FReeper Canteen ~ Finally Friday ~ 15 August 08

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Snagging the silver.....The Mayor!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Woohoo!! AZ bags the bronze!!

[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band~National Anthem

[The Mayor]

[laurenmarlowe]

UMM QASR, Iraq (Aug. 13, 2008) Lt. Cmdr. Trent Thompson, commanding officer of the coastal patrol boat USS Firebolt (PC 10), greets senior Iraqi naval officers on the pier after the boat arrives in Umm Qasr as part of Iraq Navy Day celebrations. Firebolt is the first U.S. ship to visit Iraq in more than 15 months. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Nathan Christensen/Released)

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 13, 2008) Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Samson Kattil, from Hawaii, pipes the ship's whistle from the pilothouse of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) into the 1MC before passing a message informing the crew of the conclusion of a counter-measure wash down. Howard and the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group are on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility operating in the western Pacific and Indian oceans. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Joshua Scott/Released)

POPONDETTA, Papua New Guinea (Aug. 13, 2008) Popondetta villagers greet Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 with flowers as the Seabees march to the Isivini Secondary School. Members of NMCB-133 and the Papua New Guinea Defense Force Engineering Battalion worked side-by-side to construct and renovate one school building, two clinics and two other water catchment systems as part of a Pacific Partnership 2008 civil engineering project. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Mark Logico/Released)

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Lauren - how are you doing tonite?

[Tamar1973]

1985 by Bowling for Soup

[luvie]

...missing, but not forgotten!

Thanks for all your beautiful reminders, Conor!

[luvie]

“Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name
of the Lord!”

Thanks for our beautiful lesson from God’s Word, Rus!

Hope you are staying busy...and cool!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you ConorMacNessa!

Doing well here thanks! But darned glad that Friday is around the corner!

A working weekend for you?

This is my last weekend off ‘til October, and gonna hit the road for the day for a little fun and visiting with some friends on Saturday.

WOO HOO!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Luv! Nice to see you!

[GitmoSailor]

Hope to be on the Kitty Hawk on Saturday.Will post pictures when I can.

[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.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Thanks for tonites thread, Ma!
*HUG*
Good evening everyone!

[ConorMacNessa]

Sounds good, lauren - I will be working both days but probably only for a couple hours on Sunday.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

I have to work early all weekend..
Alas, no mead for me!
;0(

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...thanks for the pictures of the future of Iraq...the kids. Thanks US Military men and women for making that future possible!

[luvie]

Great that you have the whole weekend off...and will be
spending it with friends. *grin*

See ya then! I am packed!....Hubby is NOT! LOL!

[fatima]

Thank you ConorMacNessa ,Bump.

[ConorMacNessa]

Hi Fatima - nice to see you this evening!