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  • THE FREEPER CANTEEN - The Who Said It Quiz - October 14, 2026

    10/13/2026 6:00:04 PM PDT · by luvie · 59 replies
    For the best troops & vets in the world...& their famiies, too! | luvie and the Canteen Geniuses
    ~ 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.....Who Said It Quiz Click HERE to take the quiz!Scroll down to find ''Start" Have fun! Please remember that The Canteen here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Letterkenny Army Depot, Pennsylvania ~ 13 OCT 2026

    10/12/2026 6:02:18 PM PDT · by laurenmarlowe · 39 replies
    Serving The Best Troops, Families, And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew
    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Letterkenny Army Depot, PennsylvaniaLetterkenny Army Depot (originally Letterkenny Ordnance Depot), the Center of Industrial and Technical Excellence (CITE) for Air Defense and Tactical Missile Systems, was established in 1942. The Depot is under the command structure of the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM). The facilities at Letterkenny are used to conduct maintenance, modification, storage, and demilitarization operations on tactical missiles and ammunition. Located primarily in Letterkenny Township and extending into Greene Township and Hamilton Township, all in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, just northwest of the borough of Chambersburg, the Depot consists of...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Alton W. Knappenberger ~ October 12, 2026

    10/11/2026 6:00:04 PM PDT · by luvie · 27 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | Kathy In Alaska
    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 ~ Alton W. KnappenbergerInfo from here. Alton Knappenberger (Dec 31, 1923 - June 9, 2008) was working on a Pennsylvania pig farm when he was drafted in 1943 at the age of nineteen. He landed at Anzio, on the Italian coast, on January 22, 1944, as part of the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division, and although he did not...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ GETTING UNDERWAY ~ 11 October 2026

    10/10/2026 6:05:54 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 33 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans ! | The Canteen Crew
    GETTING UNDERWAY A young Ensign, who had just completed his first overseas deployment, was given the opportunity to "show his stuff" by getting his ship underway. As he yelled out commands with great confidence, sailors were running everywhere. In no time, the ship came out of the channel, headed for home. It was accomplished so well that he set a new record for getting a destroyer underway. He wasn't surprised when a seaman approached him with a message from his CO...he WAS surprised to find that it was a radio message. He was even more surprised as he read,...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops: Leaves ~ 10 October 2026

    10/09/2026 6:03:30 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 95 replies
    Our Troops Rock! | The Canteen Crew and FRiend
    ***** Tunes For Our Troops ~ Leaves! ~ *****~ 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 & effort providing entertainment for the Troops! *Canteen...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Just Hangin' Cafe ~ 9 October 2026

    10/08/2026 6:00:19 PM PDT · by beachn4fun · 74 replies
    October 8, 2026 | FR Canteen Military Support Group
    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...
  • FReeper Canteen - Remembering Our Troops!! - Thursday, October 8, 2026

    10/07/2026 6:00:07 PM PDT · by luvie · 38 replies
    For the best troops and veterans in the whole world! | Kathy In Alaska
    ~ 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....
  • THE FREEPER CANTEEN - The Just Mammals Quiz - Wednesday, October 7, 2026

    10/06/2026 6:00:03 PM PDT · by luvie · 86 replies
    For the best troops & vets in the world...& their families too! | luvie and the Canteen Animal Lovers
    ~ 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.
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania ~ 06 OCT 2026

    10/05/2026 6:00:12 PM PDT · by laurenmarlowe · 40 replies
    Serving The Best Troops, Families, And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew
    ~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...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: COL Kern W. Dunagan ~ 05 October 2026

    10/04/2026 6:08:23 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 36 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World ! | The Canteen Crew
    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...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ WORD POWER! ~ 04 October 2026

    10/03/2026 6:03:52 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 30 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World ! | The Canteen Crew
    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...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops: Cool Cats ~ 03 October 2026

    10/02/2026 6:07:05 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 87 replies
    Our Troops Rock! | The Canteen Crew and FRiend
    ***** 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 Song.tell us your Favortes.Freeper Canteen 10~2~26

    10/01/2026 4:12:34 PM PDT · by fatima · 124 replies
    ~Favorite Remember Songs~Alan Jackson - Remember When https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTA2buWlNyM&list=RDTTA2buWlNyM&start_radio=1 *Video*
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Thursday, 1 October 2026

    09/30/2026 6:00:03 PM PDT · by beachn4fun · 59 replies
    September 30, 2026 | For the best troops and veterans in the whole world! | Kathy In Alaska
    ~ 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,...
  • THE FREEPER CANTEEN - The How Much Do You Know About Fall Quiz - Wednesday, September 30, 2026

    09/29/2026 6:00:04 PM PDT · by luvie · 79 replies
    For the best troops & vets in the world...& their families, too! | luvie and the LeafPeepers
    ~ 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.
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma ~ 29 SEPT 2026

    09/28/2026 5:59:45 PM PDT · by laurenmarlowe · 40 replies
    Serving The Best Troops, Families, And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew
    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Tinker Air Force Base, OklahomaTinker Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base, with tenant U.S. Navy and other Department of Defense missions, located in Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, surrounded by Del City, Oklahoma City, and Midwest City. The base, originally known as the Midwest Air Depot, is named in honor of Oklahoma native Major General Clarence L. Tinker, the first Native American major general.Tinker is the headquarters of the Air Force Materiel Command's (AFMC) Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center (OC-ALC), which is the worldwide manager for a wide range of aircraft,...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: LCpl Christopher Blake Rodgers ~ 28 September 2026

    09/27/2026 6:01:24 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 37 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World ! | The Canteen Crew
    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 ~ LCpl. Christopher Blake Rodgers Info from here. Marine Lance Corporal Christopher Blake Rodgers May 4, 1990 ~ September 1, 2010 Lance Corporal Christopher Blake Rodgers, 20, United States Marine Corps, beloved son, brother, grandson, cousin, nephew and friend, was killed in action on September 1, 2010 in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan. He was 20 years old. Christopher, or Blake as he was known to...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ COPPERMAN ~ 27 September 2026

    09/26/2026 6:05:18 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 37 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World ! | The Canteen Crew
    COPPERMAN While walking through San Francisco's Union Square recently I ran into Copperman. He is a street entertainer, a young actor in copper paint from head to toe, who sits motionless as people walk by on the busy street. Many stop, awe-struck to see this statue-like man. You cannot even see him breathing. People leave contributions in his copper pot in appreciation for this fine "performance". Copperman sits for 25 minutes at a time and then takes a break. During the break he is quite animated and eagerly shares his story with his audience. He told us that it...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops: Airplanes ~ 26 September 2026

    09/25/2026 6:01:00 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 134 replies
    Our Troops Rock! | The Canteen Crew
    ***** Tunes For Our Troops ~ Airplanes ~ *****~ 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 & effort providing entertainment for the Troops! *Canteen...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Just Hangin' Cafe ~ 25 September 2026

    09/24/2026 6:00:39 PM PDT · by beachn4fun · 44 replies
    September 24, 2026 | FR Canteen Military Support Group
    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 Cafe Come on in, we're open Need a place just to hang out? This is it. It's casual FRiday here at the Canteen. Pull up a seat and relax. We serve coffee, tea, conversation and music. Our AWESOME military, our AWESOME allies, and their families are welcomed and honored here. No worries in the FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe. Grab a cup or a glass, and start a conversation....