USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ New Canteen Mission Statement ~ January 21 2003

68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub and FRiends of the Canteen

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Due to an ever changing world it is time to clarify and re-define the Canteen Mission Statement.
When the Canteen first opened on Oct 7 2001 it was in response to the tragic events of 9/11.
It also opened the first day of the war on terror.
At that time there was overwhelming support for the war effort and the military.
Now that we are on the verge of a new phase of the war on terror
there exists an enemy within that has surfaced again.
All one has to do is read or watch the news to see
the anti-American protests start again, just like in the 60's.
It is up to each one of us to counter this movement.
There are many FReepers who can and do attend the counter FReeps.


Join Operation Infinite FReep!

*Infinite FReep Bump List
Click Here to find more Operation Infinite FReeps

For those who cannot attend these FReeps there are many things we can do to support our military.

Henceforth the Canteen Mission Statement is:

Showing support AND boosting the morale
of our military and our allies military
AND the family members of the above.
AND Honoring those who have served before.

So if you see a thread, a post, have an idea etc
that aligns with the Canteen Mission please link it or post it on the daily thread.
If you are a participant in an Operation Infinite FReep please post your notices or reports here.

Know that daily active duty military and their family members come here.
Show them that WE do care and DO stand behind them and their efforts to protect our Freedom.

[sauropod]

Thx Tonk. WE need more FReepers out there next time.

Because there will be a next time. 'Pod

[larryjohnson]

Good mornin from Maine. Hello to all who Serve,Veterans,their families and FRiends.

[Soaring Feather]

Wow, Sam, this is a fabulous graphic!

[Soaring Feather]

I fully support and endorse the mission of the Canteen.

Good Morning

[Aeronaut]

Good morning BF.

[Soaring Feather]

Good Morning Larry, good to hear from you!

Are you cold up there?

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Todays transportation for you and the Girlz.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Will you take some time today to send some messages to the military?
You WILL get responses back today from them.
Invite them to visit the Canteen by copying and pasting this url in your message.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/search?m=any&o=time&s=USO%20Canteen

Help From The Homefront

Thousands of San Diego-based sailors and Marines are serving aboard U.S. warships deployed in the Persian Gulf and the Western Pacific. NBC 7/39 has contacted all of the deployed ships and most have responded,
saying they would love to hear from the folks back home.

Fill in the form below. We will forward your message of support to our fighting men and women aboard the USS Tarawa, USS Rushmore,
USS Higgins, USS Shiloh, USS Mobile Bay, USS Thatch, USS Milius, USS Valley Forge, USS Bunker Hill and USS Constellation.

CLICK HERE
TO POST YOUR MESSAGE

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

See You All Tonight after work!
God Bless and Protect our military and our allies military.

[ValerieUSA]

Good Morning Canteen

[HiJinx]

Gorgeous photo, Valerie!
Thanks for sharing it with us and our military lurkers.

[SAMWolf]

Current Military News
Kuwait Ambush Kills 1 American,
Wounds 1

KUWAIT CITY - At least one terrorist opened fire Tuesday on a vehicle carrying two American civilians near a U.S. military base in Kuwait, killing one and critically wounding the other, U.S. officials said.

Both victims were contractors working for the U.S. military in Kuwait. Their four-wheel drive Toyota was ambushed and riddled with bullets at a stoplight on Highway 85 near Camp Doha, a military installation serving as a base for 17,000 troops in the oil-rich Gulf nation.

"We condemn this terrorist incident, which has tragically cost the life of an innocent American citizen," U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait Richard Jones said in a statement.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The assailant or assailants, who fired from behind roadside bushes, were not identified.

The embassy statement said both men suffered multiple gunshot wounds. They were not immediately identified, though Interior Ministry official Brig. Mahmoud al-Dossari said the man who died was 51 and the wounded man is 47.

The wounded man was undergoing surgery Tuesday afternoon at Kuwait City's Al-Razi hospital. Hospital officials refused to provide details.

Al-Dossari also confirmed that the weapon used was a Kalashnikov.

Another Kuwaiti security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, agreed with the American assessment of the shooting as a terrorist act.

The attack took place Tuesday morning at a stoplight at the intersection of Highway 85 and Abu Dhabi Road north of Kuwait City, along the edge of a built-up neighborhood with a McDonald's and other businesses. The road leads to Camp Doha, about three miles away, and is lined with trees and bushes with open desert behind.

