FReeper Canteen - Remembering Our Troops!! - Thursday, July 30, 2026

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

[luvie]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

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Pictured from left to right; Staff Sgt. Charles Cook, Sgt. Michael Escutia, Esports coach Nick "Ashes" Ridgeway, Staff Sgt Christopher Caudillo, and Spc. Francis Ramos celebrate their win at the Armed Forces Esports Championship at Frisco, Texas. Competing in Esports tournaments allows the Army to showcase its talent, skill, and competitive spirit on a public platform. It serves as a means of representing the Army within the broader gaming community and highlighting the diverse interests and capabilities of its personnel. (Photo by Sgt. Lauren Gajeton)

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Polar Bears Beware! The Army Is Here!

U.S. Army Soldier Pfc. David Hanson, from 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 11th Airborne Division, recovers his parachute after jumping onto Donnelly Drop Zone as part of Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center 24-02 at Donnelly Training Area, Alaska. JPMRC 24-02, executed in Alaska with its world-class training facilities and its harsh Arctic environment, builds Soldiers and leaders into a cohesive team of skilled, tough, alert, and adaptive warriors capable of fighting and winning anywhere in the world. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc.Wyatt Moore / 28th Public Affairs Detachment)

Awarding Excellence!

U.S. Army Soldier Staff Sgt. Irving Ray of The United States Army Band poses for a photo with his wife, Annie Ray, and their children. Annie was named the Grammy Music Educator of the Year. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Minto)

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KEYWORDS: canteen; military; troopsupport

[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!

[luvie]

#1....radu!!
Hope it wasn't too hot today!
97 here.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))

[luvie]

#2....ML!!
Hope you resisted going back
and punching that libtard! LOL!

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

It wasn’t quite as hot as yesterday but it go close. Started out nice because it was cloudy, but the sun broke out around noon and ugh. At least it was breezy.

Not as hot here as it was there, thank goodness!

[PROCON]

Thanks for remembering & honoring our Troops this evening, ladies! 🫡

[Jet Jaguar]

Thanks Luv!

[luvie]

No, it was no piece of cake here, unless you’re talking about a cake of explosives. LOL! I only got out to feed the kitties and go to bible class, but ugh!

Glad you had clouds for part of the day, but it’s a darn shame they couldn’t have at least hung around till you got home! The breeze doesn’t help much inside the tent, I wouldn’t imagine.

[luvie]

#3...PRO!!
And thank you for YOUR service!
Hope it's cooled off a bit there.

[luvie]

Honorable Mention...JJ!!
Good to see you tonight.
Are ya surviving summer?
I'm not enjoying it at all! Ugh!

[PROCON]

Hey Luvie, we’re back into the 80’s and it feels wonderful, howz your summer temps doing?

[luvie]

Ahhh, those 80s sound heavenly. By that response, you can guess that we’re hovering in the very high 90s and into the low 100s for the past month or so.

Just a real joy living in the desert. LOL! I’m very ready for October to get here. It’s a long way off.

[Jet Jaguar]

It has been hot and humid.

Not fun.

((HUGZ))

[radu]

We aren’t inside a tent. We’re underneath it, in shade. The breeze blows through. It’s like they use at craft fairs - you can hang panels on the sides if you want walls, but we don’t.

Can’t blame ya at all for not going out any more than necessary. Not with the temps you have.

[ExTexasRedhead]

Masters of the Air - Dropping Aid in the Netherlands (Operation Chowhound)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKfYui95E10

Masters of the Air Ending

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M4Iwa-0Q_A

[luvie]

Yes, you’re more humid than we are, which makes all this heat even worse.

I hope you have plenty of chances to cool off.

[luvie]

Well, that makes sense. I had visions of y’all being inside an actual tent, and that just seemed like torture. Bad enough just being outside.

[radu]

I’ve sent pics of our tent to you before. I guess you forgot what it looks like. The one we use for early voting is 10’ X 10’. The one we use at the weekend festival in Sept. is 10’ x 20’. It stinks that it won’t be visible on the Cowan cam. That small log cabin will block the view.
But you’ll still have more to look at that weekend besides trains going by occasionally. The whole area in view of the cam will be full of vendors’ tents and people milling around. And fireworks both nights!