FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 26 December 2013

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

TRAP CHECK

Army Pfc. Steven Williams throws a grappling hook to check for booby-traps before crossing a barbed-wire obstacle during testing to earn the Expert Field Medic Badge on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wa, April 10, 2013. Williams is assigned to the 520th Area Support Medical Company, 56th Multifunctional Medical Battalion, 62nd Medical Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sarah Enos

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.

JUMP PREP

Army Sgt. 1st Class William Baker yells instructions to paratroopers before they jump out of a MH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a rotary-wing airborne exercise on Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fl, April 16, 2013. Baker, a jumpmaster, is assigned to Special Operations Command South. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Alex Licea

SWIFT WATER

Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Holmes conducts swift water rescue training during exercise Angel Thunder 2013 near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ., April 10, 2013. Holmes, a pararescueman, is assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon

CHOPPER RESCUE

A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flies overhead as Air Force pararescuemen conduct swift water rescue training during exercise Angel Thunder 2013 near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, AZ, April 10, 2013. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tim Chacon

OPEN WIDE

U.S. Air Force Capt. Julie Speakman examines inside a Filipino boy's mouth at a Cooperative Health Engagement in Barangay Rabanes, San Marcelino, Zambales, Philippines, April 13, 2013. Speakman, is a pediatrician assigned to the 374th Medical Group. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cansin P. Hardyegritag

WOOD WORK

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Joshua Rivera-Watson, right, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jenna Rogers cut wood during construction at the Ladyville technical high school in Ladyville, Belize, April 10, 2013, during New Horizons 2013. Rivera-Watson, a combat engineer, is assigned to the Engineer Company, Marine Wing Support Squadron 472 and Rogers, a medical technician, is assigned to the 823rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers. New Horizons is an annual series U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Holly Hess

ORGANIZATIONAL CHALLENGE

Sailors organize cargo poles on the flight deck during a weapons transfer aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Pacific Ocean, April 18, 2013. The Stennis is returning from an 8-month deployment to the U.S. 5th and 7th Fleet areas of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katarzyna Kobiljak

DOOLITTLE RAIDERS

A photo and flowers adorn the grave of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Edwin W. Horton Jr., a retired Doolittle Raider, in Fort Walton Beach, FL, April 18, 2013. The day marked the 71st anniversary of the Doolittle Raid, the first U.S. air raid on the Japanese islands during World War II. During the mission, 16 U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bombers launched from the Navy aircraft carrier USS Hornet and attacked targets in Japan. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Carlin Leslie

NEW PERSPECTIVE

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Twand Howard conducts maintenance on a torpedo tube aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, April 17, 2013. The Lawrence is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Carla Ocampo

SITTING PRETTY

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Eliot Fiaschi sits with military working dog Pato at Naval Air Station, Jacksonville, FL, April 11, 2013. Fiaschi has been selected the Commander, Navy Region Southeast Senior sailor of the Second Quarter 2013. Fiaschi, is a regional kennel master assigned to Commander, Navy Region Southeast. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Greg Johnson

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[SandRat]

Remember them on Lord Jesus’ Birthday.

[BykrBayb]

Merry Christmas!

[gorush]

You’ll love this.
https://youtube.googleapis.com/v/8D-OL-KQOt4

[SandRat]

Merry CHRIST-mas!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

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[2111USMC]

Merry Christmas!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

United States Marine Corps Band ~ National Anthem

[Publius]

Sergei Rachmaninov plays “The Star Spangled Banner”

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...we sure do remember always, and especially this Christmas Day.

Did you have a wonderful day with the grands? Lots of ohs and ahs?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Merry Christmas to you and yours, BB.

[SandRat]

and still having them, as they play with their toys.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, gorush...that is a keeper.

[gorush]

Leave me alone! :{)

[luvie]

Always remembering them!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in first.....Sand grabs the gold!!

[Publius]

Hey, Luv.

(HUGS)

How's it going in the Permian Basin? Good weather?

[luvie]

Howdy, there! (((hugs)))

It’s going well. Rather chilly but crystal clear and the
evening star was amazingly big tonight and last night.

Hope you and yours had a wonderful Christmas!

[Publius]

I cooked up my pasta and sausage in the 90 minute red sauce,

Then I listened to the "Bright Day Star" disk from the Baltimore Consort, a Renaissance group, followed by the period instrument "Messiah" that I posted last night.

Tomorrow is leftovers.

I'm gearing up for the Sicilian Cod Stew for New Years Day. Eating well is the best revenge.