FReeper Canteen - Remembering Our Troops - Thursday, July 3, 2025

For the best troops and vets in the world! | Kathy In Alaska

[luvie]

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~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

Do you Pugil?

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Echo Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, participate in a pugil sticks event at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Recruits executed numerous Marine Corps Martial Arts Program techniques throughout the event to refine their skills and increase endurance. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Grace J. Kindred)

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.

Welcome To Boot Camp!

U.S. Marine Corps recruit Carter Altom with Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, gets his hair cut during receiving at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. The recruits' first haircut represents the beginning of the transformation from civilian to Marine. Altom was recruited out of Clearfield, Utah with Recruiting Station Salt Lake City. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Max J. Noel)

PULL!!

U.S. Marines and future Marines with Recruiting Station San Francisco participate in the tug-of-war competition during the annual Battle of the Bay pool function in Hayward, California. The annual pool function is an opportunity for future Marines to build camaraderie, strengthen their commitment to the Marine Corps, and prepare for recruit training by competing in athletic competitions and receiving military related periods of instruction. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alina Thackray)

The Past with The Present Breaking Bread!

1st Infantry Division Soldiers and members of the Society of the 1st Inf. Div. gather for lunch at Cantigny Dining Facility, Fort Riley, Kansas. The Society of the 1st Inf. Div. visited the installation to meet with the Soldiers and have their 102nd annual dinner. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Daniela Lechuga)

Fair Winds and Following Seas!

NORFOLK, VA – Line handlers stand by as the capital ship of the Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group (GRFCSG), the first-in-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), departs Naval Station Norfolk for a routine deployment. GRFCSG consists of Gerald R. Ford, Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 12, Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Normandy (CG 60), and Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers USS Ramage (DDG 61), USS McFaul (DDG 74), and USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116). (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Nathan T. Beard)

Expect The Unexpected!

HOUSTON, Texas: A child poses with a water safety banner from the Galveston District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), during the Hurricane Hunter Aircraft display at Ellington Airport. Emergency Management Specialists and Park Rangers from the district were at the event to answer questions about USACE, talk about water and hurricane safety, and explain the district’s role in flood risk management in the Greater Houston Area. Hurricane experts from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration flying a WP-3D Orion aircraft and the U.S. Air Force flying an Air Force Reserve WC-130J hurricane hunter aircraft are visiting five U.S. Gulf Coast cities this spring. The tour is raising awareness of the impacts from tropical cyclones and the danger of being caught without a personal hurricane plan. (U.S. Army photo by Trevor Welsh)

GERONIMO!

During Exercise Agile Chariot, U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Special Tactics Squadron, jump from an MC-130J Commando II near Rawlins, Wyoming. Agile Chariot tested Agile Combat Employment capabilities, including using smaller, more dispersed and teams to rapidly move and support aircraft, pilots, and other personnel to wherever they are needed. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Natalie Fiorilli)

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[luvie]

Posting for Kathy! 💜

[luvie]

~ Remembering Our Troops ~

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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!

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Hope you’ve been getting a few showers today. The radars are showing something over town now.

Back shortly. Gotta whip up a bite of supper.

[fidelis]

Good evening luvie. Good evening everyone. Hope all are well and doing fine.

[luvie]

All is good here, and hope you and yours are doing well, too!

[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

It’s been showering off and on all day, and right now, it’s raining hard! I’m so happy I could spit. LOL!

How are things there. Get your supper. I need to do the same thing. I’m not in the mood for anything.

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Happy 249th Birthday, USA!

(((HUGS)))

ML/LTOS

[PROCON]

Thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops this evening!

[SkyDancer]

~ Evening All! ~

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~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[SkyDancer]

:D

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Remembering the Troops...

Uriah Heep - Lady in Black

[stylin19a]

pugil sticks...back in the day, no catchers equipment...there was only head gear to protect you.

[luvie]

Soldiers were just tougher back in th’ day!

[luvie]

Hey there, Janey! Have a good day?

There was another plane crash with skydivers today, and every time I hear something like that, I immediately think of you. Glad you’re safe and sound! (((hugs)))

[radu]

Hot diggity dog!!! Y’all are long overdue for this! Let the hits keep a-comin’!

Dry and sunny here today and I hoped I could break Champ out of the garage, but nope. The grass is still very wet. Maybe tomorrow ......
I did whack down some saplings this afternoon, at least.

[luvie]

We sure were overdue for DECENT rain, and this is it. As a matter of fact, we're having flooding issues in some locations, because we have ZERO drainage except low streets that run into long and winding Monahans Draw [shows up better on satellite view], south of town. These streets include the one our church building sits on that looks like a river if you but spit in it LOL! ,and it runs into a deep paved drainage ditch and then on to south of the city.

I hope you can get some mowing done tomorrow, but it's great that you got some of those little trees whacked down!

[SkyDancer]

Hi, haven’t heard of any so will go looking. Thanks for thinking of me :D

[luvie]

One today in New Jersey.

[SkyDancer]

Ok, will check it out.