FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Lesley J. McNair, District of Columbia ~ 22 SEPT 2015

[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Fort Lesley J. McNair, D.C.

Fort Lesley J. McNair is a United States Army post located on the tip of Greenleaf Point, the peninsula that lies at the confluence of the Potomac River and the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C. To the peninsula's west is the Washington Channel, while the Anacostia River is on its south side.

The Fort has been an army post for more than 200 years, third in length of service, after the United States Military Academy at West Point and the Carlisle Barracks.

Fort McNair, a part of the Fort Myer Military Community, is the headquarters of the Army's Military District of Washington and home of the National Defense University, as well as the official residence of the US Army's vice chief of staff.

The mission at National Defense University (NDU) supports the joint warfighter by providing rigorous Joint Professional Military Education to members of the U.S. Armed Forces and select others in order to develop leaders that have the ability to operate and creatively think in an unpredictable and complex world.

The National Defense University represents a significant concentration of the defense community's intellectual resources. Originally established in 1976, the university includes the National War College and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces at Fort McNair, and the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, Virginia.

The National Defense University also features a first-rate research capability through the Institute for National Strategic Studies. This institute, established in 1984, conducts independent policy analyses and develops policy and strategy alternatives. It also includes a War Gaming and Simulation Center and the NDU Press.

Learn More About Fort McNair and National Defense University 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

 

 

[luvie]

Howdy, ML! (((hugs)))

Hope this is a good week for ya!

[mylife]

Been through Hillsboro 100 times but have never been to Lake Whitney.

This is the very edge of where hill country begins

[luvie]

I really love the hill country. Wish I could afford to move there....AND could get hubby to actually move! LOL!

[left that other site]

Well...it’s a quiet week due to the Jewish High Holidays.

[mylife]

New Braunfels ,Wimberly, San Marcos are great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zu2_9mnZuBM

[luvie]

Do you have ceremonies/celebrations to go to?

I confess that I don’t know that much about these holidays or how they’re celebrated. :)

But I do #standwithisrael!!

[luvie]

Good tune. It should be our theme song! :)

[mylife]

It IS one of my theme songs!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCMrxdBo9RE

[ConorMacNessa]

REQUEST PERMISSION
TO COME ABOARD



CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2008) The first major snowfall of the New Year blankets the USS Constitution. Despite the weather "Old Ironsides," remained open for free public tours. At 210 years-old, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 67 active-duty United States Sailors and visited by nearly half a million visitors annually. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown (Released)

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!!!





Boston, Oct. 21, 2009 - Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).
(Click for Bosun’s Whistle)



USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

[luvie]

Kinda creepy that someone named “Mohammad” was the only one that liked this song. LOL!

[left that other site]

Yom Kippur is the Day of Atonement, which is a day of fasting and repentance for the year’s sins.

There is a nice dinner the night before, fasting and services the next day, and a meal to break the fast the next sunset. It is the holiest day on the Jewish calendar and not a day for music lessons! :-)

A Blessed, and Holy Day to our Jewish FRiends!

[mylife]

None of us rule the world.

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZc1vsMZHxI

Off to find the pillows..

[MoochPooch]

Evening Lauren, Kathy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, ML...((HUGS))...and I’m even later.

I got slammed at work today. I just got home and have a couple more hours of pretty easy homework.

Have a Terrific Tuesday, even with the Terrible Tuesday kid.

[E.G.C.]

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?

[left that other site]

Terrible Tuesday has been reprieved due to the Holiday. :-)

[MEG33]

A Good Morning To The Canteen
Thank you for an interesting road trip, lauren.
(((HUGS)))
I Wish You All A Beautiful Day

[luvie]

...and yet....
You do know the definition of insanity...right? LOL!
Anyhooooo....another warm day in the 80s here.
Sunshine and light breezes...how boring!
Hope all of you are getting some fall weather!
Summer has been way too long.
However....I'm sure not ready for ~~shudder~~Christmas!
That is my recurring nightmare!
Y'all have a Terrific Tuesday!
(((((hugs))))

[GreyFriar]

The Lincoln Assassins were tried and hung at Ft. McNair in 1865. But it was called “The Washington Arsenal” then, because there was a bullet making facility on the post. Also, the photo showing President Lincoln testing a Gatling Gun was taken on the post.