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FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 18 August 2022
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew and FRiend

Posted on 08/17/2022 6:00:35 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska




~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~


Refueling!

The 151st Air Refueling Wing and ESGR brought approximately 20 employers on an appreciation air refueling mission here on August 17, 2022. The employers, nominated by their Air National Guard employees, boarded a KC-135R Stratotanker, and witnessed the refueling of three F-16 Falcons and four F-35 Lighting’s while taking in an aerial view of Utah’s West desert. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Perez)




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.




Helping Slackers..Oops..Civilians Learn The Ways Of Military Fitness!

Robert Stevermer, a high school social studies teacher at Mankato East High School, Minn., participates in the Combat Fitness Test during an Educators’ Workshop at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Aug. 16, 2022. Educators were welcomed to the depot to receive first-hand experience of recruit training and learn about the Fleet Marine Force. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Grace J. Kindred)


Marines and High Schoolers!

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Gregory Edwards, a recruiter with Recruiting Sub-Station Gilroy, talks to students of Harbor High School before running a Combat Fitness Test (CFT) in Santa Cruz, California, July 21, 2022. The Marines conduct the CFT with high school students to give them insight into the physical training and discipline that is necessary to hold the Marine Corps standard. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Alina Thackray)


More Cool Toys! Money Well Spent!!

PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug. 1, 2022) – A landing craft, air cushion (LCAC) assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 5 approaches the well deck of amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), Aug. 1. LCACs bolster the interoperability of the U.S. Navy and Marines using Navy craft to transport Marine land vehicles and troops from ship to shore creating a more lethal force in support of naval expeditionary warfare. Makin Island, flagship of Amphibious Squadron (CPR) SEVEN, along with 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), is currently underway conducting integrated training in the U.S. 3rd fleet to prepare for an upcoming deployment. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Seaman Apprentice Joshua Martinez)



Military Competition!

Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Devin Crawford, 108th Training Command (right), and Air Force Reserve Maj. James Fink, 94th Aerial Port Squadron move through a swim obstacle during CIOR 2022 in Athens, Greece on August 2, 2022. The Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers Military Competition is an annual reserve military competition with NATO member states and other participating nations with 34 countries in total, representing 1.3 million reservists. The MILCOMP, which has been held since 1957, is a military pentathlon testing service members in pistol and rifle marksmanship, land and water obstacles and orienteering. (U.S. Army Reserve photo by Staff Sgt. David Graves)


Mushroom in the Sky!!

Paratroopers compete during during Leapfest 2022 at Exeter, Rhode Island, August 6, 2022. Leapfest is the largest, longest standing, international static line parachute training event and competition hosted by the 56th Troop Command, Rhode Island Army National Guard to promote high level technical training and esprit de corps within the International Airborne community. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Jonathan Santana)


Super Squad Marines! Ooh Rah!

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, the 19th sergeant major of the Marine Corps, meets with Marine participants of the Super Squad competition prior to the evening parade at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C., Aug. 12, 2022. The Super Squad is composed of infantry Marines who won the Super Squad competitions that took place across the Marine Corps, and tested the marksmanship and tactical proficiency during a series of drills to include live-fire evaluation during day and night attacks, employment of weapon systems, ambushes and defense, land navigation and patrolling. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Ellen Schaaf)



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To: luvie

Howdy, luvie.

Still enjoying decent temps down there today? Shadow looked content.

Cloudy and fairly cool here until the sun came out late this afternoon. Still not too hot but the humidity was more noticeable then.


21 posted on 08/17/2022 8:24:53 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

YAY for some rain but BOO on that wind. I haven’t been able to see what’s going on up there lately because they can’t seem to get that dratted cam to work. GRRRRR! I miss the views and the planes.

What a mess in the creek behind your house! You weren’t kidding about it. Were you able to get in touch with anyone at the watershed management office?


22 posted on 08/17/2022 8:28:22 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; radu; Vendome; artichokegrower
Early bedtime for sure tonight. Another short night last night. Just after 4a a plane flew over the house that was VERY loud and seemed VERY VERY low. I don’t think any passenger planes fly at that time, but maybe cargo. I kept listening for trouble.

SF Bay Area here. Yesterday about 2:47 PM Pacific Time I heard (but did not see) an INCREDIBLY loud plane go by, westbound. I expected to see some sort of military aircraft, but it was gone.

23 posted on 08/17/2022 8:37:24 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: MoochPooch

Good evening, Mooch...hints that it is coming are starting to be seen. A few leaves can be seen changing color, but no snow on the mountains that I’ve seen yet. I’m not ready.

Have you finally gotten the heat wave to move along?

I complained about no rain for so long, and now it just keeps coming a little at a time.


