FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering our Troops ~ 12 June 2025

June 11, 2025 | Kathy In Alaska

[beachn4fun]

~ 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 during exercise Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center-Alaska 23-02 in the Yukon Training Area, Alaska. (Army photo/John Pennell)

Canteen Mission Statement

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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)

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; music; news

[beachn4fun]

Posting for Kathy.
Come in and check out the Canteen.

Turning it over to Luvie for the evening.

Enjoy

[PROCON]

Thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops tonight!

[luvie]

We’ve got this. Thanks, beachy!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

[left that other site]

Good Evening, Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[lightman]

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

[luvie]

~ Remembering Our Troops ~

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We are indebted to you for your sacrifices for our Freedom.

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[radu]

Howdy, beachie!
Hope you managed to get a little work done in the yard before the heat cranked up. We need to take advantage of the dry spells when we get ‘em. LOL

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Did you manage to sneak in a short nap today? :-)

[luvie]

NEVER forget them!
Our president and Melania sure don't!🫡

[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

No nap today, and I’m beginning to feel it. I’m sure I will get a second wind at about 3am. LOL!

How was your day? Is it drying out a bit so you can get to that mowing soon?

[luvie]

IN HONOR OF THE BEAUTIFUL FULL MOON
IT'S THE JUNE STRAWBERRY MOON

Grover Washington Jr~Strawberry Moon
Craig Chaquico/Russ Freeman~Samba Del Luna
Glenn Miller~Moonlight Serenade
Gregg Karukas~Moonlit Breeze
Butch Helemano~Lover's Moon
Miner~Paper Moon
Neil Young~Harvest Moon

[SkyDancer]

~ Evening All! ~

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~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[radu]

Darn the luck. I thought you might find a way to sneak in a quick one. LOL

Busy day. Had to run a couple of errands, then DID manage to get the jungle along the driveway whacked down. Took . for . ever. Had to go slow but it got done without killing poor Champ. LOL I’m praying tomorrow will stay dry so I can tackle the front yard.

Eating supper and trying to catch up on what’s been going on today. Looks like it’s been a busy one.

[luvie]

Nah. I kind of thought about it, but I didn’t get home till about 6pm and figured sleeping then would really mess me up. I’m draggin’ now though.

Yay. Gog that darn driveway busted. I’ll bet it looks so nice now. Speaking of jungles, how high is the corn so far. And the wretched cotton?

[luvie]

LOL! I just walked to the front door. I had opened it to let fresh air in, because it’s a lovely 77 degrees right now. I looked down and saw something swirling in front of me. I don’t know what I THOUGHT it was, but it startled me. Turned out to be the tip of Peaches’ tail. 🙀

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Los Hacheros - La Bomba Soy Yo

PALO! - We Are What We Are - Musica Cubana Salsa Jazz Funk

Cinco Pa' Las Doce - Gabino Pampini ( En Vivo )

CHARLIE APONTE - ARROZ CON HABICHUELA

Se Necesita Un Rumbero - La Banda Chalaca 100% Chalacos 2017

PALO! - La Malanga Resbala - Musica Cubana Salsa Jazz Funk

TRAICIÓN - Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound ( Video Live )

Danny Frank - Lágrimas Negras - Featuring Andy Rave

La Sonora Carruseles - Repica El Tambo ( Discos Fuentes )

Perdón - La Bodeguita Del Medio - La Habana Cuba - Grupo Manantial

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

“Did you manage to sneak in a short nap today?”

Sheesh! I thought that she was always kind of in the Twilight Zone!

ROFL

** heading for the hills ** ;-)

[luvie]

You’d better run! **chasing and catching up**