USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Camp Run-A-Muck ~ WooHoo! ~ Friday, September 19, 2003

My "VOICES", "kitty-katz", Linda, and FRiends of the Canteen

[Kathy in Alaska]

1928 Mickey Mouse's screen debut (Steamboat Willie at Colony Theater NYC)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Lettuce prey: A praying mantis rests near a fallen rose petal somewhere in the circulation area of southern New Jersey's Courier-Post.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Kite checking: Digging in his heels, Brad Allen struggles to avoid an afternoon swim in Surf City, N.C.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Big stream: A firefighter trains his hose on one of 10 buildings burned by a wind-whipped, six-alarm fire in Oakland. The blaze started in an unfinished apartment building and quickly jumped to other structures.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Run-a-muck and momma cat can share"

Yhey just shared some chicken with me.
But I "draw the line " there.
NO ice cream (I am actually going to eat some soon)
Otherwise they will get spoiled. LOL
Dog food order still dog, goat then mice.
Have to get some outside cats for the mice.
The mice don't come inside anymore.
"My boss" pleased wih "my work."
Satellite behaving.
"BoB" misses Timmy.
*HUG*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Roughin' the storm

LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. -- Flood waters from Hurricane Isabel rendered one of Langley's main streets virtually impassable Sept. 18. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Ben Bloker)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Just in case I forgot, Meekie, thanks for my daily cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows. Nippy mornings these days.

[Kathy in Alaska]

"I did," says the second trucker. "But there was still $50 left over, so now I'm taking them to a movie."

ROTFLMAO!! Thanks, Mr S, for the penguins. I thought I knew what was coming. I didn't.

[MeekOneGOP]

My pleasure, Kathy ! As always.

I have enjoyed the cooler weather today too. High in the SEVENTIES today ! Yay !! :O)

[Kathy in Alaska]

From MoJo's profile page....

Hope you had a good day, Tex. Thanks to your son for his service to our country.

[Radix]

 

Brig. Gen. Howard Bromberg, right, outgoing commander of the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command, receives a handshake from the incoming commander, Brig. Gen. Richard McCabe, during a change of command ceremony Wednesday at Fort Bliss, Texas. Bromberg will assume duties as director of Enlisted Personnel Management at Personnel Command in Alexandria, Va.

 

You know that you are getting old when the Generals look like your neighbor's kids.

 

 

 

Brig. Gens. Howard Bromberg, right, and Richard L. McCabe, top left, review Fort Bliss troops during a change of command ceremony Wednesday at Fort Bliss. Col. Roger Mathews, lower left, led the review of the troops.

 

Army golf carts rule!

 

 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard B. Myers and Chief Commander of the Hungarian Army Gen. Zoltan Szenes walk past the honor guard Thursday in Budapest, Hungary. Gen. Myers arrived in Budapest to meet several Hungarian politicians.

 

 

 

 

Gen. Richard B. Myers and Gen. Zoltan Szenes talk Thursday in Budapest.

 

 

 

Air Force members leave the first of several KC-10s to arrive at Barksdale Air Force Base Wednesday afternoon in Bossier City, La. The aircraft are from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., seeking shelter from Hurricane Isabel.

 

 

 

A military vehicle passes by an oil pipeline explosion Thursday along the main line from Iraq to Turkey near Beiji, Iraq. The explosion occurred around dawn, and the cause has not been determined.

 

 

 

Soldiers with the 101st Airborne Division shoot a target Thursday during a training course near Mosul, Iraq.

 

 

 

New Iraqi army soldiers watch a soldier with the 101st Airborne Division shoot a target during a Thursday training course near Mosul.

 

 

 

A 101st Airborne Division officer directs an Iraqi soldier how to shoot a target Thursday during a training course near Mosul.

 

 

 

Soldiers with the 101st Airborne and an Iraqi soldier, center, check a target after shooting during a training course Thursday.

 

 

 

A soldier with the 101st Airborne prepares his weapon to fire during a training exercise Thursday.

 

 

 

Soldiers with the 101st quickly evacuate their vehicles during training Thursday.

 

 

Soldiers with the 101st Airborne run during a training course near Mosul on Thursday.

 

 

 

An Iraqi soldier shoots as a 101st Airborne soldier protects his ears during training Thursday.

 

 

 

A 101st soldier stands near equipment during training exercises near Mosul on Thursday.

