FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 23 January 2014

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

BAMBI BRIGADE

Navy Chief Petty Officer Jay Okonek, left, and 1st Class Petty Officer Jason Blase help guide pilots as they fill a 360-gallon Bambi bucket to help extinguish fires near Naval Base Ventura County's base housing at Point Mugu, CA, May 3, 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Chris Fahey

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.

REPLENISHMENT

A crew member aboard the Military Sealift Command dry cargo and ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd attaches cargo to an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter while conducting a replenishment-at-sea with the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the Pacific Ocean, April 28, 2013. The Nimitz and Carrier Air Wing 11 are conducting a western Pacific deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Aiyana Paschal

SIMULATED TRAINING

Soldiers spray water onto a UH-1 Huey helicopter to contain a fire during a simulated training crash site exercise on Camp Santiago Joint Maneuver Training Center in Salinas, Puerto Rico, May 1, 2013. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Joseph Rivera Rebolledo

CLEANING CREW

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. David Denseley, center, helps Afghan mortarmen clean the bore of a 60mm mortar at a mortar range near Camp Shorabak in Afghanistan's Helmand province, May 4, 2013. Denseley is assigned to the Regional Corps Battle School. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff Sgt. Ezekiel R. Kitandwe

HOWITZER EXERCISE

Marines fire an M777 A2 howitzer during a series of integrated exercises at the Combat Center’s Quakenbush Training Area in Twentynine Palms, CA, April 26, 2013. The Marines are assigned to 5th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. William J. Jackson

SWIMMING PRACTICE

Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Ray practices his swimming techniques in Colorado Springs, CO, May 2, 3013. Ray will compete during the 2013 Warrior Games, May 11-16, 2013. DOD photo by Marvin Lynchard

SOLDIER VOLUNTEERS

U.S. soldiers prepare bags of school supplies during a volunteer opportunity on Camp Phoenix in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 3, 2013. Operation Outreach Afghanistan, an organization that provides assistance to the Afghan people in the forms of food, clothing, toys, school supplies and household items, gathered the supplies primarily through donations. U.S. Army photo by Maj. Meritt Phillips

SCRUB DOWN

Marine Corps chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense specialists perform decontamination procedures during a training exercise on Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, San Diego, April 30, 2013. The Marines took part in training to increase mission readiness and rehearse standard operating procedures. The specialists are assigned to Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 3, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Keonaona C. Paulo

WING WALKER

Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin Liskey inspects an F/A-18 Hornet before a flight during morning operations in Pensacola, FL, May 8, 2013. Liskey is assigned to the Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Lindsey

HONORING VETERANS

Army Staff Sgt. Michael Drake places the remains of Pvt. Lycurgus McCormack, a Civil War veteran, inside the new Columbarium Court No. 9 in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, May 9, 2013. A full-honors service for six unclaimed remains of veterans from all branches of the U.S. armed forces were the first to be inured at the new site. Drake is assigned to Company D, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as "The Old Guard." U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jose Torres Jr.

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, Idaho...((HUGS))...we’ve been having rain. Lots of melting and messiness.

Hope all is well in your area, and Fredd is having fun chasing squirrels.

[yarddog]

I recall reading somewhere that Burnside resisted being named commander of the Army of the Potomac, claiming he was not good enough for the position.

He did give it a try but he was basically right about himself.

[ConorMacNessa]

REST IN PEACE, FALLEN BROTHER!



CWO/2 Edward Balli, USA
Headquarters and Headquarters Troop
2nd Cavalry Regiment
KIA Afghanistan 20 January 2014



I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)

"Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour,
and be in readiness for the conflict;
for it is better for us to perish in battle than to
look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar.
As the Will of God is in Heaven, even so let it be."
(1 Maccabees 3:58–60)

"God Of Our Fathers"
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
(Click)



Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in peace!
We who remain hold you in high honor.
Rest, fallen brother, in this sacred precinct;
We who remain keep this place sacred.
Rest, fallen brother, among these, your comrades;
We who remain keep the watch.
Rest, fallen brother, among these who answered the Nation’s call;
We who remain press the fight forward in your name.
Rest, fallen brother, lay down thy burden;
We who remain have taken up the torch.
Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in eternal peace!



