FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Bragg, North Carolina ~ 19 AUG 2014

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Road Trip: Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Fort Bragg is a major United States Army installation located in Cumberland, Hoke, Harnett and Moore counties, North Carolina, mostly in Fayetteville but also partly in the town of Spring Lake.

The fort is named for Confederate general Braxton Bragg. It covers over 251 square miles. It is the home of the US Army airborne forces and Special Forces, as well as U.S. Army Forces Command and U.S. Army Reserve Command.

Fort Bragg, NC absorbed FORSCOM (Forces Command) and USARC (US Army Reserve Command) from Fort McPherson, GA in 2011 as an outcome of the 2005 BRAC (Base Realignment and Closure Commission).

Fort Bragg retained its name and increased its population by 25,000. The consolidation made Fort Bragg the largest US Army command for sustained forces capable of worldwide crisis response.

There are 29,183 people, 4,315 households, and 4,215 families residing on the base. The base is the one of the main garrisons for deployments to IRAQ & Afghanistan wars. The units based at the mission have conducted two, three, or even four or more deployments to combat zones in IRAQ & Afghanistan.

Fort Bragg is tasked to maintain America’s Contingency Corps as a strategic crisis response force manned and trained to deploy rapidly by air, sea, and land anywhere in the world with the ability to fight upon arrival. The major units are XVIII Airborne Corps, 82nd Airborne Division, The Golden Knights, FORSCOM and USARC.

Tenant organizations at Fort Bragg include MEDDAC (Medical Command), Womack Army Medical Center, Special Forces, and John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School.

Learn More About Fort Bragg HERE!!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

Hi and Good Morning - coffee percolating, but yeah, have at it. And here's another one you might like.

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101 posted on 08/19/2014 6:51:48 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)

Thank you.
;o)
Glad you have your office back, beachy.

102 posted on 08/19/2014 6:53:10 AM PDT by MEG33 (Thank You To All Who Serve Our Country)

Both you & Bo keep cool!

103 posted on 08/19/2014 7:11:14 AM PDT by tomkow6 (...................TOMKOW6 ! The ONLY voice of reason & sanity in a chaotic Canteen!...............)

Yeah, that’s my plan too.

104 posted on 08/19/2014 7:49:08 AM PDT by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)

105 posted on 08/19/2014 7:54:35 AM PDT by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)

106 posted on 08/19/2014 7:55:33 AM PDT by SkyDancer (I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)

To: Kathy in Alaska

Hi, Ma:

I retired from Civil Service back in 2009 at age 55. And left Inactive Reserve from Air Force in late June at age 60. Completely severed from service and receiving two retirement checks now.

Have also sold the homestead. Pulled up stakes and moved from suburban Maryland to enjoy apartment life not far from 395 and 495 in Falls Church, VA early this month. Settling in and am confident the furry kids will adapt easily in staying fed and keeping their own pieces of turf.

Looking forward to not bundling up and shoveling snow in the winter. Or cutting the 3/4 acre front and back yards.

Hope all is well with you.

Jack.

107 posted on 08/19/2014 8:05:46 AM PDT by Jack Deth (Knight Errant and Resident FReeper Kitty Poem /Haiku Guy)

We haven’t had any hot days since June. It’s been a fall-like summer. Give Bo a hug for me.

108 posted on 08/19/2014 8:09:16 AM PDT by Lady Jag (Tolerance and apathy are the last virtues of a dying society)

Probably a couple of reasons. The fort is in South Carolina and Andrew Jackson claimed Waxhaws SC as his birthplace. As a major general he crafted the destruction of a British army at the Battle of New Orleans, the final major battle of the War of 1812.

109 posted on 08/19/2014 9:01:34 AM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)

to enjoy apartment life

Hiya Jack ((HUGS))
That's what I want to do next time we move...do the apartment thing instead of owning; done that long enough!
(but NOT in northern VA LOL)

110 posted on 08/19/2014 9:33:01 AM PDT by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)

Guess that’s a good enough reason.

Did anyone ever name a place for Stonewall?

We named one of our dogs Jackson (in honor). LOL

111 posted on 08/19/2014 9:35:13 AM PDT by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)

Guess that’s a good enough reason.

Did anyone ever name a place for Stonewall?

We named one of our dogs Jackson (in honor). LOL

112 posted on 08/19/2014 9:35:51 AM PDT by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)

To: AnAmericanMother; beachn4fun

The greatest misfortune for the Army of the West was the death of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh. He was widely regarded as Robert E Lee’s equal in skill and had he lived the war in the West would have been much different.

113 posted on 08/19/2014 9:44:08 AM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)

Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston

Well, there's another one I didn't know about. Thanks.

114 posted on 08/19/2014 9:52:40 AM PDT by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)

115 posted on 08/19/2014 9:57:03 AM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)

Both Albert Sidney Johnston and Robert E Lee had commanded the 2nd United States Cavalry along the Texas frontier prior to the Civil War. They battled the Commanche and Apache, fierce Indians who had ruled Texas when Mexico claimed the territory.

116 posted on 08/19/2014 9:59:16 AM PDT by Pelham (California, what happens when you won't deport illegals)

Thanks for the link. Interesting.

117 posted on 08/19/2014 10:06:45 AM PDT by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)

Can’t say I ever heard of Albert Johnston. Thanks for the history lesson.

118 posted on 08/19/2014 10:09:16 AM PDT by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)

To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MEG33

119 posted on 08/19/2014 10:15:31 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)

We’re in the thick of it; trying to figure out how much we need to spend between now and mid-March. Our contract was extended for 6 months and the gub’mint wants new spend plans. I’m sure we’ll be negotiating for weeks...

120 posted on 08/19/2014 10:28:00 AM PDT by HiJinx (People were created to be Loved; Things were created to be Used.)

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