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  • FReeper Canteen - Remembering Our Troops!! - May 22, 2025

    05/21/2025 6:00:11 PM PDT · by luvie · 20 replies
    For the best troops and veterans in the world. | Kathy In Alaska
    ~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Mushrooms Falling From The Sky! U.S. Air Force tactical air control party (TACP) specialists assigned to Detachment 1, 3rd Air Support Operations Squadron descend over Malemute Drop Zone during airborne training at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. Air Force special warfare Airmen and Alaska Army National Guardsmen from the 207th Aviation Troop Command conducted the training to demonstrate airborne and mission-readiness skills in an arctic environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Alejandro Peña) Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members...
  • THE FREEPER CANTEEN - The Impossible Intelligence Trivia Quiz - Wednesday, May 21, 2025

    05/20/2025 6:00:15 PM PDT · by luvie · 105 replies
    For the best troops & vets in the world...& their families, 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..... Impossible Intelligence Trivia 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.
  • This US drone uses AI to pick its own targets

    05/20/2025 1:48:29 AM PDT · by RomanSoldier19 · 7 replies
    https://www.newsbytesapp.com ^ | May 09, 2025 | Akash Pandey
    US-based defense contractor AeroVironment has revealed a drone that can choose its own targets and cause a lot of damage upon hitting them. Called the Red Dragon, this "one-way attack" drone is intended to help the US maintain "air superiority." The Red Dragon can reach speeds of 160km/h and travel nearly 400km
  • Anduril gave everyone a behind-the-scenes look at Fury, its AI fighter built to fly with America's most fearsome aircraft

    05/20/2025 3:39:00 AM PDT · by RoosterRedux · 16 replies
    Palmer Luckey's Anduril just gave the world an inside glimpse of its new project for the US Air Force — an uncrewed fighter jet that teams up with piloted aircraft. The military startup was featured on Sunday in a CBS 60 Minutes segment, during which a few clips showed Anduril's Fury drone being assembled in a hangar or warehouse. It's not the first time the drone was shown to the public — the Air Force unveiled a test representative model on May 1. But the TV segment reveals a few more details about the drone's make. In one clip, two...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Troy Scott ~ 19 May 2025

    05/18/2025 5:52:44 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 43 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 ~ Troy Scott "We have the world's largest, baddest army," said Major Troy Scott of the Army National Guard, while explaining how easily stereotypes against other nations' militaries can often arise. "But when you're building a coalition, you have to get past those obstacles." MAJ Scott's deployment to eastern Afghanistan in 2008- his first and for which...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ IMPORTANT WORDS ~ 18 May 2025

    05/17/2025 5:33:21 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 45 replies
    Serving the Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
    IMPORTANT WORDS The SIX most important words: "I ADMIT I MADE A MISTAKE." The FIVE most important words: "YOU DID A GOOD JOB." The FOUR most important words: "WHAT IS YOUR OPINION?" The THREE most important words: "IF YOU PLEASE." The TWO most important words: "THANK YOU." The LEAST important word: "I"
  • FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops: Let's Eat! - May 17, 2025

    05/16/2025 6:00:08 PM PDT · by luvie · 113 replies
    For the best troops and veterans in the world! | Kathy In Alaska
    ***** Tunes For Our Troops The Freeper Canteen Music Dedication Presents:~ Let’s Eat! ~ *****~ 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...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops ~ 15 May 2025

    05/14/2025 5:55:14 PM PDT · by beachn4fun · 28 replies
    May 14, 2025 | KathyInAlaska
    ~ 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 Which 2025 Hall Of Fame Inductee Song Will You Sing Quiz - Wednesday, May 14, 2025

    05/13/2025 6:00:26 PM PDT · by luvie · 81 replies
    For the best troops & vets in the world...and their families, too! | luvie and the Canteen Choir
    ~ 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.....Which 2025 Hall Of Fame Inductee Song Will You Sing 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.
  • Army ditches helicopters for new radical air assault planes

    05/11/2025 3:59:20 PM PDT · by Libloather · 91 replies
    Fox News ^ | 5/11/25 | Rebecca Grant
    It’s a plane. It’s a helicopter. It’s both. Meet "FLRAA," the Army’s new tiltrotor for Future Long-Range Air Assault. This is how the Army will island hop in the Pacific to fend off China. And by the way, Chinese President Xi Jinping has nothing like it. With a stunning announcement, the Army did more than ax 40 generals and open the door to AI. The Army bet its future on this radical aircraft, whose engines swivel to take off and land like a helicopter, or fly high and fast like an airplane. This aircraft was on pace to enter the...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: CWO Frederick Ferguson ~ 12 May 2025

