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  • FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Thursday, 14 May 2026

    05/13/2026 6:00:11 PM PDT · by beachn4fun · 37 replies
    May 13, 2026 | For the best troops and veterans in the whole world! | Kathy In Alaska
    ~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Welcome Aboard! Future service members participate in a swearing in ceremony held during the 2023 Wings Over Wayne air show at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, May 21, 2023. The Wings over Wayne Air Show and Science and Technology Expo is a biennial event and has grown to be the largest free air show in North Carolina. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Leighton Lucero) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring...
  • THE FREEPER CANTEEN - The Sandwich Quiz - Wednesday, May 13, 2026

    05/12/2026 6:00:10 PM PDT · by luvie · 68 replies
    For the best troops & vets in the world...& their families, too! | luvie and the Canteen Picnicers
    ~ Freeper Canteen ~Canteen Mission StatementShowing 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.....Sandwich Quiz Click HERE and take the quiz!Have fun!Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly!
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: US Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City, North Carolina ~ 12 MAY 2026

    05/11/2026 6:01:09 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: USCG Base Elizabeth City, North CarolinaCoast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City is a United States Coast Guard Air Station co-located at Elizabeth City Regional Airport in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, along the Pasquotank River near the opening of the Albemarle Sound. The base has a garrison of approximately 855 officers and enlisted. The Coast Guard air station is also one of the busiest in the U.S. Coast Guard, operating missions as far away as Greenland, the Azores and the Caribbean.Coast Guard Air Station (CGAS) Elizabeth City is one of several commands located on...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: John P Baca ~ 11 May 2026

    05/10/2026 6:04:52 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 55 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 ~John P. Baca John Philip Baca (born January 10, 1949) is a former United States Army soldier and a Vietnam War veteran. He was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest decoration of the United States Armed Forces, for his actions in combat.Baca was born on January 10, 1949, in Providence, Rhode Island. He was raised in San...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Mother's Day 2026! ~ 10 May 2026

    05/09/2026 6:03:52 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 49 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
    ~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Happy Mother's Day 2026!! ~ Proverbs 31:10-31 10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.12 She will do him good and no evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. 14 She is like the merchants'; ship; she bringeth her food from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops: Happy Mother's Day Music ~ 10 May 2026

    05/08/2026 6:00:50 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 105 replies
    Our Troops Rock !! | The Canteen Crew and FRiend
    ***** Tunes For Our Troops The Freeper Canteen Music Dedication Presents: ~ Happy Mother’s Day Music ~ *****~ 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...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Just Hangin' Cafe ~ 8 May 2026

    05/07/2026 6:00:03 PM PDT · by beachn4fun · 45 replies
    May 7, 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. 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. Birthday wishes for all MAY babies.No worries in the FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe. Grab a cup or a glass, and start a conversation. You never...
  • FReeper Canteen - Remembering Our Troops!! - May 7, 2026

    05/06/2026 6:00:06 PM PDT · by luvie · 32 replies
    For the best troops and veterans in the whole world! | Kathy In Alaska
    ~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Bringing Cheer To Orphans! U.S. Army soldiers assigned to Team 3215, A Co., 432d Civil Affairs Battalion, attached to Task Force 82, and soldiers assigned to the 57th Detachment, Slovak Armed Forces Civil Military Cooperation, celebrated the holiday season with Slovak orphans at the Centrum pre deti a rodiny-Necpaly (Center for Children and Families-Necpaly) in Lešt’, Slovakia. Gifts were brought to the Center to communicate the importance of celebrating the holiday season with the community and demonstrates the strong partnership among friends and allies. (U.S. Army Photo courtesy...
  • THE FREEPER CANTEEN - The History Quiz About The 60s - Wednesday, May 6, 2026

    05/05/2026 6:00:03 PM PDT · by luvie · 123 replies
    For the best troops & vets in the world....& their families, too! | luvie and the Canteen Hippies
    ~ Freeper Canteen ~Canteen Mission StatementShowing 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.....History Quiz About The 60s Click HERE and take the quiz! Have fun! Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly!
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina ~ 05 MAY 2026

    05/04/2026 6:00:25 PM PDT · by laurenmarlowe · 36 replies
    Serving The Best Troops, Families, And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew
    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North CarolinaThe 4th Fighter Wing is the host unit at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base and accomplishes its training and operational missions with F-15E Strike Eagles. Two of the wing’s four fighter squadrons are operational units, capable of deploying worldwide on short notice and immediately generating combat power. The other two squadrons are responsible for training all F-15E aircrews for the Air Force. The 916th Air Refueling Wing, a tenant unit at Seymour, is an Air Force Reserve Command Wing under the Air Mobility Command. It is assigned...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: MAJ George E Wahlen ~ 04 May 2026

