USO Canteen FReeper Style....Gunnery Mates....Thank You....June 26,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

Tribute To HEROES

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The great intangible of America's wars beyond logistics, beyond strategy, beyond wonder weapons and Generals, is the spiritual force of its fighting men and women - and that is the force that the USO so serves.

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Thank you from all those that frequent the FReeper Canteen to Jim Robinson, Founder of FRee Republic and Navy Veteran.

[Snow Bunny]

[Snow Bunny]

On behalf of TF Rakkasan and myself let me thank you for your letter, your kind thoughts and most important you support. Your desire to send care packages to the soldiers of TF Rakkasan is wonderful in itself. We are lucky here because we have had the support of you great Americans every since we got here. As for the packages we will be deploying home soon after 7 months and I am afraid your packages would get lost in the system somewhere, but please know your letter and thoughts are more important to us than a package and for that we can't thank you enough!

Sincerely,
R. Herman
TASK FORCE RAKKASAN

SGM R A Herman
TF Rakkasan
HHC 3Bde
APO AE 09355

The receptionist at SAMWolf’s office has a Marine friend of hers that could use some morale building.
He's at Camp LeJeune right now waiting for a training deployment to a ship.
He's 29 has 2 daughters under age 3 and is missing his family.
SAMWolf told her he would pass the Marines’ name and address onto the Canteen.

His current snail mail address is:
Cpl Berger, Charles W.
II MEF MARFOR UNITAS
RECON DET
Bldg 10, Wing 3
PSC 20164
Camp LeJeune, NC 28542-0164
His email is:
charlesberger@hotmail.com

The USS George Washington carrier battle group left NAS Norfolk today for their 6 month .The USS George Washington has about 7,500 sailors and Marines with the carrier and its battle group left to head overseas and likely into combat. The Navy will not disclose the ships's destination.
Prayers for ALL our Troops

The USS McCampbell will be commissioned in August.
USS McCampbell (DDG 85)
FPO AP 96672-1275

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you all for your wonderful support of our troops and your gratitude for our Veterans.God Bless all of you and your families.

[SassyMom]

Good Morning, Bunny! WOO HOO, I think I might be the last post from yesterday antd the first post of today. Make a note of that folks, you probably won't ever see that again. LOL

[SassyMom]

Great opening!!!! Thank you to our navy and all of our troops.

[Snow Bunny]

ROTFL..you are so adorable. hahahahahhaa

I am going to go take a shower then sleep for awhile. hahhaaa

Luv ya Sassy girl.

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

Good morning Snow Bunny,
And thank you for all you do here at the FReeper USO Canteen.

[Snow Bunny]

Thank you, that means a lot Sassy.

[SpookBrat]

Good morning! I'm off to the vets office.

I'll read when I get back.

[southerngrit]

Good morning, ladies. It's rare that I get the privilege of being one of the first posters on a thread -- guess there's a reason my throbbing head woke me up so early. We've had more than our share of gunnery mates in the family and I can tell any of you lurking out there that these guys do an unbelievable job under really stressful situations. BTW - LOVED the anecdote by the sailor covered in blood and sweat. Betcha he's an ancestor!! Have a great day.

[sleavelessinseattle]

SB, You've gone HI Tech!!! Nice Lobby area...good bandwidth...I'll disregard the fact that you appear to have a MAC there...because I HATE WINDOWS!!!! TAKE ME WITH YOU!!! LOL....

[tomkow6]

Good morning, EVERYBODY!

HAPPY HUMP DAY!

Here's some pictures I found on the Navy website:

At sea aboard USS Anzio, Jun. 12, 2002 — Constable 1st Degree Thomas Pedersen of the Danish Navy corvette Niels Juel(F 354) fires the 25mm chain gun aboard the U.S. cruiser USS Anzio (CG 68). The U.S. and 11 other nations including Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the United Kingdom are participating in BALTOPS 2002. The emphasis of the annual exercise is regional understanding and cooperation among the participating forces. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Martin E. Maddock. [020612-N-0872M-502] Jun. 12, 2002

At sea aboard USS John S. McCain, June 4, 2002 — A gunner's mate aboard USS John S. McCain (DDG-56) loads a magazine into the ship's mounted .50 caliber bridge gun. John S. McCain is deployed to the Arabian Gulf in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Named for Adm. John S. McCain, one of the Navy's battle commanders of World War II, and Adm. John S. McCain, Jr., a submariner who was CINCPAC in the late 1960s, the destroyer is forward-deployed to Yokosuka, Japan. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class (SW) Arlo K. Abrahamson. [020604-N-5362A-007] June 4, 2002

[4TheFlag]

Good Morning beautiful Lady! GREAT thread, thank you!!!

AOL must be back up and running OK here, everything is working fine!

Whew, you had me worried last night with that V word talk!!!

Have a GREAT day FRiend!

[Bahbah]

Good morning, Snow Bunny and all. The Canteen is such an inspiring way to start the day. Thanks to our military for another day of freedom in this wonderful country. We never forget.

[4TheFlag]

That's way Kewl SM!!! Last and first, way to go!!!

Hope you both are well today:)and you both have a wonderful and SAFE day!

[4TheFlag]

Good Morning SB2, good luck at the vets office, and let me know, OK?????

[tomkow6]

Today's feeble attempt at humor:

A professor of chemistry wanted to teach his 5th grade class
a lesson about the evils of liquor, so he produced an
experiment that involved a glass of water, a glass of
whiskey, and two worms.

"Now, class, closely observe the worms," said the professor
while putting a worm into the water.

The worm in the water writhed about, happy as a worm in water
could be. He then put the second worm into the whiskey. It
curled up and writhed about painfully, then quickly sank to
the bottom, dead as a doornail.

"Now, what lesson can we learn from this experiment?" the
professor asked.

Johnny, who naturally sits in back, raised his hand and
wisely, responded confidently, "Drink whiskey and you won't
get worms."

[Joe Brower]

The "USS John S. McCain"? Boy, with a name like that, I hope the crew isn't stuck aboard a jinxed ship.

[4TheFlag]