Taps
(Click)

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]

I am off for home. Back in a bit.

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

Brad Fletcher - To All Our Mothers Children

Due South - The Good Guys

Perry Nunley - When Freedom Rings

FReeper musical artists. Let me know if you have a submission.

[AZamericonnie]

Drive safe....hope everyone else does as well! *Hugs*

[ConorMacNessa]

I didn't go in today. It never got over 10F here today - we're at 6F now. The schools were closed again today - 2-hour delay tomorrow.

I will go in in the morning.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

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]

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

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
(Click)

Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

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)

[Publius]

SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY

WINTER FESTIVAL

JANUARY 24 THRU FEBRUARY 2

There will be six concerts in this series, all of which will be broadcast by Seattle’s classical radio KING-FM. Thanks to the miracle of the Internet, these concerts will be available live at the KING-FM website, and on concert nights I will lay out the schedule and provide a link to the concert. Chamber music can put a little light into people’s lives.

I’ll provide insights into the musicians if I happen to know them. I’ll also give a preview of the pieces to be played.

Whenever the society programs a piece by Dmitri Shostakovich, it packs the hall. There are a lot of Russian immigrants in the Seattle area, and there is also something about the gray Pacific Northwest climate that makes Shostakovich’s bleakness strike such a chord with audiences.

This Sunday’s Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in E minor, Op. 67, is a monument of Russian composition and one of the greatest chamber pieces of the 20th Century. It shows how dissonance and even ugliness can be used to state a case and create a message that Stalin’s minions couldn’t decipher. It was written in 1944, and it is dominated by the sounds of horror and mourning. But typical of Dmitri, there is a hint that Hitler was not the only one responsible for all the corpses; some of this was homegrown.

The first movement begins with a spectral, dissonant andante that exhibits inconsolable grief. This is where the handkerchiefs come out. This passage leads to a moderato fugue that does not quite dispel the mood. The poco piu mosso passage briefly hints at the Jewish folk melody that will dominate the finale. This was a favorite tune for both Shostakovich and Prokofiev. The movement opens up with cross-rhythms that form a dance you can’t really dance to. Note that Dmitri likes to put the violin and cello in their upper registers for an otherworldly effect.

The first two videos are by the amazing trio of Martha Argerich on piano, Gidon Kremer on violin, and Mischa Maisky on cello. Their recording of this trio has won awards, and they are the leading exponents of the piece. They capture the both beauty and the horror.

Shostakovich: Piano Trio in E minor, Op. 67, first movement

The second movement is marked allegro con brio, a favorite Beethoven marking. But for Dmitri, this is a manic scherzo that never settles down. Passages of Russian lyrical beauty are interspersed with grisly humor.

second movement

The indication largo is the slowest marking in music, and Dmitri used it a lot in his compositions. This slow movement is dominated by block chords on the piano, with the violin and cello playing a threnody, a lament for the dead, in the Russian vein. The handkerchiefs come out again.

The slow movement segues into the finale, which is a dance with death marked allegretto. Here Dmitri plays out the full Jewish theme he has hinted at earlier in the piece, along with material from all three movements. Imagine dancing with a skeleton or a zombie. There is a lot of humor here, but it is a very black Russian humor. Only one who had lived through Stalin’s purges and Hitler’s death machine could write this. At the end, the block chords from the slow movement return adagio, and your screen may get blurry. He ends it with a bit of humor from the violin and cello, and a simple E Major chord with afterthoughts from the strings.

third & fourth movements

Dmitri Shostakovich died in 1975 at age 69 from his four-pack-a-day habit. Had he lived another 16 years, he would have gotten the last laugh.

[BIGLOOK]

Honoring Our Fallen

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Shipmate! How have things been going with you?

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

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)

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

((((HUGS))))

(Listening to Shostakovitch!)

[luvie]

Remember them.
Pray for them!

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Kathy, Hugs

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Mac, Hugs

[left that other site]

Wow...Excellent picture, LUV W!

[The Mayor]

Thank you Kathy!!

[TASMANIANRED]

Safe trip. Watch out for Moose

[Publius]

Have a hankie or a box of tissues handy.

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Connie, Hugs