FReeper Canteen ~ Finally Friday ~ 24 Oct 08

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It's Finally Friday!! ~

MP SPICES UP LIFE FOR MARINES AT REMOTE OUTPOST

Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Jennifer Shell, a military policewoman who is currently serving as the chow hall manager at a combat outpost near the Port of Trebil in western Iraq, enjoys a visit with children at an Iranian Kurd refugee camp, May 15, 2008. Shell is with Military Police Company B, 4th Marine Logistics Group, based in North Versailles, Pa. Photo by Dhurgham Takleef Abdulzahra

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.

ROYAL REFUELING

Several Carrier Air Wing 14 F/A-18 Hornets from the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan await refueling with a British Royal Air Force L-1011 tanker aircraft in southern Afghanistan, Oct. 9, 2008. The Hornets provide support to coalition forces on the ground. U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr. Erik Etz

DRAGON NIGHT FLIGHT

An MH-53 Sea Dragon helicopter conducts night flight operations aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer in the Pacific Ocean, Oct. 7, 2008. Boxer is on a training exercise preparing for a Western Pacific deployment scheduled for early next year. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jon Rasmussen

Boston ~ More Than A Feeling

Ben Colder ~ Running Bare

Roy Buchanan ~ Haunted House

T Graham Brown ~ Come H*ll Or High Water

The Williams Brothers ~ Over There

FIGHTING POSITIONS

Soldiers take up fighting positions during an air assault near the banks of the Tigris River in Bayji, Iraq, Oct. 14, 2008. The soldiers are assigned to the 101st Airborne Division's 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Rzepka

LOADING

081022-N-7668G-022 NORFOLK, Va. (Oct. 22, 2008) The weapons loading team of the Los Angeles-class attack submarine USS Newport News (SSN 750) guides a Tomahawk missile onto the ship. The crew of the Newport News is preparing for sea. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Xander Gamble/Released)

Boots & His Buddies ~ Rose Room

Junior Brown ~ Hill Country Hod Rod Man

Sweethearts of The Rodeo ~ I Feel Fine

Sonic Flood ~ Cry Holy

Dwight Yoakum ~ Guitars, Cadillacs

ARMY INTEL OFFICER BUILDS BRIDGES IN AFGHANISTAN

Army Capt. Nathan Iglesias, an embedded trainer with the 2nd Brigade, 201st Afghan National Army Corps, poses in front of the Middle East School I building Oct. 21, 2008, on the campus of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, Calif., where he learned the Afghan language Dari. DoD photo by Samantha Quigley

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FIRE STARTER

U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Matthew Feeman builds a fire to help combat the cold during Exercise Red Flag on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Oct. 14, 2008. During the exercise, Feeman faces the challenges of a pilot shot down behind enemy lines. He must survive, evade, resist and escape to successfully complete the training mission. Feeman is assigned to the 80th Fighter Squadron, Kunsan Air Base, Korea. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Snyder

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and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[MeekMom]

GF!!!

[fatima]

Hi Tas,(((((((Hugs))))))

[MeekMom]

Fatima!
Hiya darlin’! :))

[fatima]

Hi Beautiful.Is your pumpkin all ready?:)

[Mrs.Nooseman]

Good evening Tas.{{{HUGS}}}

Thank you.

[MeekMom]

Yep. Carved him up last week already! LOL
Got my 19 yr old to do it. :)
He carved a smirk on his face. LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

Click on the pic…..

Music Dedication for our Troops and Veterans

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[fatima]

Heheeheeeeee,How bout a cig hanging out of it’s mouth.I dread when all the grandkids become teens.We have a new greatgrandchild on it’s way.They said the due date is in June.

[MeekMom]

Congrats fatima! Do you know if you will have a boy or a girl yet? Hope the baby is healthy! :)

[fatima]

Have no idea.I think she was 1 hour pregnant-only kidding:)

[Grampa Dave]

Our assistant priest (Episcopalian) with our youth group coordinates an Operation ShoeBox every fall.

Members bring in shoeboxes and goodies for our kids to pack in the shoeboxes. The number one and two requests are soap/shampoo and toothbrushes/toothpaste.

Iraq is one place those shoeboxes end up.

Our grandkids helped bring in our donations of toothbrushes/tooth paste, soap/shampoo, pencils, note pads and simple checker games. Iraqi and Afghani children are among those targeted for these shoeboxes.

The kids brought in the bags and I brought in the shoeboxes to give to our asst. Priest. As we got into my truck, I looked into the rearview mirror to make sure their seatbelts were fastened.

I noticed a sad look in our 9 year old grand daughter’s face and asked her what was the problem.

She said, it was so sad that kids didn’t have soap/shampoo, toothbrushes/toothpaste and other simple things she and her friends never had to worry about.

I said that was why we who had things needed to share with those, who didn’t.

We saw her and her brother yesterday, and she wanted to know if the shoeboxes were on their way, and I said that they had left the church.

She smiled and said “Good!”