FReeper Canteen ~ Finally Friday ~ 15 August 08

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It's Finally Friday!! ~

BARBADOS DIVE

Barbados Coast Guard Petty Officer Ricky Howell, swims with Rear Adm. Joseph D. Kernan, commanding officer of U.S. Fourth Fleet, right, and Lt. Cmdr. Bobby Greene during a dive off the coast of Barbados during Navy Dive Southern Partnership Station 2008 in Bridgetown Harbor, Barbados, Aug. 5, 2008. U.S. Navy photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Andrew McKaskle

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.

HOME RUN ARRIVAL

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Nix White parachutes onto U.S. Cellular Field before a major league baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Boston Red Sox in Chicago, Aug. 11, 2008. White is a member of the Leap Frogs, the Navy's parachute demonstration team, which is participating in various events during Chicago Navy Week and SEAL Challenge. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Hugh C. Laughlin

Summer Youth Program Cleans Up Taji Market

Army Capt. Timothy Cho (right), part of the provincial reconstruction team embedded in Multinational Division Baghdad with the 25th Infantry Division's 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, along with Rudy (left), the team's bilingual bicultural advisor, stands with Taji youth at the Taji Market, northwest of Baghdad, Aug. 11, 2008. The children are part of the summer youth hire program, which engages them in community-oriented tasks. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Whitney Houston, Multinational Division Baghdad

Charlie Rich ~ My Elusive Dreams

Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra ~ I Left My Heart At The Stage Door Canteen

5th Dimension ~ One Less Bell To Answer

Buoys ~ Timothy

Doors ~ Love Her Madly

VMGR-252 practices refueling Ospreys

An MV-22 connects to a refueling hose during training exercises over the eastern North Carolina coast, July 14, 2008. The MV-22 Osprey aircraft is assigned to Marine Medium Tilitrotor Squadron 263. The Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252 refueled the Osprey from a KC-130J aircraft. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Michael Curvin.

Face of Defense: Airman Helps Injured Warriors 'Face' World

Maxillofacial prosthetic technician Air Force Senior Airman Justin Jones creates new facial features using various techniques and tools to reconstruct facial features of wounded warriors. His techniques are used to aid patients in their physical and psychological recovery from injuries to the neck and face. Jones is assigned to 59th Dental Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Erin Peterson, 59th Medical Wing

Isaac Hayes ~ Theme From Shaft

Perry Como ~ It's Impossible

Casting Crowns ~ Does Anybody Hear Her?

Frankie Laine ~ The Road To Mandolay

Boots Randolph ~ Winter Wonderland

PARACHUTE PAIR

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael Elliott, an instructor with the Army's Golden Knights parachute team, dives tandem with Jon D. Port, a command master chief, bottom, in Maxton, N.C., Aug 1, 2008. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Bryan Schnell

Rescued Hiker Leaves Mercy: 'Long Live U.S. Navy'

080808-N-3591M-001 ALOLA VILLAGE, Papua New Guinea (Aug. 8, 2008) An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter from Helicopter Combat Support squadron (HS) 21, based in San Diego, lands near Alola Village in the Owen Stanley Mountain Range in Papua New Guinea to evacuate Australian hiker Debra Paver. Paver began to experience symptoms of hyponatremia, a condition resulting from low sodium levels in the blood. Paver was transported to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) for treatment. Mercy is anchored off the coast of Papua New Guinea supporting Pacific Partnership 2008 and has embarked a multinational group of medical and engineering professionals from military and non-governmental organizations to provide humanitarian assistance to several countries within the Pacific region. (U.S. Navy photo by Aviation Warfare Systems Operator 2nd Class Gabriel Martin/Released)

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, acad...((HUGS))...good story. Thanks.

Hope you are feeling better each day.

[AZamericonnie]

Will hold you in prayer acad & take care! *Hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

A momma duck and 4 teenagers and another momma duck with 2 pre-teens.

The “4”s momma has to be an old timer. The minute I call, she and the kids come right up to the deck looking up and waiting for corn.

I think about you as I feed them. d:o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Face of Defense: Airman Helps Injured Warriors 'Face' World

By Air Force Staff Sgt. Erin M. Peterson
Special to American Forces Press Service

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas, Aug. 13, 2008 – The characteristics of a person's face are unmistakable. They are the uniqueness that makes people recognize family members, friends, co-workers. Now imagine suddenly being stripped of those defining characteristics.

Facial injuries are becoming more prevalent among wounded warriors. The features that protrude the most on a person's face are at a high risk for injury.

Air Force Senior Airman Justin Jones, a maxillofacial prosthetic technician with 59th Dental Squadron here, works to help servicemembers who have suffered disfiguring facial injuries.

After he enlisted in the Air Force in December 2002, Jones was a dental lab technician for three and a half years before switching to his current specialty through on-the-job training. His position was previously occupied by a civilian contractor, now retired.

Jones' qualifications come from studying art in high school and college, where he gained an understanding of color and light. He has experience with oil painting, watercolor and clay sculpting. He is now the only full-time maxillofacial prosthetic technician in the Air Force.

The rest of the story

[AZamericonnie]

I think about you as I feed them.

ROFLMBO!!! I love you too....:)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv....are you packed? When do you leave for Piper’s Place?

[AZamericonnie]

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

Looking forward to those GitmoSailor & safe travels!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nana Hope, for today's Pledge. Stunning!! Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.

[luvie]

You would always be welcome.....:D

[luvie]

I AM packed....hubby is not so much! LOL!

We leave at about 10 in the morning. Yay! I can hardly wait
to get to “Piper’s Place”! LOL!

It’s just going to be such a short weekend! Sure hope we get
to see them at least once more before they leave the country!

[AZamericonnie]

Good for you Luvy.....safe travels & I can’t wait to see new pics! *Hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, fatima...((HUGS))...are you and the kids through playing with all the new toys? Going to the shore this weekend?

[luvie]

Oh, the camera was one of the first things I had out ready
to go.....and I have a new one, with a much larger memory
card! LOL!

I might take a new video or two, also! Poor little kid...she’ll
hate seeing Grammy coming! LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hope your t-storm activity developed into rain.

[Tamar1973]

Summer is ok here. Have you even had summer yet up there?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the woohoo!

lauren.....#50!!

[MoochPooch]

Gut Shabbos, Kathy. Photos here are very inspiring.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A “few”??? Define a “few”. LOL!!

[luvie]

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