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

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]

Good evening/morning, Luv...((HUGS))

[Kathy in Alaska]

"Welcome Home" was really important to him. Thank you for welcoming him home, for being the first.
He was passionate about his fellow vets.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[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?

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. We had a great Fourth of July.

Parade was longer than usual, and wife and I were the Unsung Heros for the day.

Walked across the street and sat on the golf course to watch fireworks late last night.

[luvie]

It's gonna take industrial-strength caffeine this morning!
What was I THINKIN' staying up so late!
I hope all you Early Birds have a great day!
The weekend really IS coming!
((((hugs))))
Rained all around us..we're the hole in the donut...again...

[beachn4fun]

SOUP FOR THE TROOPS

WELCOME TO

Good morning, Everyone.
Good morning to our

Military, our Allies, and their families.

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

Sorry I missed getting to the Canteen yesterday.
Hard to do when hubby is home
plus had major chores to do since none
got done while we were without power.

Hope everyone had a wonderful time and
enjoyed major cookouts and fireworks.
We stayed home and chilled.
I watched Independence Day which
has been a semi-tradition for me.
Saturday will be a cookout day with family.
Not sure how long I'll stay
cause right now they are predicting
103 (without heat index).

~ Today...High 98F. Hot and humid. Heat index near 105F.
Isolated thunderstorms this morning,
then partly cloudy during the afternoon hours.
Winds NW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 30%.

~ Tonight...Mostly clear. Humid. Low 76F. Winds light and variable.

Making Z Zoup
A pinch of this...a dash of that...

The body has 70,000 miles of blood vessels.
The heart pumps blood through this labyrinth
and back again once every minute.

The striped skunk can fire its musk stream
accurately for up to 12 feet,
and even farther with a cooperative downwind.

A diamond will not dissolve in acid.
The only thing that can destroy it is intense heat.

There are no penguins at the North Pole.
In fact, there are no penguins anywhere
in the Northern Hemisphere (outside of zoos).
All 17 varieties of the bird are found
below the equator, primarily in the Antarctica.

I've got to make my rounds.
It's getting harder and harder
for me to get to the Canteen.
With the slowness of either FR or the network,
it's taking me longer and longer to post each morning.
As hard as it is for me to do
I think I will shorten my morning post.
Expect changes to start soon.

But, please 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

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]

A quick Good morning, EG ((HUGS))

I’m home, paying bills and getting ready to clean.

Did you have a good 4th?

Hope your day is a little cooler and nice.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, dear ((HUGS))

Glad you had a good 4th. Did you manage to stay cool?

We’re in for more heat...feeling like I’m living in TX or FL!

“They” promise we’ll be back in teh 80s next week. Fingers crossed...we aren’t even in August which is usually the hottest...hope not this year.

[PROCON]

Hiya Beachie!!

I didn't do much for the 4th either, it was more fun when the kids were young.

Weather is nice here, suppose to be 80ish this week which is plenty hot for me!

Enjoy your time off and we'll see ya soon!

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS)Good morning, Ladies.

Good morning, Tomkow6.

Well, I have to tell you that the scanner was buzzing with numerous grass fires started apparently by idiots shooting fireworks.

Despite the fact that we have dry grass out there.

But, I guess it hasn't occurred to some people that we still have a fire danger situation even though we did get some rain earlier this week.

I went ahead and did some grass cutting work with the lawn mower and the weed-eater. What little rain we had on Tuesday grew some of the grass so I figured I'd go ahead and mow.

Not much is really going on. It's forecast to be around 100 this afternoon.

Going to check in if time permits later today to see what if any updates are coming out for Windows next week.

[tomkow6]

 

 

 

 

 Good morning,

EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!

 

Cubs

31 WINS

49  LOSSES

 

 

 
 
 

 

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, Luv!

*HUGS*

I'm with you on the caffeine - make mine iced please - its hot as Hades here today! Looking for triple digits again today!　



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)

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning ladies and (((HUGS))) to you. It was hot here, but we enjoyed the day. We made some really good BBQ that we ate late in the day.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Pro ((HUGS))

80s will be very welcomed here after 100 degree weather we’ve had.

You’re right...holidays are more fun when the kids were young.

Finished updating checkbook and paying bills now it’s time to get started on some other chores.

Have a summertastic Thursday

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, CMN ((HUGS))

Hanging out in the a/c and doing chores.

How was your holiday?

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, Beachy!

*HUGS*

Happy Thursday to you! I will be staying inside today - not fit for man or beast out there!　



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)

[beachn4fun]

or beast out there!　

I have to keep telling my grand-doggy that. LOL

[HiJinx]

Somethin’s wrong in Gotham City, Batman...

Southern Arizona experienced the coolest July 4th in recorded history; the mercury barely made it up to the mid-80s here yesterday. The previous low high temp (huh?) was 90 degrees nearly 80 years ago.

Monsoon rains drenched the state from the Mexican border in Cochise, Santa Cruz, and Pima counties all the way up to Casa Grande yesterday. The rains cleared up here in Sierra Vista about 20 minutes before our fireworks program started. This year’s show included all the shells we bought for last year and didn’t use because of tinder-box conditions, so it was an glorious celebration.