FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - 13 Sept 2014

Our Troops Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | Canteen DJ's

[AZamericonnie]

ROFL.....well considering you just moved in to the new place it can't have gotten to unkempt just yet.

Dusting too! :)

[AZamericonnie]

Good evening DJ's & Thank you!

*The House Is A Rockin'*

[luvie]

LOVE YOU CANTEEN DJ'S!!!
Thanks for your hard work!

GodBlessUSA; mylife; AZAmericonnie; Kathy In Alaska; Ms.Behavin;EsmeraldaA; ConorMacNessa;acad1228; LibertyValance; Cindy; Starwise; 50mm; iron munro; publius;
spel_grammer_an_punct_polise;
Drumbo (and me)


YOU ROCK OUT LOUD!!
God bless our troops!!!

Thanks for all your hard work, Connie!

[AZamericonnie]

Good evening to you Kathy! *Hugs*

Sorry your having a complicated day.

I do have this weekend off (YAY) & tons of catching up to do. Company tomorrow which should be fun.

Hoping you get some down time!

[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

"The Empty Chair"

By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004

"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat – it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.

The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.

AS YOU REMEMBER.

The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.

We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each other’s company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room – we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:

The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.

The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.

The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.

The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.

The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate.
The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them.
The bible represents the faith that sustained them.
The glass is inverted — they cannot share in the toast.
The chair is empty — they are not here. They are missing.

And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.

We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.

But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.

WE SHOULD REMEMBER."

Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
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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)

[luvie]

USAF Concert Band~Armed Forces Medley

WE LOVE YOU ALL!!!



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[luvie]

....till they all come home....

[Publius]

ROCKUMENTARY: SEPTEMBER 13, 1968

#9 – The Doors: “Hello, I Love You”

After “Light My Fire”, there was some question as to whether the Doors could top that. They ran a string of hits before the Lizard King self-destructed.

The Doors: “Hello, I Love You”

[AZamericonnie]

Good evening mountainlion & thanks so much for that selection! *Hugs*

Hope you’ll have a loverly weekend!

[Publius]

ROCKUMENTARY: SEPTEMBER 13, 1968

#8 – Deep Purple: “Hush”

This was a Billy Joe Royal tune that got a new lease on life.

Deep Purple: “Hush”

[AZamericonnie]

Willie likes nylon too right?

Good on you for the repair.

Gads Marylou I’m geting worried about Daisy dog.

She’s starting to eat less & less. She looks so thin coupled by her recent trip to the groomer.

I’m concerned.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Luv!

***HUGS***



Indeed! Home to the land they loved and served so bravely!

It's great to see you this evening!

"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)

[AZamericonnie]

Good evening Luvie Sue! *Hugs*

You off this weekend?

[AZamericonnie]

Thank you for this evenings Rockumentary Prof!

I still have not watched the last three episopeds of True Blood. I’ll need to ‘binge watch’ when I can find the time.

[Publius]

It ends well, but the series jumped the shark a while back.

[left that other site]

I never cared for nylon because it wasn’t loud enough.

But this guitar can be plugged into an amplifier.

I’ve been playing steel for half a century, so nylon feels very different.

How old is Daisy?

[TMSuchman]

I’m here more less. My “Dad duties” keep me busy when the thread starts. On a side note I really loathe ALL lawyers, bankers,realators, & any and ALL politians! They have made our life a living heck since we have started looking for a home back in Mo. I now have to present myself to the notory at the time of the closing, so they can see that I am alive & well and not in a state of duress so that they can say the house sale is OK. We’re in Mi. & the house is in Mo. ( Foley) So what crock of crud!!!

[Publius]

ROCKUMENTARY: SEPTEMBER 13, 1968

#7 – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell: “You’re All I Need to Get By”

Motown tried teaming Marvin with Kim Weston, until she left the label. Then they teamed him with Tammi until her death.

Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell: “You’re All I Need to Get By”

[Fiji Hill]

My top 10 patriotic songs:

1. The Voice of Free America--Jimmy Osborne (1951)

2. Advice to Joe--Roy Acuff (1950)

3. The Fiery Bear--Jack Holden & Frances Kay (1950)

4. The Red We Want is the Red We've Got (In the Old Red, White and Blue)--Ralph Flanagan & His Orchestra (1950)

5. Victory in KoreaJimmy Osborne (1950)

6. God, Please Protect America-The Sunshine Boys Quartet (1951)

7. Yankee Rose--The Revelers (1927)

8. The Grand Old Rag--Billy Murray (1906)

9. God Bless America--Katherine Smith (1938)

10. Back in the USA--Chuck Berry (1959)

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Maestro! Where was I?

I was a patient on the Surgical Ward at USNH Quantico - where I was also the Senior Corpsman - recovering from a spectacular auto accident that nearly ended my life.



I crawled away from this wreck shortly before the gas tank exploded - I knew at that moment I was being saved for some greater ignominy. :)

Obama and Clinton witnessed and lied, As American Heroes bled and died!

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)