USO Canteen FReeper Style Liberty R&R to Maryland .... October 5,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

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The USO Canteen FReeper Style
Delivering a Touch of Home

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If you know a Veteran, someone in your family,
friend of the family, neighbor, who served their
country, take a brief moment of your day to thank them.
Thank them for the sacrifice they made
for the better good of their country.

We at Free Republic, and the USO Canteen FReeper Style,
are thankful for every service member
in our military, who has served our great nation.

So, to the men and women who answered the call,
in both times of war and peace, thank you.

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Message from Snow Bunny to all those who visit the Canteen.

This is how I think of the USO Canteen Freeper Style.
It is like a cottage down a road,
a place where a weary veteran can spend the night.

Since it opened, it is magical how so many
Freepers who post here, feel it too.
It has been so dear how the Freepers
kept making it a cottage - a home-type of place
that had a huge living room
for them to visit in and a dance floor, a library, etc.

Many Veterans have written to me,
saying that the Canteen is like home
to them for the first time since they served.

This is your Canteen -
a respite from our busy
and sometimes troubling world.
Make yourself at home.

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CASUAL SATURDAY AT THE CANTEEN

Liberty commences at the beginning of today's
FReeper USO Canteen thread
and, depending on your division assignment,
expires when the new thread for Sunday is posted.

***** A special invitation to our troops and Veterans
to join us in today's cyber trip. *****

Maryland

Today for our liberty we are
going to fly into
Baltimore, Maryland
and the surrounding areas.

Thank you Aeronaut
for taking all of us on
your wonderful plane today.

Situated on a natural harbor of the Potapsco River,
which is near the Chesapeake Bay, greater Baltimore
is full of Southern charm combined with northern sophistication.

Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore

Boat seen from the Inner Harbor

Often considered a southern town,
Baltimore began as a farming community,
which owed much of its early growth and
prosperity to its waterfront location.
It has not abandoned that tradition.

Today Baltimore ranks fifth among U.S. ports,
with major railways and trucking lines carrying
cargo to and from docks at Canton Bay and
Curtis Bay, as well as raw materials to the
area's many factories.

Baltimore Oriole

National Aquarium

Orioles Game at Camden Yards

Skip Jack Lighthouse in Baltimore

Then a flight over to the
Navy Academy Anapolis

As we leave Maryland
and a wonderful with
all the Cateeners and
our troops from Maryland,
we do one last flyover of the
City of Baltimore at dusk.

[Snow Bunny]

. . . Tribute To HEROES . While the dogtag is used to provide information on an individual serviceman, I also believe that the chain which holds them represents a connection to all servicemen, no matter where you served, how you served or when you served. . The Minuteman in 1776 has a connection to the soldier fighting in Afghanistan today. That connection is every individual who has ever served in the United States Military. Each of us represents a link in the chain that connects that Minuteman of over 200 years ago to the soldier in Afghanistan today. SAMWolf . . Tribute to Vietnam Veterans Please click on picture. . The great intangible of America's wars beyond logistics, beyond strategy, beyond wonder weapons and Generals, is the spiritual force of its fighting men and women - and that is the force that the USO so serves. . Free Republic....Click for Donations . Partners . .To Jim Robinson, Founder of FRee Republic and Navy Veteran Thank you, from all those who frequent the FReeper Canteen .

[Snow Bunny]

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[Snow Bunny]

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

[Snow Bunny]

[SAMWolf]

175th Wing [175th WG]

The Maryland Air National Guard’s 175th Wing is comprised of two flying units and support staff - the 104th Fighter Squadron and the 135th Airlift Group. Nearly 2,000 full-time and traditional members are employed by the Maryland Air National Guard, contributing $76 million dollars annually to Maryland’s economy.

The 175th Wing has state and federal missions to augment active forces and provide assistance to state authorities during natural disasters, civil disturbances and other emergencies. In peacetime, the 175th Wing prepares for wartime taskings, natural catastrophes, and major civilian accidents by participating in various deployments and exercises. The unit must maintain the capability to meet mobility standards and worldwide deployment when directed by competent authority.

The 175th Wing consists of two distinct flying units with different missions—the 104th Fighter Squadron, flying the A-10 “Thunderbolt II” single-seat jet and the 135th Airlift squadron, operating the C-130E “Hercules” transport aircraft.

104th Fighter Squadron [104th FS]

The 175th Wing consists of two distinct flying units with different missions—the 104th Fighter Squadron, flying the A-10 “Thunderbolt II” single-seat jet and the 135th Airlift squadron, operating the C-130E “Hercules” transport aircraft. The 104th Fighter Squadron’s mission is to conduct tactical air, forward air control, and night flying operations through the utilization of assigned tactical forces in either an offensive or defensive capacity.

135th Airlift Squadron [135th AS]

The 175th Wing consists of two distinct flying units with different missions—the 104th Fighter Squadron, flying the A-10 “Thunderbolt II” single-seat jet and the 135th Airlift squadron, operating the C-130E “Hercules” transport aircraft. The 135th Airlift Squadron’s mission is to support tactical forces for worldwide resupply missions and airlift employment operations by airland and airdrop. The mission of the 135th Airlift Squadron is to provide the best trained, highly motivated and committed combat ready aircrews, empowered to respond to any and all taskings in support of humanitarian, contingency and combat operations worldwide.

