles are training with the Raptors as part of Alaska Dissimilar Aircraft Combat Training. (Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Charles Vaughn)

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey there, radu...quite the day. Went pretty smoothly for me until I started on a project with Ruthe about 4:15. It took a while, but had a very satisfying outcome. Now I can show the manager that when he had the contract updated and sent the money part to us, he didn’t include the numbers he was trying to use yesterday. I have to reboot to try to get my work email to work, but I’m not rebooting until I finish with all the open stuff, and the thread.

Did your day go well? Nice weather? We are starting the “wishing for rain” stuff again.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh my goodness, mountainlion...more snow??? Glad it all melted. Hope you can get out and about. No more house arrest!

Ours is ALL gone and my lawn folks came today and did spring clean up.

[radu]

Now y’all should know better than to start on a project that late in the afternoon. LOL Glad y’all were able to get everything squared away. Tsk tsk on the manager not doing his part correctly and making your jobs more difficult. That seems to be how it works though. Too many times.

My day went well enough. Took my new non-functional glasses back to the optometrist - this is the third screw-up - and told him to make my old prescription again, as I’d original requested. I’m tired of fooling around with this new prescription that is NOT correct. I can see fine with these old ones other than the lenses are scratched badly.
Then got a little grocery shopping taken care of.

I noticed there hasn’t been rain in your area lately, though it looked like there were a couple of heavy showers in the distance north of town today. Y’all need some of that action too.

Gloomy here today like it was there but no rain. Tomorrow and Friday we’ll have several waves of rain and storms move through. Then we’ll be hot and dry next week.

[luvie]

Well, with your humidity, your 90 will feel close to our 100. So there is that. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Mayor!!

1st!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

radu!!

2nd!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

ML!!

3rd!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...is socialization for Tippy coming along?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Man, so sorry they can’t get your new glasses right. I know they are complicated, but, good grief, they are supposed to be professionals!!

[radu]

Yep, that thought had crossed my mind. LOL
Oh well, with the rain and the heat the corn will be happy.

[luvie]

It sure will. Then it’ll grow tall and make a beautiful green wall for you to enjoy. For a while.

How are the new neighbors?

[radu]

Yes, my prescription is a very difficult one but they’ve never had this much trouble getting them right. My eye exam was in JANUARY.

The optician isn’t happy at all and said she was going to call the lab manager AGAIN tomorrow. She called last month when the glasses they’d sent were wrong. There was no improvement at all with this last pair.

[radu]

It’s already growing pretty fast. It won’t be long before it starts looking pretty out there. The dead weeds are still visible now.

No sign of the new neighbors since a guy was there a couple of weeks ago to mow the yard.

[luvie]

Will the corn hide you from them? 🌽🌽 That could be a plus. LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...we must remember!!

[radu]

No, it won’t hide us from them because that house is on a hill.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...pretty nice new plane!!

Congratulations, again!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Enjoy every minute of your time!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

My lawn guys came today and cleaned up the yard and did what they do. Green is on its way!

I need to get out Saturday and cut back a few things before they can start to regrow.

[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.

We had some rain and thunder and wind and that was about it. Still some storms near us but right now they're moving Northeast.

Yesterday at Wichita Ridge.

How's everyone doing this morning?