FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 06 April 2023

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

Can You See Me Now?”

Sgt. Trevor Nicholas Tate, 6th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, provides roadside security April 2, 2023, during exercise Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02 in the Yukon Training Area, Alaska. (Army photo/John Pennell)

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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.

This is how you handle terrorists!

Students with the Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program from Tolleson High School, Arizona, participate in a training exercise at the Indoor Simulated Marksmanship Trainer, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 30, 2023. The purpose of the visit was to give Marine Corps Junior ROTC students the opportunity to learn and experience different jobs or career paths they may choose in the Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Clayton Baker)

Picture of Food Being Served! Exciting, huh?!!

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Martin Ramirez, food service specialist, Combat Logistics Company 33, 3d Marine Logistics Group, prepares lobster during the Chef of the Quarter cook-off at Anderson Chow Hall, Marine Corps Base Hawaii, March 31, 2023. Chef of the Quarter competitions allow food service specialists to hone their craft, while fostering competition and esprit de corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Terry Stennett III)

They tell us this is for assisting and not for getting better TV reception!

U.S. Marines assigned to 12th Marines, 3d Marine Division, set up ground equipment to assist a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) training mission in support of Freedom Shield 23 at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Mar. 18, 2023. Ground teams provide crucial support for the HIMAR, allowing advanced targeting and communication capabilities in assistance with planning and execution of combat mission requirements. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Trevor Gordnier)

Family Planning: A way to rid the Earth of Terrorists!

Airman 1st Class Morgan Nguyen, a weapons loader assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, loads 20 millimeter ammunition into the F-16 Fighting Falcon during Coronet Cactus at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Mar. 31, 2023. Coronet Cactus is an annual training event that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to Phoenix to participate in a simulated deployment exercise. (Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Derek Davis)

Until Every American is brought home, our search continues…

U.S. Army Master Sgt. Anthonie Deyo, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Army senior enlisted advisor, is given a brief by U.S. Army Sergeant 1st Class Richard Soto, a DPAA recovery team sergeant, during a mission in Quang Binh Province, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, March 30, 2023. There are currently 1,579 missing Americans from the Vietnam War. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Michael O'Neal)

A moment of silence requested…

U.S. flags sit on a table during a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) disinterment ceremony at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii, April 4, 2023. Approximately 63 individuals were disinterred as part of the Enoura Maru project: an on-going effort by DPAA to disinter, transport, and identify missing POWs from World War II. The remains were taken to the DPAA laboratory on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam for further scientific analysis and possible identification. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Blake Gonzales)

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[Kathy in Alaska]

HAPPY PASSOVER

[The Mayor]

April 6

The Challenge to Serve

Bible in a Year:

• 1 Samuel 4–6
• Luke 9:1–17

The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve.

Matthew 20:28

Although just thirteen years old, DeAvion took up a challenge to serve others. He and his mom had heard a story about a man who called on kids to mow fifty lawns for free during their summer break. Their focus was to assist veterans, single moms, people with disabilities—or anyone who just needed help. The founder (who had mowed fifty lawns in fifty states) created the challenge to teach the importance of work ethic and giving back to the community. Despite the heat and the availability of other activities a teenager could pursue in the summer, DeAvion chose to serve others and completed the challenge.

The challenge to serve comes to believers in Jesus as well. The evening before He would die for all people, Jesus ate dinner with His friends (John 13:1–2). He was well aware of the suffering and death He would soon encounter, yet He got up from the meal, wrapped a towel around Himself, and began to wash His disciples’ feet (vv. 3–5). “Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet,” He said (v. 14).

Jesus, the humble Servant and our example, cared for people: He healed the blind and sick, taught the good news of His kingdom, and gave His life for His friends. Because Christ loves you, ask Him who He wants you to serve this week. .

Reflect & Pray

What about God’s love and compassion means the most to you? How can you use your gifts and talents to serve others?

Dear God, show me how to love others with the same love You have for me.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[PROCON]

Thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops, Kathy!

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

[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! Hurrah for us!

[radu]

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Any sanity left? Any chance for an early bedtime tonight?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...a dry day before more rain? Able to do more mowing?

My deck was white this morning, but was melted in a couple hours. Lots of melting all over, but very little sun.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...is spring sticking yet?

We are still getting bits of snow at night, but it melts quickly during the day.

[luvie]

....and honor them! ALL of them!
And always remember what they do for us!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Very little sanity left, but we made it thru the day. I am so tired I’ve given up trying to get all the paperwork on my desk closed. It will have to wait til tomorrow when I can think again. I need sleep. LOL!

[radu]

Hey there, Kathy.

Yes, it was dry and hot today but it was too windy to mow. I’d have been wearing a ton of grass clippings when finished.
It rained just before dark and the wind died as soon as that started. Now it’s cool and the air smells so fresh. No more poo stink from the field across the road. Whew!!

I saw light snow falling up there last night before turning the computer off. This morning there was pea soup fog at Lake Hood for a while. About a half hour ago, some patches of blue sky started showing so maybe that mess is moving out. You need some sunshine to melt more of the snow.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...is winter OVER? Done?

Hope you and Tippy are enjoying being out and about now.

[SkyDancer]

~ Hai All! ~

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~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[SkyDancer]

Thanks!! Love Janey

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

We always remember what they do for us.

How was your day? It was hot, windy, then wet here.