    05/11/2025 5:51:24 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 ~CWO Frederick Ferguson Info from here. Frederick Edgar Ferguson (born August 18, 1939) is a former United States Army warrant officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War. He was the first Army aviator to receive the Medal of Honor in Vietnam.Frederick E....
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Mother's Day 2025 ~ 11 May 2025

    05/10/2025 5:40:22 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 2025!! ~ 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...
  • The Encourage New Legalized Immigrants to Start Training (ENLIST) Act,

    05/09/2025 7:39:47 PM PDT · by Az Joe · 11 replies
    National Immigration Forum ^ | 2023 | Senator Tammy Duckworth
    The ENLIST ACT Supports Military Readiness Our nation has allowed non-citizens to serve in our Armed Forces since the Revolutionary War. The Encourage New Legalized Immigrants to Start Training (ENLIST) Act, H.R. 60, is a widely supported bipartisan bill that would grant lawful permanent resident status to undocumented immigrants who were brought to America as children and enlist in the U.S. Armed Forces.
  • FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops: Happy Mother's Day Music - May 10, 2025

    05/09/2025 6:00:07 PM PDT · by luvie · 99 replies
    For the best troops and veterans in the world! | Kathy In Alaska
    ***** 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...
  • VE Day: Magnificent Infantry of WW II

    05/08/2025 10:30:05 AM PDT · by Retain Mike · 25 replies
    self | May 8, 2025 | Self
    The Army deployed 65 infantry divisions for the Second World War. Each was a small town with its own equivalents for community services within eight categories of combat arms. Units such as artillery, engineering, and heavy weapons engaged the enemy directly. Yet of all categories, the foot soldier faced the greatest hazard with the least chance of reward.These civilians become warriors, confronted the most dismal fate of all, and their duty was uninterrupted by missions completed or a fixed deployment time. The infantryman was enveloped within a deranged, barbaric, and brittle existence against a resolute enemy where victory often required...
  • US Tanks Retake Border… as Migrants Flee to Mexico

    05/08/2025 1:26:50 PM PDT · by Morgana · 27 replies
    Cash Jordan youtube ^ | May 8, 2025 | Cash Jordan
    President trump is sending armored vehicles and active duty troops to build a 'border base' which will cover 100k miles of US territory... Hellish - Cushy Journalistic report. Includes news footage and commentary.
  • Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order

    05/08/2025 5:58:04 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 17 replies
    LeMonde ^ | May 8, 2024 | Le Monde with AP
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify under a new directive issued Thursday.SNIPOfficials have said that as of Dec. 9, 2024, there were 4,240 troops diagnosed with gender dysphoria in the active duty, National Guard and Reserve. But they acknowledge the number may be higher.There are about 2.1 million total troops serving.snipThe Supreme Court ruled that the administration could enforce the ban on transgender people in the military, while other legal challenges proceed. The court’s three liberal justices...
  • FReeper Canteen - Remembering Our Troops - Thursday, May 8, 2025

    05/07/2025 6:00:07 PM PDT · by luvie · 25 replies
    For the best troops and veterans in the world | Kathy In Alaska
    ~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ The Message: Don’t Mess With Me! U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Camron Wilson, a native of Silsbee, Texas, and motor vehicle operator with Ground Distribution Company, 1st Distribution Support Battalion, Combat Logistics Regiment 1, 1st Marine Logistics Group, carries an ammunition belt on his shoulders before participating in a static mounted machine gun range at Camp Pendleton, California, March 22, 2024. The range consisted of vehicle maneuvers and machine gun training, increasing the Marines’ proficiency when operating truck mounted heavy and medium machine guns. (U.S Marine Corps photo by...
  • THE FREEPER CANTEEN - The Sandwich Quiz - Wednesday, May 7, 2025

    05/06/2025 6:00:06 PM PDT · by luvie · 70 replies
    For the best troops & vets in the world...& their families, too! | luvie and the Canteen Snacksters
    ~ 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 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!
  • Supreme Court allows Trump to implement transgender military service ban for now

    05/06/2025 11:48:54 AM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 21 replies
    Yahoo News - ABC ^ | May 6, 2025 | DEVIN DWYER
    The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Trump administration can move forward with a ban on transgender military service members for now, lifting a lower court injunction against the policy after a judge ruled it was an "unsupported, dramatic and facially unfair exclusionary policy." The court did not explain its decision other than to say the order would expire if the justices ultimately take up the case on the merits and issue a ruling striking it down. Litigation continues in the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson indicated they would...