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FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 23 July 2015
Serving The Bestest Troops and Veterans In The World !!
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Posted on 07/22/2015 6:05:33 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~
~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
LAST LOOK Army K-9 officer Daga, a Belgian Malinois, looks into the crowd during the inactivation ceremony for the 793rd Military Police Battalion, 2nd Engineer Brigade, U.S. Army Alaska, at the Buckner Physical Fitness Center on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK, Aug. 28, 2014. The 793rd Military Police Battalion was activated on Dec. 26, 1942, on Camp Maxey, Texas. U.S. Air Force photo by Justin Connaher
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.
HOOK UP
Soldiers hook a Howitzer artillery gun to a CH-47 Chinook during a sling-load training exercise on Fort Carson, CO, Aug. 14, 2014. The artillery soldiers are with the 12th Field Artillery Regiment, and the helicopter is with 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Jonathan C. Thibault
REFUELING OVER IRAQ
A U.S. F-18 fighter jet refuels from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft over northern Iraq, Aug. 21, 2014. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Shawn Nickel
IN FORMATION
An F/A-18C Hornet and an F/A-18E Super Hornet fly in formation over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 24, 2014. The carrier is conducting qualifications off the coast of Southern California as part of the ship's Western Pacific Deployment 2014. The F/A-18C Hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 113 and the F/A-18E Super Hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 22. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George M. Bell
HOWITZER HOWL
U.S. soldiers fire a round down range from their M777A2 howitzer on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2014. The soldiers are assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's 2nd Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team. The round was part of a shoot to register, or zero, the howitzers, which had just arrived on the airfield from Forward Operating Base Pasab. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ariel Solomon
SMOKEY MISSION
U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Zachary Swisher, left, and Lance Cpl. Cornelio Vasquez carry a container of GTR-18 missiles, also known as "Smokey Sams," away from an MV-22B Osprey during a threat-reaction exercise on an island near Okinawa, Japan, Aug. 26, 2014. The exercise enables pilots to stay up to date on their qualifications while keeping an alert mindset for arising combat scenarios. Swisher and Vasquez are ordnancemen assigned to Marine Aerial Refueler Squadron 152. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. D. A. Walters
AVIATION TRADITION
U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Misheff flies the American flag from the back of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter over southern Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 24, 2014. Misheff is a crew chief assigned to 16th Combat Aviation Brigade. The pilots and crew chiefs fly American flags to present with certificates to service members as part of aviation tradition. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bryan Lewis
NIGHT DROP
U.S. Senior Airman Jon Woerzburger awaits engine start prior to a humanitarian airdrop mission over Amirli, Iraq, Aug. 30, 2014. Two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft dropped 79 container delivery system bundles of drinking water totaling 7,513 gallons. Woerzburg is a C-17 flying crew chief with the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young
CALL FOR FIRE
U.S. Army 1st Lt. Elyse Ping Medvigy conducts calls for fire during artillery training on Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2014. Medvigy is a fire support officer assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company D, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Inf. Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Whitney Houston
LIGHT ADJUSTMENT
U.S. Air Force Capt. Erica Stooksbury adjusts the cockpit lighting controls as the sun rises after a humanitarian airdrop mission over Amirli, Iraq, Aug. 31, 2014. Stooksbury is a C-17 Globemaster III pilot assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.
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To: Kathy in Alaska
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07/22/2015 6:05:50 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list
Miracle Material July 23, 2015
To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?
Isaiah 40:25 niv
CNN calls a derivative of graphite a miracle material that could revolutionize our future. Only one atom thick, graphene is being hailed as a truly two-dimensional material in a 3-D world. One hundred times stronger than steel, it is harder than diamond, conducts electricity 1,000 times better than copper, and is more flexible than rubber.
In and of themselves, such technological advances are neither moral nor evil. But we are wise to remember the limitations of anything we make for ourselves.
Isaiah spoke to a generation who found themselves carrying into captivity gods they had made with their own hands. The prophet wanted the Israelites to see the irony of needing to care for the silver and gold idols they had crafted to inspire, help, comfort, and protect them.
What was true of Israel holds true for us as well. Nothing we have made or bought for ourselves can meet the needs of our heart. Only God, who has been carrying us from the womb (Isa. 46:3-4), can carry us into the future.
Father, thank You for the miracle of relationship with You. Help us not to rely on our own efforts, strength, or possessions but instead sense Your loving care for us.
An idol is anything that takes Gods rightful place.
Isaiah assured the discouraged Jewish nation in exile in Babylon that God would come to their rescue and punish their enemies (Isa. 4055). The Babylonian conquerors and their gods (represented by their chief deity, Bel, and his son Nebo) would be defeated and destroyed (46:1-2). Unlike these false gods, who were crafted by human hands and were incapable of protecting or saving anyone (vv. 6-7), God asserted that He alone was God and there was none like Him (v. 9). He reminded His people that He had faithfully cared for them since birth (vv. 3-4) and He alone had the power to save them (v. 10).
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:05:58 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Everybody!
((((HUGS))))
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:06:20 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:08:46 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("Help Me Dad" Kathryn Steinle shot and killed by a five-time deported illegal.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:09:05 PM PDT
by
PROCON
(CRUZing into 2016 with Ted!)
To: The Mayor
We have seen many drastic changes in the last few years. Things should change much more in the years to come. Cell phones and Wifi are just a couple changes but now they talk about wearing glasses that can project a holographic image of the person you are talking to and you will be able to see everything they see also. I am not ready, I am struggling with windows 8 and am concerned with the OPM hack. Graphene won't bother me for a while.
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:15:28 PM PDT
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: ConorMacNessa
OK...everybody has gone home and is leaving me alone!
Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...did you sally forth today?
We are having a little rain...supposed to RAIN tonight. I’ll believe it when I see it.
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:18:58 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
Thanks very much, Kathy! ***HUGS***
Striding up the gangplank as we speak, rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors and to the Officer of the Deck! Thank you very much for this evening's "Remembering Our Troops" thread!
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:20:16 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi again, Kathy! I was off today - had a couple of appointments - all is well, according to my cardiologist.
"Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre / mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað." "Thought must be the harder, heart be the keener / mind must be the greater, as our might lessens."
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:24:32 PM PDT
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in Battle!)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:53:15 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: The Mayor
Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.
Thinking about raining here....I sure hope so.
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:54:35 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: ConorMacNessa
I lied....someone else wanted something.
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:55:09 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: LUV W; Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:55:37 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: Kathy in Alaska; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; AZamericonnie; HiJinx; Colonel_Flagg; BIGLOOK; ...
Howdy, Kathy! Great thread
and we MUST remember them!
Honoring Army Spc. Justin L. Horsley who selflessly sacrificed his life three years ago today in Afghanistan for our great Country. Please help me honor him so that he is not forgotten
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:57:16 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!w)
To: MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; 300winmag; ..
Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:59:23 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: SandRat
Well, I hope not! LOL! It’s bad enough without that! :)
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posted on
07/22/2015 6:59:24 PM PDT
by
luvie
(All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!w)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Good evening, Ma! Got off the porch today, went to see my brother in hospital. He is doing better today.
Cooler - very pleasant indeed. I’m tired out from walking through the hospital.
HUGS
To: ConorMacNessa; The Mayor; SandRat; mountainlion; HiJinx; Jet Jaguar; Publius; PROCON; TMSuchman; ...
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posted on
07/22/2015 7:02:24 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: ConorMacNessa
In first....Mac grabs the gold!!
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posted on
07/22/2015 7:03:13 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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