FReeper Canteen - Remembering Our Troops!! - Thursday, October 8, 2026

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

[luvie]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

We Sing Too!

Members of the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Band and Chorus perform to an audience of patients and medical professionals at the Aleris Rehab Station in Stockholm, Sweden. The Stronger Together Outreach Tour is an annual initiative preceding the DEFENDER-Europe 24 exercise, demonstrating U.S. Army Europe & Africa’s commitment to the NATO Alliance and our global Partners. As part of this effort, the USAREUR-AF Band serves as a bridge to increase cultural ties and enrich the alliance between the U.S. and Sweden through music. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Terrance Evans)

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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.

Rest In Peace

Soldiers from the New York Army National Guard Military Funeral Honors team salute a hearse carrying the remains of a helicopter pilot who lost their life in a Texas helicopter crash, Kelly Field, Texas. Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officers 2 Casey Frankoski and John M. Grassia III both passed in the crash and their remains were transported to the Army Aviation Support Facility at Albany International Airport on board an LC-130 Hercules assigned to the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Madison Scaringe)

Semper Fi! Must Be EARNED!!!

Recruits with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, execute tan belt techniques as part of the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program on Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island, SC. During recruit training, recruits are taught and must master basic assault and defense techniques to earn their tan belt through MCMAP. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Roger-Junior Annoh)

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
KEYWORDS: canteen; military; troops

[luvie]

Posting for Kathy! 💜

[luvie]

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[PROCON]

Thanks for remembering & honoring our Troops tonight, galz!

[luvie]

#1....ML!
Howdy to you, too!

[luvie]

#2.....radu!!
Hope you had a great day.

[luvie]

#3....PRO!!
Thank you for YOUR service, too!

[lightman]

Happy Hump Day!

[luvie]

Honorable Mention.....lightman!!
Back atcha! It was good here.

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

It could have been a good day but one phone call ruined it. I found out a dear friend died and it hit hard.

I hope yours was a LOT better.

[luvie]

Oh, goodness, I am SO sorry for your devastating loss. Had they been sick?

My day was much better than that! It was pretty warm, but still only in the 80s, so I’m chill with it.

[radu]

Yes, he’d been ailing lately and I’d been worried about him for a while. It wasn’t a huge surprise today but it hurts.

80s aren’t bad, and you have lower humidity which helps. I saw 82 on my thermometer this afternoon again but the next two day will be a little warmer.
Looks like Saturday is going to be a wet, blustery day for us.

[real saxophonist]

Well, the first picture is cool. I have an Army Bands challenge coin, no idea where or why I have it.

MCMAP wasn't a thing when I was on Parris Island, we had the same concepts, but it wasn't a program until later.

[luvie]

It sounds like a great program.

[luvie]

I’m sure he is going to be missed by all his friends and family. It’s always awful to lose a friend.

No, the low humidity helps a bunch, as did a nice breeze. The kitties seemed friskier for sure. I’m not so frisky. That not having a nap is really catching up with me now. *yawn*

[real saxophonist]

It is.

[radu]

Oooooo, had a breeze with it too. That really helps. We had a nice breeze Monday but not the last two days. Just a hint of one that barely moved a few leaves on trees.

The break in heat is so welcome by the kitties after a summer living in an inferno. The cool nights probably thrill them.

They say we can expect winds up to 30 mph Saturday with the rain from Isaias’ remnants when it comes through. NHC keeps moving the track so we’ll see how it goes. They moved it to the west a little between the 4:00 and 10:00 updates today.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Thursday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country and thanks Luvie for filling in for Kathy this morning.

Yesterday at Wichita Ridge:

How's everyone doing this morning?

[luvie]

I know the cool nights are thrilling me. I sleep soooo much better now.

I expect you’ll lose some leaves/branches from trees, but if you get some rain with it, that’s a very good thing.