FReeper Canteen ~ Finally Friday ~ 1 August 08

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World | The Canteen Crew

[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.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mac, for the Missing Man Setting. We must never forget those that gave their all for us to be free and safe.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and rest well, Mac. Thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and rest well, mainely. Have a good Friday.

[redrock]

Glad it's FRIDAY!!!!

redrock

[Kathy in Alaska]

I don't know what is going on...I guess we are reverting back to the norm....."if you don't like the weather now, just wait a few hours and it will change".

It was 73 late afternoon.

[Kathy in Alaska]

REDROCK!! ((HUGS)) I’m so glad to see you. I just came in from feeding a momma duck and 4 ducklings!! How ya feeling?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Freedom is NOT free...thanks to our military men and women, past, present, and future.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A week's vacation in the Caribbean. Oh man......how cool!

[MoochPooch]

Gut Shabbes, Kathy.

(I’m falling off my feet — just finished another proofreading job.)

Good night.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Gut Shabbes, Mooch...congratulations on your completion of the proofreading job. Good job!

Good night and get some rest.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

How about a donut?

Coffee is always on........

Or a sandwich?

[mylife]

Anybody still awake?

Tommy Cox Blind Man's Bluff

[Kathy in Alaska]

Me! Balancing books....you got your 40 in already....Friday off?

Blind Man’s Bluff....cool!! Congratulations to the USS Parche.

[mylife]

40 in.

Excuse my indulgence, this really brings it all up

Gnight all

[mylife]

Alright, if we all just fill our tires to proper inflation and get a tune up, all this energy will be unnecessary...Barack has spoken

[Allegra]

Alright, if we all just fill our tires to proper inflation and get a tune up, all this energy will be unnecessary...Barack has spoken

Hey, he is the symbol of all that is good, all that is traditional, all that transcends hopelessness and he is the one we have all been waiting for.

{Bowing and scraping}

[mylife]

;)

Barama ‘08 L0L

[Kathy in Alaska]

Indulgence excused....that was a great video. Thanks to all of you bubbleheads for your service to our country. Good night, my.

[Pusterfuss]

Good morning Kathy. (65)