FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 12 December 2024

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

The Deterrent!

A U.S. Marine with Marine Air Control Squadron 4, Marine Air Control Group 18, 1st Marine Aircraft Wing fires an M240B machine gun during a live-fire exercise at Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Nov. 18, 2024. MACS-4 conducted the live-fire training to improve their proficiency with crew-served weapon systems and enhance force protection capabilities in an expeditionary advanced base operations environment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ryan Sotodavila)

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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.

USMC Doing Boat Things!

U.S. Marines with 1st Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, ride combat rubber raiding craft during an infantry company small boat raid course hosted by Expeditionary Warfare Training Group Pacific at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, California. During the course, Marines trained to plan and execute swimmer reconnaissance for a small boat raid company in preparation for deployment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle Chan)

Wear Red! Loud & Proud!

Col. Brendan Gallagher, the Fort Bliss Garrison Commander, Command Sgt. Maj. David Sweeney, the Fort Bliss Garrison Command Sergeant Major, and Red Ribbon Man, pose for a photo with a giant teddy bear At Stanton Elementary school, in EL Paso, TX, November 12, 2024. The teddy bear was being presented to school for having been named winners of the Red Ribbon Week competition, in the small elementary school category. The criteria for the competition was to wear as much red as possible during Red Ribbon Week and to be the loudest school, out of several that competed. (US Army photo by Norman Llamas, USAG Fort Bliss PAO)

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[SkyDancer]

~ Evening All ~

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~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[ExTexasRedhead]

Please share this viral so that the MSM & the Deep State Cabal can’t pull their typical BS about Pete’s nomination! Call Congress at 202-224-3121 to support Pete Hegseth’s nomination. Please post online.

Navy SEAL: Pete Hegseth ‘represented our country’ and ‘brought us together’ on tour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_XgP6U25iw

Check the many comments below the video:

“Thank you Military Veterans for standing strong for Hegseth.”

“Pete can count on this Marine to support him .”

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...ready to uber? We have another day just a tad above freezing, Thankfully I've not had to get out and mess with the ice on my street to
get to a main drag. Hoping it stays this way for at least another day as I have to go into the office tomorrow.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hump Day! Ready for some sleep tonight?

Popping in during a commercial. Survivor night. LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...did you finally warm up? Get some good rain?

We actually had a gravel truck come thru...I’ve not seen that before here on my cul-de-sac. Looking out the window all that can be seen is ice from edge to edge. Maybe because of the little school bus that comes here now. If so, thanks to the kid that gets to take that bus. LOL!

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy. Love the military pics!

[PROCON]

Thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops tonight, Kathy!

Son's over for dinner, have fun!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[radu]

Hey there, Kathy.

We were warm yesterday and Monday but are cold again today and tomorrow. A little warm up this weekend. Thought I might get a little rain - maybe some flurries - last night but that didn’t happen. It fizzled out before it got here, as usual.

Oooo! Gravel! That’s a plus. You’ve lived there a long time. Yeah, nice having a kid on your street that takes a school bus. LOL

[SkyDancer]

Good Evening Kathy! (((Hugs))) ... ya, ready to go, just going over the list of folks and where they’re going. We’re trying to fill one of our larger jets so we don’t have to use the smaller ones to go different ways, like a nice round trip and home. Our temps are pretty mild, low forties and so far no rain, yet. Anyway I’m trying to make sure the routes will get me home over Christmas - so far most of the customers will be staying over at their destination after New Years.

[luvie]

From behind the gas mask.
We remember them!
Father, please keep our military safe!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, K...we need Pete more than ever!

Thanks for the link.

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

How were things down there today? Cold and windy here but the wind finally died down a little while ago. There is STILL a drafty spot somewhere in the living room area that I can’t find and it was chilly all last night and today. I knew when the wind stopped because it got warmer in here.
I’m so ready for spring. LOL

[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

It was actually a bit warmer today, but has chilled off tonight. Only to the mid-40s though. The sad part is that our heater isn’t heating, so we’re kind of chilled in here. I’m REALLY wishing for that Dearborn heater now! But, no, I’m NOT ready for spring yet myself. LOL!

Glad that the wind finally died down. That always makes everything worse. I hope you find the drafty spot soon. That has to be annoying.

[radu]

Yikes! Your heater isn’t working? Do you have ANY space heaters to tide you over? With you leaving the kitchen door cracked open, it’s going to get mighty chilly.

I’ve been trying to get rid of drafts in that part of the house the past 5 years since we moved in. There were several and I’ve dealt with most of them but there’s still one I can’t find. It isn’t big enough to be found easily but it’s enough to let cold air get in when the wind blows out of the north. Big mystery.

[luvie]

Yep, it’s already pretty darn cold. I have one or two little ceramic heaters, one that I use in the bathroom, and hubby has that one going in the living room. There is another one in the greenhouse that probably needs to be brought in till we get someone out here to find out what the problem is. I also have the oven on. Till bedtime, that is. Then it goes off.

I wonder if you put a candle in there when it’s windy, would it sort of indicate which direction the draft is coming from? Just a thought. I hope you find it soon, so you can be as cozy as possible.