 

 

 

South Dakota National Guard soldiers with the 740th Transportation Company carry a mock victim of an ambush during a live fire exercise Wednesday in the Kuwaiti desert. Troops assigned to convoys travelling into Iraq undergo intensive training to deal with the threats of attacks they could face on the road.

 

 

 

Members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit based in Okinawa, Japan, and their Philippine counterparts board a CH-53 transport helicopter Thursday prior to jumping into the waters off Manila Bay during the ongoing joint military exercise at Ternate. About 1,500 U.S. troops and an equal number of Filipino soldiers are taking part in a weeklong military exercise to test their skills in modern day warfare.

 

 

 

Marines from the 31st MEU practice “engaging” an enemy Thursday during their joint military exercise with their Philippine counterpart at the Philippine Marines Training Base camp in Ternate.

 

 

 

Marines and their Philippine counterparts practice “engaging” an enemy during a Thursday exercise at the Philippine Marines Training Base camp.

 

 

 

U.S. and Philippine Marines fall in line Wednesday during the Amphibious Ready Group Exercise 03. The joint military exercise is aimed to enhance combat readiness and interoperability of Philippine and U.S. Navy and Marine forces.

 

 

 

 

A projected image of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker oversees the National Guard Association convention at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi, Miss., on Wednesday. Schoomaker on Wednesday laid out a vision of the Army of the future that doesn’t include increasing its size but rather continues a reliance on the Army National Guard and Reserve forces to supplement active duty troops. Schoomaker also said that Guard and Reserve forces need to be trained before they’re activated, instead of the current model in which troops are activated and then go through several months of training before deployment.

 

 

 

A soldier communicates via radio Thursday near Patriot Advanced Capability-3, the latest generation of Patriot interceptor missiles, at a Korean military air base in Suwon, south of Seoul. The military said Tuesday it enhanced its air defense system in South Korea to better counter missile threats from North Korea.

 

Just another day at the office for our Troops!

[HiJinx]

Someobody said the other night that my grandniece has someone wrapped around her finger. Yeah, right!

[Kathy in Alaska]

MoJo sends..........

*HUGS* and she received mail.

[Severa]

Thanks for the update. The one tunnel I'm most worried about is the Chesapeake Bay Tunnel. Mid town is, if I'm correct, is the one I'd take to get to Portsmouth Naval Hospital, meaning my physical therapy appointments have been postponed a while. *L*

As for the pic of Langely, that's about an hour north of where I live. I do know someone in that area and their house escaped damage but there's no power. I fully expect to come home to a partially flooded house and no power. Hubby isn't due home for another week or so and that's IF they get everything done that's supposed to be done.

Thanks again for the updates and prayers, everyone. Just keep them coming cause the next few weeks don't look like they're going to be pretty. (For example, that fishing pier in VA beach they keep showing on the Weather channel that has a 14 ft chunk off it? That's less than 5 miles from my house)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Someobody said the other night that my grandniece has someone wrapped around her finger. Yeah, right!

That would be me! LOL! Wrapped around several fingers. I am off to take my 13 year old niece to dinner. Back in a couple hours.

[TexasCowboy]

"*HUGS* and she received mail."

Well, if I had known she was going to receive it today, I'd have sent an inflatable boat!

[Fawnn]

The "age of generals" caption is too close to the truth to be funny, but LOL!!! on the Army golf carts rule! How about this attempt?



Soldiers with the 101st Airborne and an Iraqi soldier, center, check a target dubbed the Size X-Small Coalition Condom after shooting during a training course Thursday.

[Fawnn]

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ;)

[Radix]

 

Singer Britney Spears is featured on the cover of the October 2003 issue of 'Rolling Stone' magazine in this undated publicity photograph. Spears is interviewed in the magazine about her celebrated kiss with singer Madonna at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards in September 2003,

 

 

 

An American soldier of the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division, Sgt. 1st Class Gilbert Nail of Clayton Oklahoma walks through thick vegetation while patroling near Tikrit, Iraq.

 

 

 

Two American soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division, observe a house and monitor movement while patroling a road leading into Tikrit, Iraq Saturday, Sept. 20, 2003

 

 

 

 

Two American soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 22nd infantry regiment, 4th Infantry division, conduct a security search for weapons in a bus on a road leading into Tikrit, Iraq, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2003.

[HiJinx]

Boy, dinner on Fridays and the Zoo on Tuesdays.

What a lucky niece you have!