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FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. FReeper Canteen Come on in, we're open Need a place just to hang out? This is it. We serve coffee, tea,or maybe you'd like a pumpkin spice latte?Or maybe you'd prefer a nice, rich hot chocolate?Topped off with great conversation and music. No worries in the FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe. Grab a glass and start a conversation. You never know who you might meet in the Cafe. Glad you...

The holiday brings, out many of the worst excesses of identity politics.Bless my Italian-American mother's memory—her maiden name was Guida, and her parents were immigrants from southern Italy who never learned to speak English. But I won't be observing Columbus Day this Monday. Indeed, I stopped caring about it years ago. Traditionally a celebration of Italian-American pride and the Genoese explorer who "discovered" the New World, for decades the day has come to embody many of the worst excesses of identity politics, both among its champions and its detractors. Whatever political and cultural purposes it might have once served,...

The State Attorney's Office filed an indictment Thursday with the Jerusalem District Court against Muhammad Shalabi, 22, of Beit Hanina. He is accused of planning terrorist attacks against security forces and Jewish civilians using explosive devices and deadly poisons. According to the indictment, filed by attorney Amichai Marks of the Jerusalem District Attorney's Office, Shalabi is a third-year pharmacy student who also worked as a pharmacist's assistant. Prosecutors allege that he underwent a process of ideological radicalization, partly following the events of October 7 and the Swords of Iron War, and systematically consumed content associated with Hamas and ISIS. According...

The Atlantic's hurricane drought is over, and it is now the longest on record. Isaias reached hurricane strength over the Gulf Wednesday night, according to the National Hurricane Center. That is later than the first hurricane of any season on record, surpassing the 7 p.m. Oct. 7 mark set in 1905. Isaias is the ninth named storm of 2026. The first eight were all tropical storms, three of them hit the Gulf Coast, and none reached hurricane strength. In mid-September, Tropical Storm Fay came closest to hurricane status, peaking at 70 mph, 4 mph short of the Category 1 threshold....

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ We Sing Too! Members of the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Band and Chorus perform to an audience of patients and medical professionals at the Aleris Rehab Station in Stockholm, Sweden. The Stronger Together Outreach Tour is an annual initiative preceding the DEFENDER-Europe 24 exercise, demonstrating U.S. Army Europe & Africa’s commitment to the NATO Alliance and our global Partners. As part of this effort, the USAREUR-AF Band serves as a bridge to increase cultural ties and enrich the alliance between the U.S. and Sweden through music. (U.S....

~ Freeper Canteen ~--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. Today We Want You To Take The.....Just Mammals Quiz Click HERE to take the quiz! Have fun! Please remember that The Canteen here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Carlisle Barracks, PennsylvaniaCarlisle Barracks is a United States Army facility located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The site of the U.S. Army War College, it is the nation's second-oldest active military base. The first structures were built in 1757, during the French and Indian War between Great Britain and France in the colonies.Carlisle, established in 1751 at the intersection of Indian trails along the Letort Creek, became a jumping-off point for traders and settlers heading west over the Allegheny Mountains. In 1757, the British established a military post at Carlisle under Col. John Stanwix during...

Two terrorist attacks were attempted on Monday within hours of each other in Judea and Samaria. IDF forces operating near Bani Naim in the Hebron Hills saw a vehicle with three terrorists moving suspiciously. The vehicle then accelerated toward the forces' vehicle and struck it. In response, the soldiers fired toward the vehicle, and hits were identified. No IDF soldiers were hurt. According to reports from the scene, one of the suspects was killed, another was severely wounded, and the third was arrested. A few hours later, two terrorists, at least one armed with a knife, entered the grazing areas...

The White House is monitoring a plague outbreak in Russia after a lab technician died and hundreds of people she came into contact with were placed in quarantine. An official with the Trump administration told Axios on Sunday that the administration is 'aware, monitoring the outbreak, and assessing options.' Darya Shipilova, 28, was reportedly working at the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Institute in Siberia when she was exposed to pneumonic plague

Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~COL Kern W. Dunagan Info from here. Kern W. Dunagan (February 20, 1934 - December 27, 1991) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War.Dunagan joined the Army from Los Angeles, California, and by May 13, 1969 was...