A Kuwaiti investigator said on condition of anonymity that an attacker fired a Kalashnikov assault rifle from behind the bushes. The gunman or gunmen fled.

The area was cordoned off with yellow crime tape. The bullet-riddled four-wheel-drive Toyota was loaded on to a flat bed truck and taken away.

Kuwaiti police and U.S. military police as well as black-clad Interior Ministry investigators wearing rubber gloves were all at the scene. The pavement was littered with broken glass.

"We have full confidence that the Kuwaiti authorities will pursue the investigation of this incident vigorously and professionally," Jones said in the statement.

Kuwait is critical to any U.S. invasion of Iraq because of its location at Iraq's southern border. Many Kuwaitis are grateful for the U.S.-led coalition that drove Iraqi invaders out of their country in the 1991 Gulf War. The pro-American feeling of most Kuwaitis makes them something of an anomaly in the Muslim world, where anti-U.S. sentiment and opposition to war in Iraq are running high.

Still, the support isn't universal and Americans have come under attack in Kuwait in recent months.

A U.S. Marine was killed and a second was wounded Oct. 8 when two Kuwaiti Muslim extremists opened fire on a group of Marines taking a break from training. The attackers were killed by other Marines. On Nov. 21, a Kuwaiti policeman shot and seriously injured two U.S. soldiers after stopping their car on a highway.

Kuwaiti Parliament Speaker Jassem al-Kharafi told reporters that Tuesday's shooting was "an act of an individual that doesn't represent the opinion of the Kuwaiti people."

He added: "There have been similar incidents in the past and there might be more in the future by saboteurs, intruders and ignorant people." Al-Kharafi said such shootings could take place anywhere and "we are not a country of angels."

Kuwait is the only country in the Gulf where large numbers of American ground troops are assembling and engaged in training for desert warfare.

Tens of thousands more U.S. and British troops are expected in Kuwait in the run-up to a possible war against Iraq — which President Bush says will be necessary unless Iraqi President Saddam Hussein rids his country of all weapons of mass destruction.

The United States announced Monday that it is sending a specially tailored force of about 37,000 soldiers, spearheaded by the Texas-based 4th Infantry Division — the largest ground force identified so far among the nearly 100,000 U.S. troops included in deployment.

In Cairo, Egypt, visiting Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al Faisal said Saudi Arabia hopes the attack wouldn't harm the close Kuwaiti-U.S. relationship.

"This is very unfortunate and we are sending our condolences to the American Administration and his (the victim's) family," Prince Saud said.

[Johnny Gage]

Todays transportation for you and the Girlz.

WOOOO HOOOO!
OK girlz, calm down, everyone will get a chance to drive, and use the lights/sirens! ROFL

In case we need more seating:

Station 51 is open as well!

Time Out: 08:43
KMG-365

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PS: I fully agree and stand by the Canteen's new Mission Statement.
To H3LL with the anti-war panty-waists

[headsonpikes]

BUMP the LINK in post #1.

Let a soldier far from home know that YOU care!

[tomkow6]

Canteen Mission Statement

Showing support AND boosting the morale of our military and our allies military
AND the family members of the above.
AND Honoring those who have served before.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

A PRAYER OF PROTECTION

The light of God surround you
The love of God enfold you
The power of God protect you
The presence of God watch over you
Wherever you are,God is,
And all is well.
Amen.

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Bless This House

Bless this house O Lord we pray;
Make it safe by night and day;
Bless these walls so firm and stout,
Keeping want and trouble out:
Bless the roof and chimneys tall,
Let thy peace lie over all;
Bless this door, that it may prove
ever open to joy and love.


Bless these windows shining bright,
Letting in God's heav'nly light;
Bless the hearth a'blazing there,
with smoke ascending like a prayer;
Bless the folk who dwell within,
keep them pure and free from sin;
Bless us all that we may be
Fit O Lord to dwell with thee;
Bless us all that one day we
May dwell O Lord with thee.

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(Click on praying hands above,
or on banner at the top to hear the music)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning Troops, families, veterans, Canadian, Israeli, Great Britain, Australian, New Zealand, ans Taiwanese allies (and everybody else). Thank you for taking such good care of the USA.

Today in Anchorage, Alaska:

Sunrise 9:44am
Sunset 4:38pm

Hi 30F
Lo 16F

Mostly sunny

Actual yesterday in Anchorage:

Hi 33F
Lo 29F

State Hi 46F Klawock
State Lo -18F Point Lay