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USO Canteen FReeper Style Salutes Norfolk Naval Base .... November 6,2002
FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

Posted on 11/06/2002 1:00:33 AM PST by Snow Bunny

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The USO Canteen FReeper Style
Delivering a Touch of Home

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A Touch of Home

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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.

Snow Bunny

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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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Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields. 


John McCrae 

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Norfolk Naval Base

Just a few miles down the James River
is the gigantic Norfolk Naval Station,
home of the Atlantic Fleet, whose ships,
including six aircraft carriers,are providing
firepower and logistics for Operation
Enduring Freedom in South Asia.

Nearby at Little Creek Amphibious Base,
Navy SEALS train for Afghan operations.
In Virginia Beach, Oceana Naval Air Station
is the base for many of the carrier aircraft striking al-Qaida.

The Norfolk Naval Shipyard in Portsmouth
will be refitting city-busting Trident
submarines so they can attack terrorist camps
with highly accurate conventional missiles
rather than nuclear-tipped ones.

Naval Station Norfolk occupies about
4,300 acres of Hampton Roads real
estate in a peninsula known as Sewells
Point. It is the world`s largest Naval Station;
in fact, based on supported military population,
it is the largest military station in the world.

When the 76 ships and 138 aircraft homeported
here are not at sea, they are along side one of
the 14 piers or inside one of the 15 aircraft hangars
for repair, refit, training and to provide the ship`s or
squadron`s crew an opportunity to be with their
families. Naval Station is homeport to aircraft carriers,
cruisers, destroyers, large amphibious ships, submarines,
a variety of supply and logistics ships, C-2, C-9, C-12
and E-2 fixed wing aircraft, and H-3, H-46, H-53, and H-60 helicopters.

Port Services controls more than 3,100 ships
movements annually as they arrive and depart
their berths. Port facilities extend more than four
miles along the waterfront and include some
seven miles of pier and wharf space.

Air Operations conducts over 100,000 flight
operations each year, an average of 275 flights
per day or one every six minutes. Over 150,000
passengers and 264,000 tons of mail and cargo
depart annually on Air Mobility Command (AMC)
aircraft and other chartered flights from our airfield.
It is the hub for Navy logistics going to the European
and Central Command theaters of operations, and to the Caribbean.

NORFOLK NAVAL AIR STATION, Virginia --
President Bush on Tuesday praised the development
of high-technology weapons systems as part of his
plan to "keep the peace." The Commander-in-
message came in an address delivered to a crowd of mostly military personnel at the only NATO
military base in the United States, the headquarters
of the Allied Command Atlantic (ACLANT) in Norfolk, Virginia.

021009-N-9964S-075 Norfolk, Va., aboard
USS Harry S. Turman (CVN 75) Oct. 9, 2002 –
Steven Tyler (2nd from right), lead singer of the
rock band “Aerosmith” along with Joey Kramer (right),
the band’s drummer, take a tour of flight deck control
where a crewmember explains how aircraft are moved
in the hanger bay and on the flight deck of Truman.
“Aerosmith” boarded and toured Truman while the carrier
was pier side at Norfolk Naval Station. The band had
returned to perform in the area, having cancelled their
original performance scheduled for September 11, 2001
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class
Christopher B. Stoltz(RELEASED)

Naval Station Norfolk, Norfolk, VA. Apr. 16, 2002 -
An Electronics Technician 2nd Class heads home with
his daughter, at pier 6 after returning from deployment
aboard the guided missile destroyer USS Ramage (DDG 61).

At sea aboard the cruiser USS Cape St. George
(CG 71) Apr. 19, 2002 - The Secretary of the Navy,
the Honorable Gordon R. England, addresses
crewmembers of the Norfolk, Va.- based cruiser,
thanking them for their dedicated service.

Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Apr. 20, 2002 —
A Navy wife greets her husband, an Interior
Communications Electrician 1st Class, as he returns
rom a deployment aboard the amphibious transport
dock ship USS Shreveport (LPD 12).