    05/03/2026 6:00:39 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 46 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 ~MAJ George E. WahlenAll info and photos from this website. George E. Wahlen (August 8, 1924 - June 5, 2009) was a retired United States Army Major who previously served with the United States Navy and was awarded the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ ON A GOOD DAY ~ 03 May 2026

    05/02/2026 6:00:45 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 40 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
    ON A GOOD DAY Our worth is tested every day. We are given the choice of being nice to people or uncharitable. We are given the choice of doing our work as well as we can or of goofing off. Some days it seems the tests are harder than on others, but every day brings with it some kind of test. Even the really good days! To have everything go wonderfully for us, to feel like a million dollars, to have one of those days when nothing and nobody can upset us, they are days when we might think...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ It's Kentucky Derby Time...the 152nd Running ~ 02 May 2026

    05/01/2026 6:10:08 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 96 replies
    Our Troops Rock !! | The Canteen Crew and FRiend
    The Freeper Canteen Presents....~ It’s Kentucky Derby Time!! The 152nd Running! ~ Barbershop Quartet ~ Star Spangled BannerCall To The Post KENTUCKY DERBY TROPHY Since the 50th running of the Kentucky Derby in 1924, Churchill Downs has annually presented a gold trophy to the winning owner of the famed "Run for the Roses." History is unclear if a trophy was presented in 1875 to the winner of the first Kentucky Derby, and trophy presentations were sporadically made in following years. Finally, in 1924, legendary Churchill Downs President Matt Winn commissioned that a standard design be developed for the "Golden...
  • Songs from Movies,tell us your Favorites.Freeper Canteen May 1 26

    04/30/2026 6:13:19 PM PDT · by fatima · 295 replies
    ~Favorite Songs that are in Movies ~ Day O (Banana Boat Song)*Video*
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Thursday, 30 April 2026

    04/29/2026 6:00:19 PM PDT · by beachn4fun · 35 replies
    April 29, 2026 | For the best troops and veterans in the whole world! | Kathy In Alaska
    ~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Ooh Rah! Looking The Part! U.S. Marine Corps recruit Angel Onofre Jr. with Fox Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion receives his weekly haircut at Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego. Recruits receive haircuts weekly during their time at MCRD San Diego in order to maintain a uniform appearance and promote good hygiene throughout recruit training. Onofre is a naive of Lake County, Illinois. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Yvonna Guyette) (This image was captured in color and changed to black and white.) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support...
  • FREEPER CANTEEN - The American Culture Quiz: Country Classics/Patriotic Practices - Wednesday, April 29, 2026

    04/28/2026 6:00:03 PM PDT · by luvie · 57 replies
    For the best troops & vets in the world...& their families, too | luvie and the Canteen Classic Patriots
    ~ 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..... American Culture Quiz: Country Classics/Patriotic Practices Click HERE & scroll down to take the quiz! Have fun!Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Port, North Carolina ~ 28 APR 2026

    04/27/2026 5:59:46 PM PDT · by laurenmarlowe · 32 replies
    Serving The Best Troops, Families, And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew
    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Port, North CarolinaMilitary Ocean Terminal Sunny Point (MOTSU) is one of the largest military terminals in the world. It serves as a transfer point between rail, trucks, and ships for the import and export of weapons, ammunition, explosives and military equipment for the United States Army and is operated by the 596th Transportation Brigade.The terminal lies between the small town of Boiling Spring Lakes, North Carolina, and the Cape Fear River a few miles upstream of Fort Johnston (North Carolina) and the small city of Southport, North Carolina. Built...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: James Elliott Williams ~ 27 April 2026

    04/26/2026 6:01:19 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 38 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 ~ James Elliott Williams Info from here. James Elliott Williams (November 13, 1930 - October 13, 1999) was a sailor of the United States Navy during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the most highly decorated enlisted man in the history of the United States Navy. Williams was born in Fort Mill, South Carolina and moved two months later with his parents to Darlington, South Carolina...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ YOU ARE SPECIAL ~ 26 April 2026

    04/25/2026 6:00:51 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 49 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
    YOU ARE SPECIAL "I don't know why I was even born," the young sailor confided! "I'm ugly. I'm not talented. I've never been what you would call smart. I don't really have any friends. And I can't seem to do anything right. I feel like I've spent my whole life letting people down. Sometimes I wonder if even God could love me!" That conversation took place more than a decade ago, but I still remember it as if it were yesterday. That one and a lot of others over the years with the same message: "I'm no good; I'm...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Tunes For Our Troops: The "Colors" of Music ~ 25 April 2026

    04/24/2026 6:00:20 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 116 replies
    Our Troops Rock !! | The Canteen Crew and FRiend
    ***** Tunes For Our Troops ~ The Freeper Canteen Music Dedication Presents: The "Colors" of Music *****~ 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 The 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...