New details from the interrogation of Hamam al-Hammami, the Flydubai co-pilot who attempted to hijack a flight from Dubai to Israel, indicate that the terrorist intended to crash the plane into Israel's Ben Gurion Airport, causing mass casualties, Israeli officials said on Sunday. According to the officials, for this reason, al-Hamami only began his hijacking attempt over Jordan. The plan was to continue flying toward Israel to make it appear as a routine flight to Ben Gurion. .....

WORD POWER!! During the invasion of Salerno, Allied forces employed propaganda on a scale they had never tried before. Artillery was used to fire shells, each containing thousands of leaflets, encouraging the Germans to surrender and promising them humane treatment if they did. The shells would open about 300 feet in the air and rain down the leaflets on German troops. One British Major made no secret of his anger at having to fire leaflets at the enemy instead of high explosives. In a short while, however, he changed his mind. For days his men had been slugging it...

***** Tunes For Our Troops ~ The Freeper Canteen Music Dedication Presents: The Cool Cats ~ *****~ Support The Artists You Hear Throughout The Canteen ! ~ ***** Warning: Not all music may be appropriate for children! Please click with caution. Thank you! Tunes For Our Troops This music is provided for the entertainment of our Troops, Veterans, Allies & their families! Enjoy the variety of musical selections that the Canteen DJs provide throughout the thread. Please ping any DJ with your requests for the Troops! All music is removed on Monday.Thanks to all the DJs for their time...

~Favorite Remember Songs~Alan Jackson - Remember When https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTA2buWlNyM&list=RDTTA2buWlNyM&start_radio=1 *Video*

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Don't Get Too Close! PHILIPPINE SEA – Master Chief Fire Control Technician Frank Cook, chief of the boat of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Jefferson City (SSN 759), opens a torpedo tube during a family day cruise aboard the ship. The cruise provided guests with a unique opportunity to observe routine operations of a Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine. Jefferson City is capable of supporting various missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-ship warfare, strike warfare and intelligence, surveillance reconnaissance. Jefferson City is one of multiple submarines assigned to Commander,...

Ken Paxton, one of the party’s top Senate candidates and a Trump loyalist, said that “everybody’s numbers dropped” after the event, according to audio obtained by The Times. Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in Texas, told a group of conservative donors and lobbyists last week that President Trump’s midterm convention in Dallas had hurt Mr. Paxton politically, according to an audio recording obtained by The New York Times. The recording, which is muffled at times, captures Mr. Paxton being asked, “Do you feel like he’s a little bit of a drag?” It is not clear from the audio...

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, drew backlash from a former colleague for leaving James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, off her list of endorsements Monday. Talarico, who beat Crockett in the party’s Senate primary earlier this year, was not among 14 candidates supported by Crockett’s Feuling Individual Rights Everywhere (FIRE) PAC. To former Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., who served three terms in Congress, the list is clear evidence Crockett is putting personal reservations over the party’s success in the Lone Star State. “F— her. That’s all I can say. And that statement has nothing to do with...

~ Freeper Canteen ~--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. Today We Want You To Take The.....How Much Do You Know About Fall Quiz Click HERE to take the quiz! Have fun! Please remember that The Canteen here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.

A New York City fundraiser for Democrat U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico is bringing together a host committee featuring several donors, fundraisers, and political allies tied to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. Talarico is scheduled to attend the September 28 fundraiser alongside former U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio, with actor Robert De Niro headlining the event. Tickets range from $500 to $27,000. The invitation lists a lengthy host committee that includes Alexis Bittar, Shameek Bose, Shaifali Puri, Shruti Rya Ganguly, Charles Alaimo, Adriana Trigiani, and Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson. Several of those hosts have previously raised...

New undercover footage shows a minister at Democrat U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico’s longtime church describing evangelical churches as “almost cult-like” and claiming white men in Texas are afraid of black and Hispanic Americans gaining political power. Rev. Babs Miller, Minister to the Parish at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Austin, also said some evangelicals treat the Bible as a “magic book” and are “slightly or maybe greatly misguided.” In the footage obtained by Texas Scorecard, Miller was asked, “What is wrong with evangelicals?” Miller responded that some people “pick words over people,” pointing to how evangelicals interpret the Bible....