FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 07 September 2023

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

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Marine Corps Installations East-Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune and Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) New River leadership dine at Mess Hall AS-4013 before the presentation of the Major General Wiliam Pendleton Thompson (W.P.T) Hill award to Mess Hall AS-4013 on MCAS New River in Jacksonville, North Carolina, Aug. 28, 2023. The W.P.T Hill award is presented annually to a single mess hall in the Marine Corps to recognize hard work, dedication and commitment to excellence. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Antonino Mazzamuto)

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Honoring those who have served before.

Looking The Part!

Demoine Adams, CEO of TeamMates, prepares for a key influencer flight in the U.S. Navy Blue Angel, F/A-18 Super Hornet, Aug. 23, 2023, at the National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska. Adams was selected for the key influencer flight ahead of the Guardians of Freedom Airshow in recognition of his dedicated service to the TeamMates program which supports youth mentorship in local communities across the state. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson)

Happy Belated Birthday Coasties!!

The 118th Wing celebrates the Coast Guard birthday on August 4th with a graphic made on July 14, 2023 in Nashville, TN. Graphic created and posted to help keep morale up and Airman informed. (U.S. Air National Guard photo illustration by Airman 1st Class Xaviera Stevens.) (Image was altered with cropping, lighting adjustments, masking and by adding text to the photo.)

Looks Fun!

A combatant craft assault returns to amphibious transport dock ship USS John P. Murtha (LPD 26) during Operation POLAR DAGGER, Aug. 28, 2023. Amphibious transport dock ships like John P. Murtha have many unique capabilities that make them ideal platforms to support special operations forces, such as the ability to embark helicopters from the joint force, launch and recover Naval Special Warfare combatant craft, and maintain all-domain awareness through advanced sensors. Operations NOBLE DEFENDER and POLAR DAGGER sharpen joint special operations integration and provides the forces the opportunity to test new capabilities and advance response options in defense of the U.S. homeland. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Joshua Samoluk)

Taser! Taser! Taser!

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Isaac Reardon, Fleet Assistance Program (FAP) military police, Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron, Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort, experiences the shock of a Taser X26P during a non-lethal weapons training at MCAS Beaufort, South Carolina, Aug. 23, 2023. FAP Marines were taught how to properly handle, fire and reload the Taser X26P while also experiencing roughly 1,200 volts. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Nathan Saucier)

Strike Up The Band!

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, SC (March 12, 2023) Navy Band Southeast marches in the Hilton Head Island St. Patrick's Day Parade. (U.S. Navy photo by Musician 1st Class Jason Andrews/Released)

Why I Stay!

Courtesy photo of U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Noble, 81st Training Wing commander's action group superintendent, his wife Elisa and his two kids, Caleb and Hadley, provided to Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Aug. 15, 2023. With hopes to enter squadron leadership positions, Noble sees his family becoming a support system for other Airmen and their families. (Courtesy Photo)

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[The Mayor]

September 7

Acts of Kindness

Bible in a Year:

• Proverbs 1–2
• 1 Corinthians 16

He has not stopped showing his kindness to the living and the dead.

Ruth 2:20

Months after suffering a miscarriage, Valerie decided to have a garage sale. Gerald, a neighbor craftsman a few miles away, eagerly bought the baby crib she was selling. While there, his wife talked with Valerie and learned about her loss. After hearing of her situation on the way home, Gerald decided to use the crib to craft a keepsake for Valerie. A week later, he tearfully presented her with a beautiful bench. “There are good people out there, and here’s proof,” Valerie said.

Like Valerie, Ruth and Naomi suffered great loss. Naomi’s husband and two sons had died. And now she and her bereft daughter-in-law Ruth had no heirs and no one to provide for them (Ruth 1:1–5). That’s where Boaz stepped in. When Ruth went to a field to pick up leftover grain, Boaz—the owner—asked about her. When he learned who she was, he was kind to her (2:5–9). Amazed, Ruth asked, “Why have I found such favor in your eyes?” (v. 10). He replied, “I’ve been told all about what you have done for your mother-in-law since the death of your husband” (v. 11).

Boaz later married Ruth and provided for Naomi (ch. 4). Through their marriage, a forefather of David—and of Jesus—was born. As God used Gerald and Boaz to help transform the grief of another, He can work through us to show kindness and empathy to others in pain. .

Reflect & Pray

When have you been the giver or recipient of an act of kindness? What was the result?

Dear God, thank You for sending Your Son to redeem me, the greatest kindness of all.

[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 tonight, Kathy!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

What happened to your sunshine? It was so pretty today and I looked away for a short time and BAM. Raining again when I looked back. At least it doesn’t look so windy now.

[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.

Hurrah for us...we made it thru hump day!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[SkyDancer]

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I’m Down There Somewhere

[BatGuano]

Hello Kathy!
Seeing the picture of troops on the mess line reminds me of a cherished moment in my career.
I had just reported to USAF, “UPT Training at Craig AFB, Selma, Alabama, in September 1962. A, newly commissioned “brown bar.” it was my first day at Pilot Training. Working my way down the line at braakfast, I came upon a huge black airman who was serving the line. He asked, “grits?” I asked, “what are grits”
he answered, “Grits is good.” I, being a Northeasterner, said, “OK!.”
Then he plopped a huge spoonful of grits on my plate followed by a huge ladle of butter......
He looked at me and said, “Sir, that’s the way we eat grits!”
I thanked him with, “I’ll pass,” and he gave me a knowing wink.
We relived that scene many times in the next few months and then I married my sweetie from home and moved off base. I never did learn to eat grits.
I pray that that young man still remembers his meeting a rookie from New Jersey who didn’t know grits!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...still hot and muggy? Hope you and the beans get rain soon.

We actually had sunshine earlier today, but high winds again. I dumped my gauge that only had 1/10 in it, and now it is raining again. And I can see blue sky.

Talk about confused!!

[radu]

Hey there, Kathy.

Yes, still hot and muggy today. We had a light shower for about 5 minutes this afternoon and when the sun came back out .... UGH! I thought we were gong to get some rain and storms this evening with the front but that fizzled out. They passed south of here. The beans could use a good dose now since the little bean pods are showing up at last. They need water. No rain in the forecast for the next 7 days. :-(

It’s real dark and ugly over towards your house but there are breaks in the clouds to the north and the west. At least that crazy wind died down and the lake has smoothed out again. It was really choppy earlier.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...we must remember them. Our current “leaders” certainly do not.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...how’s Tippy going into fall? Does she have to work on her fur coat?

[Kathy in Alaska]

The Mayor!!

1st!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

radu!!

2nd!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Pro!!

3rd!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...any ubering on the horizon? Weather cooling off?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Very cool that that picture triggered a cherished memory of your early years in the Air Force.

Grits not too interesting, huh? Same here.