The 135th AS was the first Air National Guard unit to take delivery of the the C-130J to replace the C-130B which it received in 1980.

The 135th Airlift Squadron supports a number of worldwide missions including troop and armament delivery on rugged landing strips to emergency evacuation and humanitarian relief services.

The 135th Airlift Squadron has provided support for numerous high-profile worldwide missions including Operation Joint Endeavor in Bosnia as well as humanitarian operations in Haiti and Somalia. In 1998, Maryland Air National Guardsmen and their C-130s responded to the devastation in Honduras and other Central American countries as a result of Hurricane Mitch, as well as Bangladesh to assist with flood-relief activities. Additionally, the 135th has supported other total force missions including counter-drug operations throughout Central America since 1981, and has been directly involved in Operations Southern Watch (Lybia and Oman), Provide Comfort II (Turkey) and Baltic Challenge (Estonia and Lithuania).

The squadron transitioned from eight C-130E to eight C-130J aircraft beginning in FY 1999.

[Snow Bunny]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

[Snow Bunny]

Oh wow Sam, thank you soooo much for your post, this is wonderful.
((((( hug )))))

[Snow Bunny]

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[Snow Bunny]

Poor is the nation that has no heroes.
Shameful is the one that, having heroes - Forgets them!
from a monument on the Davis Bridge Battlefield, Bolivar,Tn.

We support our Canadian troops, our friends fighting the enemy with us.
Operation APOLLO is Canada's military contribution to the international campaign against terrorism.

Sergeant Kory Fisher of the 3rd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (3 PPCLI) Battle Group

[Snow Bunny]

 

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Snow Bunny.

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you for your support of the USO Canteen FReeper Style, the troops and their families. Thank you Veterans!!!!

[Snow Bunny]

Individuals may donate $25 which goes toward sponsorship of an
"Operation USO Care Package"
Personal greetings may be included on an
"Operation USO Care Package"
postcard, available for download here by

CLICKING ON THE GRAPHIC….Please be gentle with Souris when you click

USO of Metropolitan Washington
Operation USO Care Package
PO Box 10835
Arlington, VA 22210

[Snow Bunny]

We Miss you HiJinx
Have fun on your camping trip Jinxie!

[Snow Bunny]

Operation APOLLO is Canada's military contribution to the international campaign against terrorism

Ont. Cpl Cameron Laidlaw member of 1 Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment Parachute Company during Exercise Repatriation. Exercise Repatriation practices the removal of noncombatants from a hostile area. Photo by Jacek Szymanski J5PA Combat Camera

Never Forget the Canadian POW/MIA's

[MeekOneGOP]

Mornin', everybody !

Have a cup while you FReep !

For those who prefer hot chocolate.....

[Entropy Squared]

Beer, it's not just for breakfast anymore! I got up early to have a beer breakfast and get in the mood. By this afternoon I will be fishing. Thank you to the troops who protect me while I fish. I'm going for bass to eat and pike for fun. And I have a brand new fishing rod and reel.

[uglybiker]

Mornin' Snow Bunny!

Sorry for not being around much the past several days. I've been out playing with my "new" toy!

Well, new for me anyway!

[MeekOneGOP]

This was interesting, imho......

What’s the point?  October 02, 2002

Excerpt:

The moron, Margaret Warner of PBS’ News Hour is a good example.  During her early October segment about the Torricelli campaign dropout disaster, talking to a fellow named Batz from the Washington Post, and a narrow-faced liberal from some other location, something important didn’t come up.  Jim Jeffords.

The topic was the possible loss of the senate by the Democrats in the coming election.  You should get a copy of the text from that session.  If you didn't know how it actually happened, and just went by what these clowns had to say, the Democrats won back the senate in a voting booth! 

What actually happened was that Jeffords disenfranchised the voters of Vermont.  After marking a ballot for a Republican they discovered that they hadn't.  Every voter who selected his name, believing that doing so would help the Republicans keep control of the senate, was cheated.  After Jeffords had the win, he changed his party to Independent and gave the Senate to the Democrats.  The similarity between that, and what's going on in New Jersey is comparable to genetic cloning.

The ability of liberal “journalists” to leave out the central question is titanic. 

Jean Carnahan (D. Missouri) won her senate seat by defeating the evil John Ashcroft.  That's what you're left with after Warner gets through ignoring the facts.  The truth is that Ashcroft refused to be so rude as to say anything critical of a recently-widowed woman who had stepped into her dead husband’s campaign for the senate.  And, after Ashcroft handed her the seat, the first thing the ungrateful bitch did was to vote against his appointment as Attorney General!  He gave her the senate, and in return she stabbed him in the back.

When discussing that one, Warner forgot to mention the last part.

Not that liberals can't turn on their own kind. Torricelli (D., New Jersey) didn't quit out of a noble sense of love for his country or his party.  Somebody told him to get out or get hammered.  Aware from the polls that his campaign was going down the tubes, and their grasp of the senate with it, somebody way up in the party told him to take a walk or face a Democrat committee in the senate, and be ground into hamburger on charges of corruption.  Quit or find his pension rejected and any hope of future appointment to office gone, gone, gone.

Click here to read the entire article.