FReeper Canteen - Remembering Our Troops!! - Thursday, February 12, 2026

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

[luvie]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

Ooh Rah! Semper Fi!

U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Selena Serrano, a Marine with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, poses for a photo with her eagle, globe and anchor on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. Serrano just completed the crucible – a 54-hour event that challenges all the skills a recruit has learned throughout recruit training. Serrano was recruited out of Los Angeles, C with Recruiting Station Montebello. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher A. Madero)

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 The World, Isaac!

Gina and Joshua Steitzer welcomed their new son, Isaac, at 4:34 a.m., Jan. 6, 2022. Isaac was the first baby born in the New Year at Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Northwest Beginnings Family Birth Center to proud parents Gina and Joshua, chief damage controlman assigned to USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Isaac weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and is 20 inches long. (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC public affairs officer)

No Cornhole? No Problem!

Airmen from the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing take part in games at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The games were created to boost morale for members deployed during the holidays. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Graves)

Hold Your Breath! Whatever You Do: Don’t Swallow!

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Tyler Ornelas, a squad leader with 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, conducts the endurance course during the 3d Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan. The week-long competition tests jungle survival skills, basic infantry tactics, and excellence in weapons handling. The competition participants are forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division, as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. Ornelas is a native of Bend, Oregon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox)

Congrats Marine! Hug Well Earned!

A new U.S. Marine of Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, is welcomed by a loved one following a graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Once Delta Company was dismissed, families and friends met their new Marines on the parade deck. As recruits, their only means of contact was through letters during their 13-week training cycle. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MSgt Sheila Brooks)

We Want To Fly!

A 14th Flying Training Wing instructor pilot and student pilot conduct pre-flight checks inside a T-6 Texan II at Columbus Air Force Base, MS. Stepped-tandem seating in the single cockpit places one crewmember in front of the other, with the student and instructor positions being interchangeable. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)

The Toilet Bowl Ultimate (Psst...No Toilets Were Harmed)

U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force Defense Information School students complete in ultimate frisbee for the school's Annual event, the Commandant's Cup on Ft. G Meade, Maryland. (Photo by Pvt. Anastasiya Ludchenko)

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Free Republic
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; troopsupport

[luvie]

Posting for Kathy 💜

[luvie]

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

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Honoring those who have served before.

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[PROCON]

Thanks for remembering & honoring our Troops!

Today would have been Rus Thompson's (The Mayor) 70th birthday, RIP, Rus!

[luvie]

#1....PRO!!
I saw that on Facebook
Indeed, may that military hero rest in peace. ✝️💟

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[lightman]

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

[lightman]

Memory Eternal!

I'm less than five years behind him.

[luvie]

#2....ML!!
Hope you're thawing out!

[luvie]

#3...lightman!
Amen to your words. 🇺🇸

[left that other site]

It was a BALMY 40 degrees F today!

Some of the snow melted, but we have a long way to go till the big plow piles melt.

[luvie]

40 degrees is definitely spring-like after what y’all have had!

[lightman]

42.1 in my neck of the southern part of Penn’s woods.

Took a flat shovel to the ice pack at the flare of my lane’s apron.

Didn’t remove as much as I wanted but one more day of solar action might gain me space for plowing the next snow.

[luvie]

The ice is what causes the most aggravation. We had some about 2 weeks ago. Of course it melted much quicker than yours will.

[lightman]

Mine arrived on January 25-26.

Only on February 10 were the deer able to break through the crust and begin grubbing the ground instead of browsing the arbovitaes.

I had does grazing arbovitaes within six feet of my front door!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

Looks like our temps were the same today. We had sunshine which made it almost pleasant outside. Just that dratted breeze with a bite that made a difference.

[luvie]

Hey there, radu!

Did you get that rain you hoped for?

It was coolish here but still nice. I was waked up earlier than I wanted to by the guy with a chainsaw [or some kind] cutting down our huge tree in the front yard. I’m so sad, but it was almost dead. :(

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

I was just thinking about Rus the other day and how much I miss his posts. It’s still hard to believe he’s gone.

[luvie]

Darn wind can sure ruin a nice day if it gets too strong. Not to mention messes with our hair. LOL!

[radu]

It wasn’t blowing all that hard. Just a stiff breeze with a bite. Heavy jacket was needed. The sun had the car warm enough that Jasper wasn’t uncomfortable when we left for the vet this afternoon.
They’re talking possible frost tonight and tomorrow night. No clouds to hold the heat in.
But we warm back up for the weekend and beyond - - and more rain comes Sat. with the warm front. We’ll take it!