USO Canteen FReeper Style Salutes Norfolk Naval Base .... November 6,2002

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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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!

[Snow Bunny]

I just realized something you just might get answers back from Scully in Pirate lingo. haahahahaa

[Snow Bunny]

I will help swab the deck, that is one word I do know. ROTFL......Kathy is right......I can see it now, Scully answering in pirate talk. haahhaa and we still won't know. haahahahhaa

[Snow Bunny]

Wasn't it an extra special day today MO. After last night I am so happy and proud that people spoke out in their votes like they did. whew and a big yipeee

[radu]

okie dokie. Here's a 'swabber' for you, too. We'll have this baby gleaming!

You're right. If Scully answers in Pirate lingo, we're lost! LOL!!

[Mo1]

After last night I am so happy and proud that people spoke out in their votes like they did. whew and a big yipeee

We The People have spoken again .. Give this President a Congress to work with and get things done ..

It was a message to the RATS that they can't steal the power away without paying a price for it

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hey, we do have Marine friends too! Leatherneck Jody a little help here. Marines get transported by ship don't they? I know the floor is the deck, doors are hatches. We need help on more words.

[radu]

As much as I hate it, I need to head out. I have to get up relatively early tomorrow....gotta take 3 kitties in for their yearly shots. OH BOY! That's always sooooo much fun. NOT! So I'll say Good Night and Sweet Dreams to you now. Thank you and God bless you both.

Good night, troops. May God watch over you and keep you safe!

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you so much. BIG smile

[Snow Bunny]

You are exactly right Mo !!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and sleep well radu. I'll get the swabs stowed and I'm not far behind you. God bless you good for joining in the honor of our troops and veterans and families and allies. See you tomorrow. Good luck with your kitties.

[radu]

That's right! Leatherneck Rangler Jody can help, too. And any others who want to volunteer. We need all the help we can get! LOL!!! We need to know these things to be able to properly handle these ships and flying machines Tonk provides. :-D

[Snow Bunny]

Your right, helpppp Leathneck Jody.heh heh

[Snow Bunny]

Sweet dreams Radu and thank you for today and your help with the Canteen.
(((( hug ))))

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you sooooo much Kathy for being so wonderful and helping with the Canteen.I am so glad we are friends!
(((((((( hug )))))))

Snow Bunny...................Dear Lord,
Thank you for this day and all that entered the Canteen.
I am so grateful for those I have met here and for their help.
I pray for each of them and their loved ones to be safe always.
Prayers too for the troops and their families.
Thank you for our Veterans dear Lord and for their service to our country that has kept me free.
Amen

[Kathy in Alaska]

It is my pleasure to help honor our troops and veterans and families and allies. I, too, am so glad we met and became friends. *HUG* We will be here every day so they have a place to come and relax and know that they are supported, and that we will NEVER FORGET that the freedoms we enjoy are because of the sacrifices they have made and still make. I join you in your prayers for our troops safety, our veterans service,and for their families.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Time for bed. God Bless all our troops, their families, our veterans and our Canadian and Israeli allies. We pray for your safe and soon return. Thank you for doing the jobs you do to keep this UNITED STATES OF AMERICA safe. We love all of you.

Thank you Lurker, Toby, Tom Cat, Kyle, Joe, Jake, the Z-Tar, Sneakers, Scully and the Pirates, Brook, Leatherneck Rangler Jody, Cory, Jimmy, Winky, Chez, Martin, John, David C, Parker, Michael, Smitty, David, and Carol for being part of our family. Thank you to all who enter the Canteen. Salute!

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.

And thanks to Scully and the Pirates, TSgt Munnell, Peter and Greg for your support.

Wherever you are, God is, and all is well! Amen.

[E.G.C.]

MONACO, FREE TED MAHER NOW!!!!!!!

[ProudEagle]

Good morning Miss Bunny. A big hug right back at you. Hope you have a good and fruitful day.

Eagle

[blackie]

Hi Bunnycakes, it's safe to move to Oregon, single payer medical coverage went down in flames...the rat governor was elected in a close race but the state house is still pubbie and state senate in evenly decided. Most of the bond measures went down in flames too...people don't want their taxes raised, even liberals... :o) !!