Norfolk Naval Station, Va., Apr. 25, 2002
U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67)
returns to her homeport.

Norfolk, Va., May 6, 2002 — Assisted by tugs,
the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71)
glides up the Elizabeth River past downtown Norfolk's
waterfront on its way to the Norfolk Naval Shipyard in
adjacent Portsmouth, Va.

Naval Station, Norfolk, Va., May 7, 2002 —
Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, far right, along with
members of Navy Region Mid-Atlantic's Honor
Guard and Mr. Jon Clodfelter, second from left,
demonstrate the design of a new commemorative
Virginia license plate honoring those who lost their
lives during a terrorist attack the guided-missile
destroyer USS Cole (DDG 67).

This is why the USO Canteen FReeper Style is here,for our troops and their loved ones serving now! And to thank Veterans that have served!



TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: michaeldobbs; monacofreetedmaher; usocanteen
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To: COB1
NO! We are having a heat wave. It won't stop raining. The ground is saturated and NO SNOW! It's winter time. When is the weather going to reflect that? Waaaaaaaa.
461 posted on 11/06/2002 9:44:25 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Snow Bunny; bentfeather; Kathy in Alaska; radu; All
Hi! :-) Hope all is well!!!
462 posted on 11/06/2002 9:45:17 PM PST by RadioAstronomer
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To: SAMWolf
Sam the photos didn't load on my puter.

Cole plaques.
463 posted on 11/06/2002 9:45:18 PM PST by Soaring Feather
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To: RadioAstronomer
Star Man, hello!
464 posted on 11/06/2002 9:46:48 PM PST by Soaring Feather
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To: bentfeather
:-) Can't stay long, just got home and wanted to say hi to all of you!
465 posted on 11/06/2002 9:48:08 PM PST by RadioAstronomer
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To: SAMWolf
The "joys" of parenthood. Oooh yeah! LOL!

I don't have any children but the kitties kind of make up for it. Always something coming up. I have TEN of them going in this month for yearly booster shots. My vet has a good Christmas courtesy of us. LOL!!!

466 posted on 11/06/2002 9:48:49 PM PST by radu
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To: bentfeather
You look charming in your parka. You should be just fine on our cruise.
467 posted on 11/06/2002 9:49:05 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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To: RadioAstronomer
Well, ol RA is off to bed. Nite All! :-)
468 posted on 11/06/2002 9:49:05 PM PST by RadioAstronomer
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To: RadioAstronomer
You're not coming on board the destroyer then, ah shucks!
469 posted on 11/06/2002 9:50:35 PM PST by Soaring Feather
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Oh thank you Kathy, so nice of you.
471 posted on 11/06/2002 9:51:41 PM PST by Soaring Feather
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To: RadioAstronomer
Hey there, Starman, how are you this evening? And how did the elections go for you? You had a winner, I think.


473 posted on 11/06/2002 9:52:54 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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To: bentfeather; DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet; Kathy in Alaska; Snow Bunny
I have no idea where our Captain is.

Don't talk too much about rocking and rolling. That extra Dramamine hasn't had time to kick in. LOL!
474 posted on 11/06/2002 9:52:55 PM PST by radu
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To: bentfeather; radu
Try to cut and paste the links, sorry, my "test the post" asset is no longer avaialble.
476 posted on 11/06/2002 9:53:45 PM PST by SAMWolf
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To: coteblanche
LOL. I sure will.
477 posted on 11/06/2002 9:54:40 PM PST by SAMWolf
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To: Alamo-Girl
Always nice to see you Alamo-Girl!
478 posted on 11/06/2002 9:55:25 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska; All
Will Nonie and Nonie 2 be safe, I worry so over them!
479 posted on 11/06/2002 9:56:15 PM PST by Soaring Feather
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To: RadioAstronomer
HI!!! How ya doin' starman? Good to see you!
480 posted on 11/06/2002 10:00:03 PM PST by radu
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