FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 05 January 2017

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

SHOULDER RESCUE

Army Sgt. Jason C. Carroll carries a young resident through flooded streets in Monroe, LA, March 10, 2016. Carroll is electronic warfare specialist noncommissioned officer assigned to the Louisiana National Guard's 528th Engineer Battalion, 225th Engineer Brigade. The unit used light tactical vehicles as it worked with the Ouachita Parish Sheriff's Office to navigate the high waters and assist residents. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Tarell J. Bilbo

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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.

SMOKE TRAINING

An airman participates in close air support training, which enhances the ability of airmen to identify a target and neutralize a threat, on Fort Drum, NY, March 5, 2016. The airman is assigned to the New York Air National Guard’s 274th Air Support Operations Squadron, which advises Army commanders on how to best use U.S. and NATO assets for close air support. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Eric Miller

ALASKA TERRAIN

Marines assault and clear a complex during urban terrain training on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, March 6, 2016. Air Force photo by Alejandro Pena

URBAN TRAINING

A soldier moves through an urban training facility and uses simulated rounds to enhance the training's realism on Fort Hood, Texas, March 10, 2016. The soldier is assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team. Army photo by Sgt. Brandon Banzhaf

RIFLE COURSE

Army Spc. Michael A. Burton, foreground, fires a Carl Gustav M3 84 mm recoilless rifle during a live-fire certification course on Fort Bragg, NC, March 9, 2016. Burton is an infantryman assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 2nd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team. Army photo by Sgt. Juan F. Jimenez

TRAFFIC SIGN

Army Sgt. David Breaud directs a high water vehicle down a flooded roadway at Latt Lake in Grant Parish, LA, March 13, 2016. Breaud is assigned to the Louisiana National Guard’s Headquarters Company, 225th Engineer Brigade. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Jerry Rushing

NIGHT NOTES

As seen through a night-vision device, an Army paratrooper notes measurements at night during Exercise Rock Sokol at Pocek Range in Postojna, Slovenia, March 10, 2016. The training exercise between U.S. and Slovenian troops focuses on enhancing readiness between allied forces. The paratrooper is assigned to 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade. Army photo by Davide Dalla Massara

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[radu]

Really bad is an understatement! That fog was worse than pea soup. Can’t have made the roads fun to drive on either.
Be careful going home.

[luvie]

It was a sort of lazy day. We still have company and she had to go have surgery on her eye. We didn’t know how long it would take so we hung out waiting for a call till hubby finally had to go pick up his mom to get the results of her biopsy.

The bad news is that it is cancer. The good news is that it’s not aggressive and they are doing surgery as soon as they can...at least 6 days because she’s on blood thinners. Prayers for her to have a successful surgery and a complete recovery. Please.

So I ate by myself and then took a nap when our company finally got back to the house. She can’t see at all right now because the surgery was on her good eye. Prayers that the surgery works or she could be totally blind.

Whew! That was chatty. How were y’all’s days? Kathy, hope you got all that payroll stuff done! Radu, did you locate the new stray?

[Publius]

Being very, very behind on Cole Porter research, Ms. B was kind enough to bring the 50th anniversary of the Doors’ first album to my attention with an article on the subject. I’ll be running that album this weekend on both nights.

[luvie]

That will be a good one to sub with! I know you’ll do an excellent job!

[luvie]

She’s doing ok! LOL! What’s not to like!

I have always loved that graphic and it just seemed to fit the night’s thread!

[radu]

YIKES! Scary news about your MIL but glad it isn’t aggressive. I hope they’re able to get all of it with surgery. Prayers for her indeed!

Also for your friend that she’ll be able to see once her eye recovers from her surgery.

It was a windy, cold day for grocery shopping but it got done. I’ll head to Wal Mart shortly to get the few things I get there each week. I normally do it on Thurs. but with snow in the forecast tomorrow night, the stores will be mobbed by panicked people and I don’t want to deal with that.

No sign of that cat today. It must have moved on. Hope it finds a home!

[luvie]

Thanks. I hope she won’t have extensive surgery but we’ll know more in 6 days or so.

I hope it doesn’t get too bad there. Good idea to get the shopping done early so you can hunker down in case it gets really ugly! I hope the kitteh found a warm place to stay since you couldn’t find him. Poor kitty!

It’s colder here but I don’t think we have snow in the forecast.Nope just cooler. Hi of 30 on Friday. That’s it and then it warms back up. Has been a very strange winter for sure!

[radu]

Yes, it’ll be reeeeeeally nice if she doesn’t have to have extensive surgery. That’s hard enough on a younger person.

They don’t know how much snow we’ll get here. They’ve been all over the map with predictions the past two days but it’ll be a couple of inches at the most, more than likely. But people still get panicked and mob the stores for bread and milk and I just don’t want to get stuck in that mess. I just need to get the few things I normally get and nothing extra.

We’ll be at the freezing mark or below through the weekend and we don’t look forward to that. And of course, I’ll be fretting about that cat since we don’t know where it went.

Off to the store now that the news and weather are over. Be back shortly.

[radu]

But before I go. :-)

[radu]

But before I go. :-)

[luvie]

Good timing! WOOOHOOOO!!

Have “fun” at the store. Ugh! LOL!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Way to go with your redecorating...lots of skills have you.

Moving furniture can be lots of fun...trying for that new look.

LOL! Have you had enough time together to figure out what she is balking at?

[Kathy in Alaska]

In our last office I complained and complained that the heating ducts needed to be cleaned...cold after cold or respiratory issue. No one ever listened, but had the same problems.

[radu]

LOL! It was there begging for the jump on it.

Easy-peasy shopping trip. Hardly anyone there. All done now and don’t have to worry about any more shopping until next week. Whew!

[luvie]

[butting in :) ]

The San Francisco area is just like that, but who wants to live in CA with their weird politics and super high prices!

When I visited my son there in San Jose, it was perfect weather nearly all the time!

[luvie]

Woohoo! Gotta love easy peasy! It always feels good to have that kind of stuff done for a while!

[radu]

I think I’ll pass on San Fransicko, no matter how nice their temps are. LOL! I’ll just stay rah-cheer and deal with heat and cold. No weird politics and prices are reasonable, unless you live in the large cities with their liberal city governments. :-)

But perfect weather sure would be nice.

[radu]

Heck yeah! I’d much rather shop late at night for that reason.

There’s no telling what the weather will do tomorrow and Fri. morning. It could be worse than they predict or not as bad. Mother Nature has her ways of making weathermen/women look like idiots.

[luvie]

She does, but the weather people are willing participants in their comeuppance! LOL! They can be so certain that they are right!

And now you can sit back and stay warm when the temp changes, no matter how much!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sending prayers for your ML’s surgery and complete recovery.