USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Pancakes on Wednesday ~ July 2, 2003

FRiends of the Canteen ~ Chef Radix

[Brad’s Gramma]

I have two days of IN-LAWS coming up.

Trade ya!?



I'm kidding. They're really nice people.

[Soaring Feather]

It's mine, hot off the press and done up magnificently.

[HiJinx]

Okay, I wasn't wrong the first time. Sheesh!

Maybe you know what that's about more than I, but I have found that as long as I'm fairly rested, night-time is better for creativity. Maybe it's because of isolation, or the fact that daytime hustle and bustle is missing...

Or maybe some people just do have a streak of night-owl in them!!

[HiJinx]

Waiting patiently.....

[tomkow6]

BRATT!

[HiJinx]

900101-N-0000X-001 At sea aboard USS Comstock (LSD 45)Jan. 1, 1990 -- An aerial port bow view of the amphibious transport dock landing ship USS Comstock, underway prior to its commissioning. U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Avondale Industries, Inc. (RELEASED)

030117-N-2069B-002 San Diego, Calif. (Jan. 17, 2003) -- USS Anchorage (LSD 36) departs San Diego Bay as she heads to sea for an unscheduled deployment in support of U.S. national interests. The amphibious dock landing ship is part 7-ship Amphibious Task Force West (ATF-W). U.S. Navy Photo by Photographer’s Mate 3rd Class Gregory Badger. (RELEASED)

USS Comstock, Anchorage Return Home
Story Number: NNS030702-09
Release Date: 7/2/2003 2:45:00 PM
By By Lt. j.g. Patrick Drain, USS Comstock Public Affairs

NAVAL STATION SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- Amphibious warships USS Comstock (LSD 45) and USS Anchorage (LSD 36) are returning to San Diego July 3, ending a successful six-month deployment supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). The embarked Marines will return to Camp Pendleton July 2.

Comstock and Anchorage also rescued five Filipino fishermen June 9, who were stranded at sea 313 miles off the Philippine coast since May 15.

The homecoming marks the end of a surge deployment to the Northern Arabian Gulf that began January 17, when a total of seven ships deployed from San Diego as Amphibious Task Force West (AFT West), carrying Marines and equipment to the Arabian Gulf. Comstock and Anchorage carried Marines from 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance and 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Division.

[SevenofNine]

Well report off BBC wire reporting that US plan transfer SOME JACK to PLO they accept this road map to peace and chill out on terror attack on Israel

Also report off AFP wire reporting that maybe I say something permatnly report is that Liberia might be trade mission and US going encourage France and Germans take part on peacekeeping yeah like have them do the work for while

[Soaring Feather]

WHY I LOVE MY COUNTRY

I love her magnificent majesty

Her colors: RED, WHITE and BLUE

from her mighty mountain peaks

to her delta lows

and the way her mighty rivers flow

Her frozen land of glaciers

to her deserts barren and cold

I love my mighty county

on whose rocky roads I've run

I love her Pride and Pomp

I love her patience not to tromp

I love her freedom, she lets me be me

with responsibility 

and the SISU to pay the dues

to take care of me at all times, but

should I need a hand, 

she is grand and lends a hand up

-not a hand out

She said, I could have an education

that I would have to work for it

no one would hand me my grades

It's a prudent decision she has made...

I love her, because I can run 

through the roses at three am

and dream of faraway lands

Be happy in my skin

Oh, yes, I love my homeland

She is Grand

bentfeather©

~ GOD BLESS OUR MIGHTY NATION ~ JULY 4, 2003 ~

[Kathy in Alaska]

Great pics and story, HJ. 2 more of our finest are coming home! Welcome home, USS Comstock and USS Anchorage and your Marines from the 3rd Light Armored Reconnaissance and 1st Battalion, 11th Marine Division.

[HiJinx]

Wow.
Worth the wait...you are simply amazing.
We are so very fortunate that you've decided to share yourself with us.
And now, I'm going to call it a night. See you in the AM!

[Soaring Feather]

Thank you HiJinx. :-) And thank you for waiting.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

BRATT

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I'm posting the new thread in about 5 minutes.
PLEASE re-post this poem when I do, please!

[Soaring Feather]

You have it Tonkin! Thank you. :-)

[HiJinx]

And I wasn't even trying...HA!

[Kathy in Alaska]

WOW!!! ms feather, that is fantastic.

[Soaring Feather]

Thank you Kathy, I appreciate it.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and sleep tight, Jinxie. God bless you good for all you do for our troops' Canteen. And thank you, too, for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

"I thought you said that you'd shot them!"
The man said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

I love it, ms feather, I love it. Off to email.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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