FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 05 July 2012

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

GUN TOSS

The Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team competes during the Joint Service Drill Exhibition at the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C., April 14, 2012. The Air Force team took first place after competing against teams from all four of the armed services including the Merchant Marine Academy. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Perry Aston

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.

SAILOR BRIEFING

U.S. Navy Ensign Timothy Eick briefs Indian sailors at the end of a training exercise aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Halsey under way in the Indian Ocean, April 12, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Farrington

FINAL FLIGHT

The space shuttle Discovery attached to its 747 transport aircraft passes over Washington, D.C., April 17, 2012. The shuttle will become an exhibit at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. The Discovery, along with the rest of the shuttle fleet, has been retired from active service after 32 years of operations. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jason M. Graham

MOROCCAN SUNSET

U.S. Marines clean their M1A1 Abrams battle tank after a day of training during Exercise African Lion 2012 on Cap Draa, Morocco, April 10, 2012. The Marines are assigned to the 4th Tank Battalion, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler L. Main

FLYING DEBRIS

A U.S. Marine shields his face from flying debris kicked up by the rotor wash of a CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter during a rehearsal of the final exercise of Exercise African Lion 2012 on Cap Draa, Morocco, April 16, 2012. The Marines are assigned to the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Tyler L. Main

LEATHERNECK TROOPS

Actor Dennis Haysbert (from The Unit and Allstate Ins) addresses a packed house on Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, April 18, 2012, during the USO spring tour led by U.S. Navy Adm. James A. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The tour's celebrities have scheduled eight performances in four different countries and aboard the USS Enterprise. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Chuck Marsh

PUPPY EYES

Army Capt. Brooke Henderson, left, performs an eye exam on Wilson, a Maltese mix puppy, while Sgt. Andrew King holds him during the procedure in Nome, Alaska, April 18, 2012. Henderson, a veterinarian, is assigned to the 993rd Medical Detachment, Army Reserves, and King is assigned to the 949th Medical Detachment. U.S. Army photo by Maj. Guy Hayes

CANAL CRUISE

U.S. sailors aboard the Military Sealift Command rescue and salvage ship USNS Grapple travel through the Panama Canal, April 14, 2012. The sailors, assigned to Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit 2, are participating in Navy Dive Southern Partnership Station 2012, a multinational exercise to increase interoperability and partner nation capacity through diving operations. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kathleen Gorby

CAVITY CONVERSATION

U.S. Army Maj. Murray Reefer, left, explains how he will fill a cavity to U.S. Army Sgt. Preston Yates on Forward Operating Base Arian in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, April 17, 2012. Reefer, a dentist, and Yates, a supply clerk, are assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod

LION PATROL

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ryan Gibbons steps down a hillside while on patrol during Operation Marble Lion in Afghanistan's Jani Khel district, April 12, 2012. Gibbons, a platoon leader, is assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 509th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Jason Epperson

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

And right close behind....AAC snags the silver!!

[ConorMacNessa]

Got some good rest - didn't venture out of the antique Castle MacNessa four-poster until 11:00 a.m. I am recovering from the infection, but since Tuesday my arthritis has erupted and is affecting new areas. I find myself unable to clench my left hand into a fist - the middle finger is quite stiff. Have some pain in the left wrist - can't wear my watch on that hand now. Lower back is in very bad shape - walking very slowly - have pain in the pelvic girdle and every time I raise the left leg. Seeing a pain doctor soon. Hope he can help.



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....Hawaii bags the bronze!!

[Ax]

I remember flying on a PanAm (MAC Charter)from Yokota AB, Japan, INTO Tan Son Nhut AB, Saigon, RVN in Jun 1967. Crisp new $20 bills which wilted before our very eyes while standing in line to exchange the US Currency for MPC.

[mountainlion]

Johnny Cash Ragged Old flag.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6vwXbQZvJo

[Army Air Corps]

I had a good burger burn with family today (I was the master of the grill). Good food and good company. You?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh, no....the sickness has gotten them. Hope they can make it to the festivities with you.

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!




"Who have never retreated from clash of spears!"

