FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colorado ~ 28 JULY 2015

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Cheyenne Mountain Air Force

Station, Colorado

The

Cheyenne Mountain Complex is a military

installation and nuclear bunker located in

Colorado Springs, Colorado at the Cheyenne

Mountain Air Force Station, which hosts the

activities of several tenant units. Also

located in Colorado Springs is the Peterson

Air Force Base, where the North American

Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and United

States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM)

headquarters are located.

The

center for the United States Space Command

and NORAD monitored the air space of Canada

and the United States through a world-wide

system for missiles, space systems, and

foreign aircraft through its early-warning

system.

The military complex has included many units

of NORAD, U.S. Space Command, Aerospace

Defense Command (ADCOM), Air Force Systems

Command, Air Weather Service, and Federal

Emergency Management (FEMA). The complex's

communication center is also used by the

nearby U.S. Civil Defense Warning Center.

The station is open 24 hours a day.

Since

2002, the complex has been classed as

Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station and has

been used in crew qualification training,

while the former command function has been

redesignated as the "NORAD and USNORTHCOM

Alternate Command Center" since 2008 after

all the original functions of the complex

were removed to Peterson Air Force Base.

The

complex is maintained by the 721st Mission

Support Group which provides support and

maintenance for the 'NORAD/USNORTHCOM's

training, exercise and alternate command

center functions, U.S. Strategic Command's

Missile Warning Center, Detachment 2 of the

17th Test Squadron, Air Force Technical

Applications Center's research laboratory,

the Defense Intelligence Agency's Western

Continental United States Regional Service

Center.

Learn More About

Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station and

NORAD 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

To: Tanniker Smith

Hey! It’s good to see you!!! Hope all is well in your neighborhood! :)

41 posted on 07/27/2015 8:45:48 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; laurenmarlowe

Thanks, galz, for a great road trip! I’ll like it even better if it’s cooler there than here. Whew!!!

42 posted on 07/27/2015 8:46:37 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

I hate when stuff disappears, but it looks great as is! :)

43 posted on 07/27/2015 8:47:46 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!w)

Evening Luvvy, nice seeing you; our weather is going to start back into the 100’s later this week, feels like W. Texas :-)

44 posted on 07/27/2015 8:48:18 PM PDT by PROCON (FReeping on CRUZ Control)

Good evening, PRO! (((hugs)))

Good to see you, too! I was hoping at least SOMEone was getting some cool weather! I can’t believe how hot it’s been way up there! That’s unusual, yes?

45 posted on 07/27/2015 8:53:46 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!w)

No, not unusual at all.

I live in the high desert in Eastern Washington, everything east of the Cascade mountains is hot and dry in the summer.

West of the Cascades, in Seattle and down the coast, wetter and mild in summer.

46 posted on 07/27/2015 9:04:21 PM PDT by PROCON (FReeping on CRUZ Control)

This is too easy.....

47 posted on 07/27/2015 9:21:57 PM PDT by PROCON (FReeping on CRUZ Control)

This is too easy.....

48 posted on 07/27/2015 9:22:03 PM PDT by PROCON (FReeping on CRUZ Control)

This is too easy.....

49 posted on 07/27/2015 9:22:08 PM PDT by PROCON (FReeping on CRUZ Control)

This is too easy.....

50 posted on 07/27/2015 9:22:14 PM PDT by PROCON (FReeping on CRUZ Control)

This is too easy.....

51 posted on 07/27/2015 9:22:21 PM PDT by PROCON (FReeping on CRUZ Control)

To: LUV W; laurenmarlowe

I copied and pasted from home yesterday. All good.

I copied and pasted from work and it blew up. And I can’t do anything from work.

I usually put them into a Word doc and onto a thumb drive. I guess I only did the first part. Yep! The Word doc is here...but not on my thumb drive. *sigh*

Sorry, lauren....

52 posted on 07/27/2015 9:53:26 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe

I’m sure that Lauren totally understands and forgives! I’m sure it happens to all of us sooner or laterI hope i there is ever a problem arise again, I can be of help!

By tomorrow all will be moved on. :)

53 posted on 07/27/2015 10:06:49 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!w)

Sneaky!! LOL! I was off watching a show!

WOOOOOHOOOOOO!!!

54 posted on 07/27/2015 10:12:43 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!w)

Good evening/morning, EX...((HUGS))...the first eye was a success. When I took the tape off I was almost blinded by the bright colors!! LOL!! Right now I can close the new eye and all is muted and a brown/dull yellow tinge. Close the old eye and WOW, all the brightness.

20/40...the new eye is having to work with the old. August 13th is the left eye. The actual operation was a piece of cake. The only “pain” at all, and it was like a novocaine prick, was the shot in the eye. I never felt a single sensation during the surgery.

I’m ready for the other one.

55 posted on 07/27/2015 10:16:29 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

56 posted on 07/28/2015 12:45:59 AM PDT by E.G.C.

To: y'all; Arrowhead1952; beachn4fun; E.G.C.; GodBlessUSA; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; HiJinx; ...

...there is a difference in waking up...
...and waking up to an alarm!
True story!
Today is my Monday...
...and already I'm running late! LOL!
It's all good though!
I have my tea....caffeine rules!
All y'all have a Terrific Tuesday!!
...and pace yourselves!
((((hugs))))

57 posted on 07/28/2015 5:17:59 AM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris, Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!w)

To: Kathy in Alaska

OUTSTANDING GOOD NEWS!!!!

58 posted on 07/28/2015 5:38:08 AM PDT by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet !!)

((HUGS))Good morning, LUV W. How’s it going?

59 posted on 07/28/2015 5:53:25 AM PDT by E.G.C.

To: Kathy in Alaska

From what I can discern from my sisters, her white count is up again...MORE antibiotics!

I may have to make a quick departure from FR, so please keep me in prayer.

60 posted on 07/28/2015 6:03:31 AM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)

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