~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~
~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
AIRCRAFT TRACKS
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Mitchell Mason tracks aircraft on the status board in the air traffic control center aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf, Sept. 6, 2013. The Richard is participating in Koolendong, an exercise with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Edward Guttierrez III
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.
ENEMY EXERCISE
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Justin Oates engages a simulated enemy force with an M240B machine gun during Koolendong, an exercise in Australia, Sept. 2, 2013. Oates, a machine gunner, is assigned to Lima Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, Marine Rotational Force Darwin. Throughout the exercise, Marines from the unit conducted day and night live-fire training. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Fiocco
HORNET LAUNCH
An F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 147 launches from the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility, Sept. 3. 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan R. McDonald
SEIZURE TEAM
Members from the USS Freedom’s visit, board, search and seizure team board a Brunei navy ship during Southeast Asia Cooperation and Training, an annual exercise in the South China Sea, Sept. 7, 2013. The exercise, which includes navy liaison officers from Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and the United States, tracks vessels of interest in the maritime interdiction scenario. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Karolina A. Oseguera
GUN SALUTE
Navy sailors render a gun salute during the commissioning ceremony for the USS Minnesota in Norfolk, VA, Sept. 7, 2013. The submarine's name honors the residents of the state and their continued support to the nation's military. The sailors are assigned to the submarine. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Andrew Schneider
MANNING THE RAILS
Sailors assigned to the attack submarine USS Minnesota man the rails after they hear the order to "bring the ship to life" during the commissioning ceremony for the submarine in Norfolk, VA, Sept. 7, 2013. The ship's name honors the residents of the state and their continued support to the nation's military. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jeff Atherton
AMMO EXERCISE
U.S. Navy sailors prepare ammunition for a live-fire exercise on the USS Germantown in the Philippine Sea, Sept. 6, 2013. The Germantown is part of the Bonhomme Richard Amphibious Ready Group and, with the embarked 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, is conducting routine operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. The sailors are assigned to the amphibious dock landing ship. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew B. Church
ROOM CLEARING
Marine Corps Cpl. David Rodriguez, left, fire team leader, climbs through a hole in a wall as his fire team clears a building while conducting a platoon-sized raid on a simulated town during urban tactics training, part of the Realistic Urban Training exercise, on Fort Pickett, VA, Aug. 30, 2013. Rodriguez, a fire team leader, is assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Austin Hazard
DOG TAGS
U.S. Navy Chief Miguel Galindo shows his identification tags to his son at a luncheon on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Sept. 5, 2013, before he leaves for a deployment to the western Pacific region. Galindo is assigned to the attack submarine the USS Tucson. U.S Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Khor
PROPER PROCEDURES
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jared Regala, left, trains Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Mitchell Mason on proper procedures for tracking radar signatures in the air traffic control center aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard during Exercise Koolendong 2013 off of Australia, Sept. 6, 2013. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Edward Guttierrez III
Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.
