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FReeper Canteen ~ Finally Friday ~ 1 August 08
Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 07/31/2008 6:00:14 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska




~ It's Finally Friday!! ~

KC-10s 'extend' air ops

A Navy F/A-18 Hornet fighter receives fuel from a KC-10 Extender over Afghanistan. On July 30, coalition tankers flew 63 sorties and off-loaded approximately 3.1 million pounds of fuel to 276 receiving aircraft. (DOD photo/Navy Lt. Peter Scheu)






Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.




Getting a check up

An F-16 Fighting Falcon sits on a trim pad July 16 at Joint Base Balad, Iraq. Engine mechanics and crew chiefs were conducting tests to ensure all systems were fully functional before putting the fighter back into operational use. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Julianne Showalter)

Hurricane Dolly

Texas Task Force 1 convoy rolls through the aftermath of Hurricane Dolly July 24 towards South Padre Island, Texas. The convoy was composed of Army and Air Force National Guard members along with civilian emergency response team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III)


Patti Page ~ Tennessee Waltz

Boxcar Willie ~ Cold Cold Heart

Jimmy Dean ~ Big Bad John

The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards ~ Hector The Hero

Roy Orbison ~ Almost Eighteeen

I'll be back soon

1st. Lt. William Jacks hugs his daughters Rachel (left) and Anna July 22 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., before deploying. Lieutenant Jacks is a B-1B Lancer pilot assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Marc I. Lane)

WHMC ECMO team

Airman 1st Class Andrew Pamintuan suctions the infant's endotracheal tube on the Wilford Hall Medical Center's extra corporeal membrane oxygenation transport cart in the neonatal intensive care unit at the Kapiolani Medical Center in Honolulu July 22. The ECMO team was needed to transport the critically ill infant to California for advanced medical treatment. Airman Pamintuan is a neonatal intensive care unit respiratory therapist assigned to the 59th Medical Operations Squadron. (U. S. Air Force photo/Maj. Kreangkai Tyree)

Kenny Ball ~ British Grenadiers

John Coltrane ~ Lazy Bird

Jimmy Murphy ~ Put Some Meat On Them Bones

Creedence Clearwater Revival ~ Have You Ever Seen the Rain

Chip Hanna & The Berlin Three ~ Old South Jamboree

No worries, it will fit

Air Force Reservists load an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter onto a C-5 Galaxy at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The Airmen are from the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Allen)

Osan exercise tests Airmen

Airmen prepare an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft for an upcoming mission during a base-wide exercise July 21 at Osan Air Base, South Korea. The operational readiness exercise tests Osan AB Airmen's ability to execute combat operations, receive follow-on forces and defend the base from attack. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christopher Boitz)


Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.




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To: MS.BEHAVIN; AZamericonnie
Made it home, but my computer froze....had to reboot.

IT'S HOT!!!!!!

I gotta go find a t-shirt. Yes, I have my shorts and bare feet, BUT IT IS STILL HOT!!!

221 posted on 07/31/2008 8:33:21 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
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To: mylife
Yes - I couldn't break away from work this summer. I don't think this will happen again.


222 posted on 07/31/2008 8:33:23 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Peregrine, patron saint of cancer patients, pray for us.)
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To: Stephanie32
Gnite, Stephanie! Rest well!


223 posted on 07/31/2008 8:34:35 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Peregrine, patron saint of cancer patients, pray for us.)
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To: ConorMacNessa

Yarf! Thats no fun!


224 posted on 07/31/2008 8:34:40 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: ConorMacNessa

I enjoyed reading your profile. Thank you for your service to our country.


225 posted on 07/31/2008 8:34:54 PM PDT by Stephanie32
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

Day off,I’m in tom. You okay? Call whenever.


226 posted on 07/31/2008 8:34:57 PM PDT by mainelydawn (laughter is the best medicine)
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To: LUV W

Was it something I said?


227 posted on 07/31/2008 8:34:58 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: ConorMacNessa

Goodnight Conor, you too.


228 posted on 07/31/2008 8:35:48 PM PDT by Stephanie32
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To: Randy Larsen

R A N D Y........


229 posted on 07/31/2008 8:35:57 PM PDT by mainelydawn (laughter is the best medicine)
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To: mainelydawn

Yeah, I’m okay..
I’m just really worn out.


230 posted on 07/31/2008 8:36:09 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: mainelydawn

No rain, just Tx heat.
Stuck indoors again. Still 82 here and it was cool today!


231 posted on 07/31/2008 8:36:28 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of the Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

MS.BEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

(((((((((hugs)))))))))

Whadda ya mean? Did you just get here? Did you have a
good day?


232 posted on 07/31/2008 8:36:38 PM PDT by luvie (The greatest resource on Earth is American ingenuity and we have 100% of it!--Mark Steyn)
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To: mainelydawn; MS.BEHAVIN

LOL....I think Dawn just told on you Ms B!

So....she’s putting in too many hours?

Shall we board her up in her house for a rest?:)

A very good evening to you Dawn....*Hugs*


233 posted on 07/31/2008 8:36:48 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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To: Randy Larsen

Just using manners...why would I be mad at you? And what’s with the “too”? ...who’s mad at you?


234 posted on 07/31/2008 8:37:04 PM PDT by trussell (I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
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To: mainelydawn

Hi D A W N!

Ain’t seen ya around for awhile....

Work?


235 posted on 07/31/2008 8:38:22 PM PDT by Randy Larsen (Got a free burrito, paid for it later!)
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To: LUV W

Yep, she lurks most of the time.


236 posted on 07/31/2008 8:38:37 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty, Honor, Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Ok....just how hot is it?

Did the flowers tell a fib about winters’ onset?:)


237 posted on 07/31/2008 8:38:49 PM PDT by AZamericonnie
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To: LUV W

Whaddaya mean whaddya mean?
I pinged you back at post 33 when I signed on!


238 posted on 07/31/2008 8:38:56 PM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history)
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To: LUV W

Hello Day off today I was just out playing in the rain.
Puter is acting crappy and some jerko is talking on my speakers. I wouldnt mind so much but he sounds like a real moron. Sigh


239 posted on 07/31/2008 8:38:58 PM PDT by mainelydawn (laughter is the best medicine)
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To: trussell
Thanks for your work on the prayer network, Trussell. I'm now cancer free, BTW.


240 posted on 07/31/2008 8:39:48 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN 1969. St. Peregrine, patron saint of cancer patients, pray for us.)
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