24 posted on 08/17/2022 8:37:38 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Early bedtime sounds like it’s needed, especially after the rude awakening last night. I gather it was a large plane since you think it might have been cargo. It’s my understanding that none of the large planes are supposed to fly low over the city, day or night. They come in for landing and they take off over the water. Even the smaller private jets. That was a weird occurrence last night.


25 posted on 08/17/2022 8:39:48 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: thecodont

Planes that you don’t usually see or hear or whatever cause a bit of concern.

I live pretty close to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage...last 2 days I’ve been hearing jets over the city. Unusual except when practicing for air shows (which was a couple weeks ago).

I know the russians have been probing and I always wonder what might be going on.


26 posted on 08/17/2022 8:45:23 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: BykrBayb
BykrBayb!!

2nd!!


27 posted on 08/17/2022 8:49:12 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: thecodont; Kathy in Alaska

Hmmmmmm, Didn’t I just see something about a test being done in the Pacific? Two similar incidents, though at different times of day.

I didn’t think about Elmendorf. I wonder if it was one of their planes, though why it was low over town is the question. If it was one of theirs, it would have been westbound since it went over the house and apparently in a hurry. Over town rather than out over the water.

I hate not being able to see what’s going on up there! They need to get that cam working again!


28 posted on 08/17/2022 8:51:03 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: PROCON
Pro!!

3rd!!


29 posted on 08/17/2022 8:54:09 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: luvie

Daddy and baby meet for the first time...so sweet! Thanks, luvie.


30 posted on 08/17/2022 8:58:43 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: radu

I did, and they came today. I never saw them, and I don’t think they were in my yard. Water is already high again. Wonder what it will look like when the rain stops. Will it float stuff downstream, or just pile up more?


31 posted on 08/17/2022 9:05:30 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Did they just show up to look at the mess or did they clean out what was there? With the water up, more stuff will probably float down and you don’t need more piled up with what was there.


32 posted on 08/17/2022 9:17:45 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: radu

I rarely hear planes after 2am...I know Alaska Airlines leave late at night. Those are the red-eye flights I took when I still traveled. And sometimes the wind is a problem and they have to use the north-south runways. But I ever hear them in the middle of the night.


33 posted on 08/17/2022 9:21:15 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: radu

Hey there, radu!

It was really nice here and we got more rain tonight! Hubby said 1/4” but the wind was blowing pretty hard and I think it was more than that. That’s TWO DAYS IN A ROW! Unheard of!

Glad it’s still cooler there. Too bad the sun had to come out. I like the sun, but it does get tiresome when it’s all. the. time.


34 posted on 08/17/2022 9:28:30 PM PDT by luvie (🇺🇸The bravery/dedication of our troops keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American🇺🇸)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

It melted my heart. :)


35 posted on 08/17/2022 9:39:47 PM PDT by luvie (🇺🇸The bravery/dedication of our troops keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American🇺🇸)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Most of the flights at night seem to use the north-south runways from what I’ve seen. That keeps them from flying over the city at all. They’re all swinging around to land from the north tonight.
Except for one. I do see a Ravn Alaska jet that came up from the south flying over Taku Lake Park to land on the east-west runway now but that didn’t come close to your house.

I guess we’ll never know what the heck flew over last night. That was odd, especially at the time it happened.

Not nearly as much fun to watch what’s coming in on FlightRadar. At least there isn’t a DreamLifter heading in. It would make me mad to miss seeing one on the live cam. Loves me some DreamLifters. LOL


36 posted on 08/17/2022 10:21:46 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: radu
I don't know where they went, but they were here at least an hour according to their vehicles. I never saw them. I even walked over the bridge to the school side of the creek. Assessing maybe? I had no idea how MUCH STUFF there was...

This is the only mess I can see from the deck.

Here I'm standing on the bridge that goes from my cul-de-sac over the creek to the school yard. My jungle to the left, city propery to the right, with a dam forming in the middle.


37 posted on 08/17/2022 10:25:53 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: luvie; Kathy in Alaska

WOOHOO! More rain! Glad to hear it!
Sounds like you and Kathy are both having wet, windy weather.

It felt pretty good when I left this afternoon to check out the Camp Forrest exhibit in Tullahoma. But by the time I came home, the clouds were breaking up and the sun was heating things up. At least it stayed in the 80s.


38 posted on 08/17/2022 10:26:51 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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To: luvie
WOOHOO....rain for luvie!!


39 posted on 08/17/2022 10:28:50 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: radu

Whew! Glad you got back before the humidity really cranked up. How was the exhibit? Did they have lots of cool stuff?

It was wonderful! We might have some more before the week is over. And every day is in the 80s till sometime next week. I’m happy. And relieved to have summer sliding away.


40 posted on 08/17/2022 10:37:24 PM PDT by luvie (🇺🇸The bravery/dedication of our troops keeping us safe & free make me proud to be an American🇺🇸)
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