FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops ~ 23 February 2012

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

Flag Raising at Iwo Jima – 23 February 1945

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USMC War Memorial – Arlington, Virginia

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.

AERIAL RE-ENLISTMENT

Navy Chief Warrant Officer Keith Pritchett, lower left, administers the oath-of-enlistment to Petty Officer 1st Class Michelle Turner during an in-air reenlistment ceremony over Jamul, Calif., Jan. 19, 2012. Pritchett is the officer-in-charge of the U.S. Navy parachute demonstration team, the Leap Frogs, and Turner is a mass communication specialist. The Leap Frogs perform aerial parachute demonstrations across America in support of Naval Special Warfare. U.S. Navy photo by James Woods

ARCTIC ESCORT

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter lands on an ice sheet near Nome, Alaska, Jan. 18, 2012. The helicopter and crew traveled with the USCGC Healy as it escorted the Russian tanker Renda across the Bering Sea to deliver fuel to Nome, Alaska. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler

KHOWST SECURITY

U.S. Army Pfc. Eric Guzman provides security alongside Afghan Border Police officers while patrolling a village in Afghanistan's Khowst province, Jan. 18, 2012. Guzman is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company C, Team Hatchet, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Airborne Brigade Combat Team. U.S. and Afghan National Security Forces worked together to surprise and corner insurgents with air assault missions in the villages near the Pakistani border. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Phillip McTaggart

OVERDUE EMBRACE

Navy Chief Petty Officer Craig Wright reunites with his family on Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, Wash., after returning from a strategic deterrent patrol aboard the ballistic-missile submarine USS Henry M. Jackson, Jan. 21, 2012. Wright is a sonar technician, submarine. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Ed Early

FIRST NIGHT FLIGHT

Pilot Mr. Mark Ward performs the first night flight for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter over Edwards Air Force Base, Florida, Jan. 18, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo by Tom Reynolds

IRON FIST EXERCISE

A U.S. Marine steers a rigid-hull inflatable boat as it transports Japan Ground Self Defense Force soldiers during an amphibious training exercise as part of Iron Fist 2012 at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, Calif., Jan. 22, 2012. Iron Fist is a three-week bilateral training event held annually between the U.S. Marine Corps and the Japan Ground Self Defense Force designed to increase interoperability between the two services, while aiding the Japanese in their continued development of amphibious U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. John Robbart III

RAPPEL READY

U.S. Navy sailors prepare to rappel from an MH-60S Knight Hawk helicopter to the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis waiting below during a training exercise in the Arabian Sea, Jan. 14, 2012. The sailors are explosive ordnance disposal technicians. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Benjamin Crossley

SAFE WATCH

U.S. Army Sgt. Ramon Cortez takes a knee while providing security detail during a combat patrol in Khowst province, Afghanistan, Jan. 25, 2012. Cortez is assigned to 2nd Battalion, 377th Parachute Field Artillery Regiment, Task Force Spartan Steel. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Epperson

HEAVE-HO

U.S. Navy sailors heave the phone and distance line on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis under way in the South China Sea, Jan. 24, 2012. The John C. Stennis is on a 7-month deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kenneth Abbate

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]

My first choice is mysteries....Earlene Fowler and Sue Grafton’s series for fun.

I’ve got a couple Navy SEALS books waiting in the wings. Reading time is so limited, but my iPad is a huge help. It goes where I go...a couple pages here, a couple pages there.

Wall Street sounds heavy.

[TASMANIANRED]

I thought I was going to be able to visit..but I walked into a whirlwind.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, ML...((HUGS))...have good lessons today.

You and Linda have a good walk.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Yehuda...((HUGS))...thanks for the bumpity.
How is winter treating you?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Per HopeandGlory we had another Threeper...a three way tie for first. d:o)

[TASMANIANRED]

Tnkx.. mine had gone cold.

[Kathy in Alaska]

A moose in Providence hospital parking garage over the weekend.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_hnv5WVnx0&feature=player_embedded

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/video-what-happens-when-moose-wanders-alaska-hospital

[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.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

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

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[TASMANIANRED]

LOL

Wonder if it was an insurance problem.

[BykrBayb]

He just mooseyed on in. ; )

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Kathy. How's it going?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[beachn4fun]

G'Day SkyDancer.

Canteen rules state that you must provide a HANKY ALERT heading before those emotional pictures...(sniffle)... that home coming one... WHEW! (sniffle...sniffle)

(sniffle)

[beachn4fun]

SOUP FOR THE TROOPS

WELCOME TO

(where our troops, allies and their families can refresh themselves)

Good morning, Everyone.
Good morning to our

Military, our Allies, and their families.

Thank you, Ma, for preparing the Canteen for today's activities

Like WOW!
I want to take a moment to get on my soapbox...
I'm getting tired of the media and other TV/Movie personalities
(you know who you are)
using the word HERO so loosely.
Like sports, entertainment, scholarly (is that a word? LOL) figures
BUT
IMO, unless a person runs into a burning/falling/crashing building,
rushes toward a burning car, truck, or tank,
or jumps into a river to save another (or animal)
OR does the number of things we see here at the Canteen
they are NOT, I repeat, NOT a hero.
(ok...stepping down now)

~ Today...Partly sunny.
Highs around 70.
Southwest winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph.

~ Tonight... Mostly cloudy.
A chance of showers...Mainly in the evening.
Lows in the lower 50s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph...
Becoming south after midnight.
Chance of rain 30 percent.

I'm excited about this touch of spring we're having.
Just hoping the wind doesn't knock limbs down on wires.

Making Z Zoup
A little of this...a little of that...

Thurgood Marshall was the first African-American
appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Murmansk, in Russia, is the largest city north of the Arctic Circle.

The first vending machines in the US dispensed chewing gum
and were installed in New York City
train platforms in 1888.

Twice the size of the Merchandise Mart in Chicago,
the Pentagon has three times the floor space
of the Empire State Building in New York.
It is one of the world's largest office buildings.

Chocolate manufacturers use 40 percent of the world's almonds.

I've got to make my rounds.
But, you stay right where you are.
Keep the troops entertained and the Canteen clean...
Cause...if you don't...I'll tell Ma!

Come in and sit for a while.

There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
pancakes, conversation, silliness,
and plain old BS

PLEASE REMEMBER THEM ....

DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

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

[beachn4fun]

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[beachn4fun]

Good morning, EG ((HUGS))

How are you this morning? Whatz up out your way?