FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 21 August 2025

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

Marines Do Everything!

U.S. Marines with Communications Company, Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, participate in Operation Clean Sweep at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Oct. 17, 2024. Operation Clean Sweep is the first step in a larger Barracks 360 Reset initiative, which aims to improve the living conditions and operational readiness of Marines and Sailors through increased oversight by command teams, a dedicated effort to reduce the maintenance backlog and shared ownership of the barracks. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kyle Chan)

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 Aboard!

U.S. Airmen and Guardians march in a flight during a 737th Training Wing U.S. Air Force Basic Military Training graduation ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Oct.10, 2024. U.S. Air Force BMT is a mentally and physically taxing seven and a half week course that teaches trainees teamwork, discipline and resiliency to carry throughout their U.S. Air and Space Force careers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mattison Cole)

The Bad Guys Are That Way!

Philippine Marines with 4th Marine Brigade and service members of Amphibious Rapid Deployment Brigade, Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force, conduct an amphibious insertion of medical personnel as part of a humanitarian aid and disaster relief demonstration during KAMANDAG 8 at Camp Cape Bojeador, Burgos, Philippines, Oct. 20, 2024. KAMANDAG is an annual Philippine and U.S. Marine Corps-led exercise aimed at enhancing the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ defense and humanitarian capabilities by providing valuable training in combined operations with foreign militaries in the advancement of a Free and Open Indo-Pacific. This year marks the eighth iteration of this exercise and includes participants from the French Armed Forces, Royal Thai Marine Corps, and Indonesian Marine Corps; including continued participation from the Australian Defense Force, British Armed Forces, JGSDF, and Republic of Korea Marine Corps. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Shaina Jupiter)

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[luvie]

Welcome back!! 💜

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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[PROCON]

Thanks Kathy for remembering and honoring America's Troops this evening!

Son and I had lunch at a great Mexican restaurant today, yum!

Nice 'seeing' you again, is it snowing there yet? 😁

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, luvie, and thank you...subbing for the sub tonight. LOL!

[lightman]

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro and thanks.

Tacos and rice and beans sounds good. Glad you enjoyed a Mexican lunch with your son.

No snow yet thank goodness, but the leaves on some of my trees are starting to change color. Too soon!!!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hump Day! I imagine you’re ready for it.

I saw there was a gloomy start to the day up there with thick fog around the airports this morning. Looks like your side of town stayed cloudy most of the day but the sun is finally peeking out a little.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

Still enjoying decent temps? We’re FINALLY going to have reasonable weather for at least the next week. We are READY!!

Sounds like you had a good day today.

[luvie]

LOL! We have our roles to play here in the Canteen. You did good! 😁⭐️<—-your gold star.

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Did it stay comfy there all day?
It started out a little warm here but storms blew through and dropped the temp quickly. Even had a brief tornado warning in the southern part of the county.

[MoochPooch]

Welcome back, Kathy! Such uplifting pics!

[PROCON]

Hiya radu, like I mentioned before, it has cooled down recently but we'll be back to scorching this weekend.

Great day on my end, hope all is well with you and the kittehs!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lightman...it is so important that we never forget!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...cooling off yet?

We had enough “rain” overnight so I didn’t have to water the patch in my front yard. The new grass seems to be doing fine coming in where the tree and stump were removed.

[radu]

I recall you’d mentioned the furnace cranking up again but couldn’t remember when. Enjoy the comfort while you have it!

Next week will be like heaven here with temps in the low to mid 80s. That’ll make it hurt when our furnace cranks up again.

All’s going well enough here. The kitties are as obnoxious as ever. LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

The sun tried to come out over here, but only for minutes at a time. None now....maybe some sprinkles.

[radu]

Aaaaaaah, I didn’t go back far enough in the LH stream to see you’d gotten rain overnight. That explains all the fog this morning.

We started our little cool-down this afternoon when storms rolled through. A little cooler through the weekend, then really nice next week. For how long, who knows? Summer’s not over by a long shot.