FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 05 May 2016

Serving The Bestest Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

'STAR-SPANGLED' SALUTE

A World War II veteran salutes as "The Star-Spangled Banner" plays during a D-Day ceremony at the 9th Air Force Memorial in Picauville, France, June 4, 2015.

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.

FIREMAN'S CARRY

Marines and sailors carry fellow service members using a technique called the fireman’s carry during the commanding general’s run on Onslow Beach, NC, June 11, 2015. The Marines are assigned to the 2nd Marine Logistics Group.

PALLET DROP

An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter lifts pallets of supplies from the flight deck of the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Walter S. Diehl during a vertical replenishment with the amphibious assault ship USS Essex in the South China Sea, June 14, 2015.

EYE TO EYE

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Thomas Worley examines a puppy during a Continuing Promise 2015 veterinary event in Colon, Panama, June 2, 2015. Worley is assigned to the Army's 10th Mountain Division. U.S. Southern Command sponsors the deployment to conduct humanitarian operations and other civil-military missions in partner nations, and show U.S. support and commitment to Central and South America and the Caribbean.

NIGHT JUMP

As seen through a night-vision device, a Marine prepares to land on a drop zone in Louisburg, NC, June 5, 2015, after conducting a jump from a CH-53 Super Stallion helicopter during training.

SMOKEY WORK

An Alaska Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter drops gallons of water from a bambi bucket onto the Stetson Creek fire near Cooper Landing in Alaska, June 17, 2015.Two Black Hawk helicopters flew 200 bucket missions, dumping more than 144,000 gallons of water on the 300-acre fire on the Kenai Peninsula.

ROPE RIDE

U.S. Army Sgt. Samantha Melanson rappels from a 55-foot tower during an air assault course at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Bavaria, Germany, June 8, 2015. Melanson is assigned to the 15th Engineer Battalion.

SPRINT SPIRIT

U.S. and British athletes compete in the 100-meter sprint at the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games on Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA, June 23, 2015.

FRENCH COMMEMORATION

Residents of the Normandy, France, region release paper sky lanterns. June 5, 2015, to commemorate those who died during the D-Day invasion at a place the allied forces named Utah Beach. More than 380 American service members from Europe and affiliated D-Day historical units participated in D-Day events from June 2-8 as part of Joint Task Force D-Day 71.

VIPER VIEW

U.S. Marines perform maintenance on an AH-1Z Viper helicopter aboard the USS Anchorage in the Philippine Sea, June 2, 2015. The Marines are assigned to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161.

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...when will your ride get you to your brother’s place to pick up Blue?

[radu]

Well, pooey. I know you were hoping to go somewhere different. But if everything you need is provided there, I guess it makes sense to stay.
Still not like living in your own place like before though. :-(

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Ms Feather...*hugs*...any warming happening?

[Kathy in Alaska]

I am off for home....gotta stop for a Mom list on the way. Back in a bit.

[left that other site]

Hopefully, when it stops raining! LOL!

April showers bring May flowers, but it’s May ALREADY!

Grrrr...

[radu]

It sounds like you survived another pay day. Whew! MAYBE next week won’t be quite as bad. We can hope, any way.

What an ordeal to get to your desk, though. I hope this isn’t going to be a regular occurrence!

[Soaring Feather]

Oh my word!! Glad you did not have to walk those stairs

[luvie]

No...I had lunch pretty late, too. LOL!

[PROCON]

Hey there radu!

It is nice being in my own bed again and it did remind me of how much care and attention dogs need.

Heck, with cats, you can leave for a few days as long as they have food and water and a clean litter box. Of course when you return, they'll put you on a guilt trip for having left in the first place but at least you can bribe them with a can of tuna or some treat.

Brrr, it was cold today, dropped into the 70's, I had to put long pants back on :-)

Howz the Cooper boy doing?

[PROCON]

?

[mylife]

Keep On Rollin..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9-vcY8X-zs

[Soaring Feather]

ma, i am trying to laugh.

[radu]

Well that explains why your tummy wasn’t a good alarm system. It’s timing was knocked out of whack by the late lunch. LOL!

[ConorMacNessa]

Please disregard my rant on the trains. When I got to Union Station this evening, they announced several times that the Brunswick Line trains were being held due to a fallen tree near Garrett Park. After posting, I went to the news and learned that a man was struck and killed by a freight train in the southern part of Rockville, MD, several miles north of the Nuclear Free Zone.

A fatality on the tracks closes the tracks for several hours. I can't understand why the people at Union Station could not impart the true reason for the delay. Well, actually I do know why, and it's despicable.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[mylife]

Gnight gang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgIPq_2ss4M

[radu]

Yeah, critters do take up your time with demands for attention. And dogs don’t use litter boxes like cats do.

When I had only a couple of cats - - EONS ago - I’d occasionally go off for a weekend and do what you said. Left out plenty of dry food and water and plenty of clean litter I the box.
Can’t do that with as many cats as we have now so I don’t get to go anywhere. Hubby sometimes goes off for a weekend to big car shows to help his buddy who has a couple of rare Fords.

Shoo, you were still warmer than we were. It was 67 degrees when I left to pick up Cooper and 54 when I got home. A cold front came through, with lots of rain, while I was out.

Cooper’s doing fine. He was first for surgery this morning so was wide awake when I picked him up. I seem to be forgiven. :-)

[radu]

WOOHOO! Ya got it!

I was distracted by Criminal Minds so missed it, dang it.

[radu]

Oh my! How sad.

But why on earth couldn’t they just say that was the reason? pfft!

[PROCON]

Cooper forgave you ALREADY??

Dang, you ARE THE CAT LADY!!

Heck, when I would have our cats fixed, it would take DAYS and many treats before I was forgiven!

[luvie]

Highly overrated “holiday”.