FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 22 September 2022

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

“Off They Go...!”

ADRIATIC SEA (Sept. 20 2022) Quartermaster 3rd Class Jacob Renfrow, right, and Quartermaster Seaman Alexis Mitchell, both assigned to the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), discuss the distance during the approach to the supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8) for a replenishment-at-sea, Sept. 20, 2022. The George H.W. Bush Carrier Strike Group is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Europe area of operations, employed by U.S. Sixth Fleet to defend U.S., allied and partner interests. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jacqueline Pitts)

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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.

Coasties Helping In Puerto Rico!

Coast Guard overflight photo of the Club Nautico Marina in Ponce, Puerto Rico Sept. 20, 2022. Flight was part of ongoing coastal and port assessments following Hurricane Fiona. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chelsea Hall)

Horsey Patrol! Very Cool!!

Troopers of the Horse Cavalry Detachment, 1st Cavalry Division, pose for a photo after a division run Sep. 3 at Fort Hood, Texas. The division celebrated its 101st birthday with a 5 mile run along Legends Way on Fort Hood, Texas. (Photo by Sgt. Elliot Alagueuzian)

Bouncing For Mental Health!!

SAN DIEGO (Sept. 16, 2022) Sailors attached to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) race during a Mental Health Wellness Fair hosted by Vinson at Heron Park onboard Naval Air Station North Island, Sept. 16. Vinson is currently pierside in its homeport of San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron T. Smith)

The New Canteen Mascot—Meet CeCe!

SAN DIEGO (Sept. 16, 2022) (From right) Ariel Jones, a volunteer at Cornerstone Equine Therapy Center (CETC), introduces CeCe, a miniature therapy horse from CETC, to Information Systems Technician 3rd Class Kayla Johnson, a native of Richlands, NC, and Information Systems Technician 2nd Class Cindy Carney, a native of Okinawa, Japan, during a Mental Health Wellness Fair hosted by Sailors attached to Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) at Heron Park onboard Naval Air Station North Island, Sept. 16. Vinson is currently pierside in its homeport of San Diego. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Aaron T. Smith)

Freedom At Play!!

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA (Sep. 17, 2022)- F/A-18 Super Hornets fly in formation during the 2022 Naval Air Station (NAS) Oceana Air Show. The NAS Oceana Air Show's theme was "Back to the Beach", as it has been two years since the last performance. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Stephen B. Sullins)

Next Time, Lay Off the Donuts!!

308th Rescue Squadron Airmen participate in a tribute workout and teambuilding event at Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, Sept. 11, 2022. Embracing the Multi-Capable Airmen concept, support Airmen worked in teams alongside pararescuemen to perform operations and physical fitness together to learn tasks outside of their primary specialty in order to reduce the overall personnel footprint in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photos by Master Sgt. Kelly Goonan)

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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

[SkyDancer]

~ Good Evening ~

~ Hai All! ~

~ Good Evening ~

~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy, thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops!

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu and Janey...anyone hurt as you both sqeezed thru the door at the same time?

[radu]

LOL! No bruises here. Hope you’re ok, Janey.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...you were quick tonight. Are you all recovered from the weekend?

Still sprinkling on and off all day here.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...has the smoke gone away, or are you still getting that California smoke?

Any flights planned?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...enjoying fall weather?

[SkyDancer]

Good Evening Kathy! (((HUGS))) Well the smoke as returned and really is messing with my allergies; no flights planned but we’re like an air taxi UBR - on demand but there are pre-planned flights.

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy, nice cool, early Fall mornings leading to very warm afternoons and sunny skies is one of the reasons I moved here, I love having all 4 seasons.

[The Mayor]

Our Daily Bread

Thursday,
September 22, 2022

People Who Need People

Read: Romans 16:3–16

Greet one another with a holy kiss. All the churches of Christ send greetings. Romans 16:16

In his hall-of-fame career as a sportswriter, Dave Kindred covered hundreds of major sporting events and championships and wrote a biography of Muhammad Ali. Growing bored in retirement, he started attending girls’ basketball games at a local school. Soon he began writing stories about each game and posting them online. And when Dave’s mother and grandson died and his wife suffered a debilitating stroke, he realized the team he’d been covering provided him with a sense of community and purpose. He needed them as much as they needed him. Kindred said, “This team saved me. My life had turned dark . . . [and] they were light.”

How does a legendary journalist come to depend on a community of teenagers? The same way a legendary apostle leaned on the fellowship of those he met on his missionary journeys. Did you notice all the people Paul greeted as he closed his letter? (Romans 16:3–15). “Greet Andronicus and Junia,” he wrote, “my fellow Jews who have been in prison with me” (v. 7). “Greet Ampliatus, my dear friend in the Lord” (v. 8). He mentions more than twenty-five people in all, most of whom are not mentioned in Scripture again. But Paul needed them.

Who’s in your community? The best place to begin is with your local church. Anyone there whose life has turned dark? As God leads, you can be a light that points them to Jesus. Someday they may return the favor. — Mike Wittmer

Who are the people you know you can count on? Ask God to give you that kind of friend. How can you be a friend like that?

Father, what a friend I have in Jesus! May I be that kind of friend to others.

For further study, read Who’s My Neighbor?

Bible in a year: Ecclesiastes 10–12; Galatians 1

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...is the weather allowing you some more time with Blue? How does she feel about rain?

You and Tippy done training?

[SkyDancer]

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Yes, all recovered and ready to rock again this weekend. Fortunately, it’s just the museum and no extracurricular activities afterwards. Last weekend was a butt-kicker.

The sprinkles must have stayed in town and close to the mountains today. It’s been dry around the airport since early morning. One of the cam ops zoomed in on the mountains this afternoon and gave us a “tour” of the pretty foliage colors. That was nice.
I read it’s a bit nippy up there. 46 degrees around lunchtime. brrrrrr

[luvie]

Thanks To All Our Brave Troops!

[Kathy in Alaska]

radu!!

1st!!