USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ U.S. Coast Guard 213th Birthday Celebration ~ August 4 2003

68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub and FRiends of the Canteen

[Kathy in Alaska]

Bless This House sung along with this morning,
twice because I love this song for our troops USO Canteen,
and A Prayer of Protection
said for all who enter the USO Canteen Freeper Style,
including our troops, our veterans,
their families and our allies.

Welcome to all who come to honor our troops and veterans, for whom this USO Canteen was created.

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.

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

Wherever you are, Godand all is well!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, wolf, for sharing your Coast Guard family experiences. Thanks to your stepfather for his service to our country. And thank you too for your service.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oops, E, Post 39 was for you. I'm too tired. I'm off to bed.

[E.G.C.]

God night, Kathy. Pleasant dreams.

[E.G.C.]

Good morning to all of our military at thome and abroad. Thans for all you're doing to help keep this great country safe.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!!

[larryjohnson]

good work. now can you ge rid ofmy fog?

[SouthernHawk]

HAPPY COAST GUARD BIRTHDAY TONK! The Coast Guard has done a great service to maritime interests everywhere. Each and every occaision that I have personally had anything to do with any body from the Coast Guard was very pleasant.

The pride and professionalism shown was tremendous! Congratualtions and best wishes for many more.

[SouthernHawk]

Good Morning Tonk! Good morning to our military and good morning to the whole Canteen crew.

Warm up exercise for today . . . . .

Double Shot

There's this drunk standing out on the street corner, and a cop passes by, and says, "What do you think you're doing?" The drunk says, "I heard the world goes around every 24 hours, and I'm waiting on my house. Won't be long now, there goes my neighbor."

A man walks into a bar with a giraffe and they proceed to get blitzed. The giraffe drinks so much it passes out on the floor. The man gets up and heads for the door to leave when the bartender yells, "Hey! You can't leave that lyin' there!" The drunk replies, "That's not a lion! It's a giraffe."

[tomkow6]

SALUTE!

 

 

[minor49er]

Here's my definitely not as feeble as tomkow's attempt at humor:

The following is supposedly a true story relating a situation that actually occurred in Los Angeles.

The Marines were backing-up LAPD on a call that someone had broken into a store.

At the scene, the cop told the Marines to "cover" him as he approched the store (to police, "cover" means to point your weapons in the direction of the threat, to Marines it means lay down a base of fire!).

The Marines promptly laid down a base of fire. The Marines fired 178 rounds before they stopped shooting.

The thief, probably a little scared at this point, called 911 and reported, "They're shooting at me!".

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Tonk! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!!

[tomkow6]

 

Chicagoland Weather

 

Currently
65°

Mostly Cloudy

	Hi: 77

	Lo: 62

5 Day Forecast

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Isolated Thunderstorms

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[minor49er]

Good Morning, tomkow.
It's about time you got here.
What took you so long?
Did you sell any more burkas so far today?

[tomkow6]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

 One day a housework-challenged husband decided to wash his own sweatshirt.

Seconds after he stepped into the laundry room, he shouted to his wife,

"What setting do I use on the washing machine?"

"It depends," she replied.  "What does it say on your shirt?"

He yelled back, "Chicago Bears"

Naturally she replied, "Cold water only gentle cycle."

[minor49er]

Why does your little blinking thing say 64 degrees but you say 65?

[tomkow6]

BRATT SouthernHawk!!!

[minor49er]

And how come you STILL haven't got your tagline back from Radix?

[aomagrat]

Today's classic warship, USS Turner Joy (DD-951)

Forrest Sherman class destroyer
Displacement. 4,200 t.
Lenght. 418'6"
Beam. 45'
Draft. 22'6"
Speed. 33 k.
Complement. 360
Armament. 3 5", 2 3", 6 16.5" tt., 1 dct., 2 hedgehogs

Turner Joy (DD-951) was laid down on 30 September 1957 at Seattle, Wash., by the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging Co.; launched on 5 May 1958; sponsored by Mrs. C. Turner Joy; and commissioned on 3 August 1959, Comdr. Ralph S. Wentworth, Jr. in command.

After commissioning she cruised down the Pacific coast to visit South America. In May of the next year the destroyer steamed across the Pacific to begin the first of a dozen deployments to Asian waters. Her return to the U.S. in November 1960 was followed by a year and a half of duty in the eastern Pacific, then another Seventh Fleet tour during the last half of 1962. Turner Joy's third Western Pacific cruise, between March and October 1964, was historic. While serving with the aircraft carrier Ticonderoga on 2 August she was sent to reinforce the destroyer Maddox after the latter was attacked by North Vietnamese motor torpedo boats. Two days later, on the night of 4 August, the two ships believed they were again under attack and took vigorous countermeasures. This Gulf of Tonkin Incident was an important preliminary to the United States' long and painful combat experience in Southeast Asia.

Turner Joy's next six Seventh Fleet deployments, in 1965-66, 1966-67, 1968, 1969-70, 1971 and 1972-73, included intense involvement in the Vietnam conflict. In addition to screening carriers in nearby waters and undertaking patrol duties, she actively used her guns to support Allied forces ashore. One such mission, in October 1965, ended in tragedy when a shell accidently detonated in one of her five-inch gun mounts, killing three of her crew. During another bombardment, off North Vietnam on 7 April 1967, Turner Joy was hit by return fire, but was not seriously damaged. Following the January 1973 agreement that temporarily ended the fighting, the destroyer took part in Operation "Endsweep", the clearance of U.S. mines from North Vietnamese waters.

During the next decade Turner Joy went to the Western Pacific three more times, in 1974, 1975-76 and 1980. The '75-76 deployment carried her to the Arabian Sea, an area that in future years would become an increasingly important destination for U.S. Navy ships. While there, she took part in an exercise with the British, Iranian and Pakistani navies. In November 1982, as the Navy was in the process of taking all the ships of her class out of service, USS Turner Joy was decommissioned. She spent over seven years in the Pacific Reserve Fleet before being stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in February 1990. However, in April 1991 she embarked on a new career as a museum and memorial ship. Ever since, Turner Joy has been on exhibit at the city of Bremerton, Washington, as an enduring representative of the Cold War Navy.

Big guns in action!