The Star Spangled Banner
John McCormack & Frank Patterson
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Please let me know by FReepmail if you want to get on or off my music pinglist.

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nana Hope, for today's Pledge…((HUGS)). Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

To: Conservative Vermont Vet I remember flying on a PanAm (MAC Charter)from Yokota AB, Japan, INTO Tan Son Nhut AB, Saigon, RVN in Jun 1967. Crisp new $20 bills which wilted before our very eyes while standing in line to exchange the US Currency for MPC.

LOL!

Was some kind of a shock wasn't it?

Oh that heat. Especially during Monsoon season.

Take a (luke warm, or whatever temp the water was from a 50 Gal drum) shower, put on a clean shirt and within moments of stepping outside, one was covered with sweat and your shirt clung to your back.

Of course when not working, that gave us a good excuse (as if we needed one) to head to the closest (Air Conditioned) Watering Hole and have "beaucoup" (Formaldihyde laden) 33 Beer.

Seems like you were just coming, when I was going.

Stay well, stay safe, Welcome Home my brother and God Bless.

[ConorMacNessa]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!

Missing Man Setting

Schumann - Traumerei
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Never Forget Those Who Sacrificed All That We Could Live In Freedom!!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[ConorMacNessa]

AMERICA – LAND OF THE FREE . . .

BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!!!!

SEMPER FI AND OORAH!!!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[onedoug]

Leaving Vietnam was sad for me...the guys in my outfit I was leaving behind...watching it so quickly disappear as we climbed into the clouds...knowing, even then (8/69), how it was going to end. It depressed me for a long time. Then, when the South fell in 75, the same sense came sweeping back in on me.

Alot of that dissipated though when I went back with my daughter in 2000. We really had a great time there, and I found that what I remembered best about the people in the South was still true. Vietnam is slowly but surely coming back together again, even in the North.

If we finally win the War On Terror, we will have ultimately won the Vietnam War. If we don’t...then nothing else will matter.

Thanks for the memory. (Saw Bob Hope too, Chu Lai-Christmas 1968.)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Kryn-Man....thanks for the Blessing for our troops. They need all we can provide.

[Ax]

I had already spent a tour in the Philippines, so adjusting to the heat wasn’t that big of a deal. But you’re right: it’s just impossible to stay fresh for more than a minute or two after a shower. Looking back on it, we had to have been really thirsty to drink ‘33.’

[luvie]

Always remembering them! :)

[BIGLOOK]

There’s still a couple hours to go before dark thiry so we’ll see whether they’ll make it or not. It also depends on the weather.....

[Kathy in Alaska]

Calm and quiet at my house...hot dogs and macaroni salad in a short bit. City fireworks later tonight, but some heard around the neighborhood already.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

Happy 4rth, everyone!
Hope it was a good day for you!
Quiet day here, light chores, and then Burgers and Brats on the grill, red bliss tater salad, ice cream sundaes afterward.
I’m full!
LOL

[ConorMacNessa]

Thanks for your service, CVV! My exit from 'Nam was on a stretcher in the cargo bay of a C-130 from Danang to Clark AFB, where I spent a day or two before another flight to USNH Agana, Guam. The surgeons there did some further wound debridement but could not locate the round I was hit with - it had migrated under my shoulder blade. After a day or two in Guam, I was sent back to the World via Clark, Tachikawa, Elmendorf, and Chanute to Andrews AFB outside Washington, DC. The flight back from Clark through Andrews was on a C-141 Starlifter outfitted as a med-evac transport. We were on fairly wide and comfortable cots which folded down from the bulkheads. Lots of nurses and techs on board. I believe it took us about 18 hours to make it from Clark to Andrews.

From Andrews to NNMC Bethesda was a relatively short ride in ambulance and I was home. Mother and girlfriend were waiting at the ER as I was wheeled in. Thus ended my active part in the Vietnam War. Some aspects of that war resound to this day with me.

My bottom line on it is that I am proud to have served with the Fifth Marines as a Platoon Corpsman. I didn't do anything spectacular but I can walk into a room full of Vets and active duty personnel and hold my head up high - I answered the call and served faithfully. 'Nuff said!



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)