FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 29 August 2024

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

On Our Way!

U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Airmen, assigned to the 146th Air Support Operations Squadron, Oklahoma Air National Guard, and U.S. Southern Command, Miami, Florida, work together with GRUFE (Special Forces Group of the Peruvian Air Force) Defense and Special Operations members to carry a simulated patient to a FAP Mi-17 helicopter, assigned to the FAP Air Group 3, during a joint culminating exercise training event in support of Resolute Sentinel 2024 near Base Vitor, Peru, June 12, 2024. The exercise was a multi staged event that focused on calling in simulated close air support, combat search and rescue, and stabilizing simulated patients to be transloaded to the proper care facilities, consisting of members of GRUFE, Columbian Special Air Operations Group, U.S. Air Force Special Forces, West Virginia Army National Guard, and FAP Air Group 2. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Crul)

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Honoring those who have served before.

Let’s Eat!

CAMP ATTERBURY, IN. - Soldiers from the HSC 149th MEB facilitated a grilling operation at Camp Atterbury, Indiana, throughout the duration of Warfighter 24-4 in June of 2024. Due to the 24-hour operational period, the grill was opened multiple times each day and night to accommodate Soldiers regardless of shift assignment. Warfighter 24-4 is a multi-state exercise conducted by the Army National Guard to test and train for battle readiness.

Yee Haw!

Chief Musician Sarah Tietsort of the Navy Band’s Country Current plays the Fells Point Festival during Maryland Fleet Week and Flyover Baltimore. Maryland Fleet Week and Flyover Baltimore is the city’s celebration of the sea services, running June 12-18. This year marks the City of Baltimore's fourth time hosting Navy Fleet Week. Maryland Fleet Week and Flyover Baltimore provides an opportunity for the citizens of Maryland and the City of Baltimore to meet Sailors, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen, as well as see firsthand the latest capabilities of today’s maritime services. More than 2,300 sea service members are expected to participate this year. (U.S. Navy photo by Patrick Gordon)

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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS))))

[lightman]

Thank those serving.
Honor those who served.
NEVER forget the fallen!

[The Mayor]

August 29

God of Justice

Bible in a Year :

• Psalms 126-128
• 1 Corinthians 10:19-33

Seek good, not evil, that you may live.

Amos 5:14

As a teenager, Ryan lost his mom to cancer. He found himself homeless and soon dropped out of school. He felt hopeless and often went hungry. Years later, Ryan founded a nonprofit that empowers others, especially young children, to plant, harvest, and prepare their own garden-grown food. The organization is built on the belief that nobody should go without food and that those who have something should care for those who don’t. Ryan’s concern for others resonates with the heart of God for justice and mercy.

God cares deeply about the pain and suffering we face. When He observed terrible injustice in Israel, He sent the prophet Amos to call out their hypocrisy. The people God once rescued from oppression in Egypt were now selling their neighbors into slavery over a pair of sandals (Amos 2:6). They betrayed innocent people, denied justice to the oppressed, and trampled “on the heads” of the poor (vv. 6-7), all while pretending to worship God with offerings and holy days (4:4-5).

“Seek good, not evil, that you may live,” Amos pleaded with the people. “Then the Lord God Almighty will be with you, just as you say he is” (5:14). Like Ryan, each of us has experienced enough pain and injustice in life to be able to relate to others and to be of help. The time is ripe to “seek good” and join Him in planting every kind of justice.

Reflect & Pray

What injustice do you see others enduring that resonates with your own experience? How might God use you to help them?

God of justice, thank You for not turning a blind eye to the pain and suffering in our world.

For further study, read Did Jesus Care about Justice?.

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy, thanks for tonight’s Canteen and for remembering our Troops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...hope you have had a not too hot day.

Light rain most of the day...about an inch so far.

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

A soggy Hump Day up there but Hump Day, it is!

[SkyDancer]

~ Evening All! ~

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~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[radu]

It was pretty toasty today but not very humid. It was after 6:00 when I did it but I hopped on Champ to get some mowing done. Should have passed on that idea. Champ needs to go back to the mower doctor again. :-( Broke something pretty bad this time.

Now that I’ve calmed down a little from fuming, it’s time to throw something together for supper.

At least there isn’t a lot of wind with your rain today. It was kinda crazy yesterday.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...are you and Tippy and Blue enjoying some nice summer weather?

It’s raining again here, but it just means I don’t have to water the lawn. d:o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello, lightman...we will never forget our brave servicemen and women.

Are you all caught up on rainwater?

We started light rain again last night with an accumulation of about an inch so far.

[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.

[lightman]

I had five and a half inches of rain during the first nine days of August but there has been NOTHING ever since.

Last week there were some abormally cool mornings (lows in the upper 40s) so the dew saturation was wonderful.

But the plants are hurting again this week.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello there, Pro...we must always remember.

Raining again here. Nice fall weather for you?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...any ubering coming up? Do you still have folks you delivered that aren’t ready to come back?

We, well I, are “enjoying” more rain.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh no...poor Champ! Hope he gets fixed before you have a jungle again.

I was really surprised at the high winds yesterday...they went on for a long time. And it’s been lightly raining since last evening....a little over an inch so far.

Breathe in, breathe out...find something soothing for supper.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy! Appreciate so much the military pics.