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Regem venturum Dominum, venite, adoremus. Come, let us adore the King our Lord, who is to come. De Isaia Propheta. From the Prophet Isaias. Cap. v. Ch. v. Cantabo dilecto meo canticum patruelis mei vineæ suæ. Vinea facta est dilecto meo in cornu filio olei. Et sepivit eam, et lapides elegit ex illa, et plantavit eam electam; et aedificavit turrim in medio ejus, et torcular exstruxit in ea; et exspectavit ut faceret uvas, et fecit labruscas. Nunc ergo, habitatores Jerusalem et viri Juda, judicate inter me et vineam meam. Quid est quod debui ultra facere vineæ meæ, et non...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ MUSKET FIRE Army soldiers fire their muskets during Twilight Tattoo at Whipple Field on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., July 25, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Regiment known as "The Old Guard." U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. MEDICAL EVACUATION A UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter lands as U.S. Army paratroopers secure the area...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ MUSKET FIRE Army soldiers fire their muskets during Twilight Tattoo at Whipple Field on Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Arlington, Va., July 25, 2012. The soldiers are assigned to the 3rd Infantry Regiment known as "The Old Guard." U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. MEDICAL EVACUATION A UH-60 Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopter lands as U.S. Army paratroopers secure the area...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ PACIFIC REPLENISHMENT A wave strikes the side of the USNS Henry J. Kaiser during a replenishment-at-sea mission with the USS Nimitz under way in the Pacific Ocean, July 7, 2012. The USS Nimitz is under way participating in Rim of the Pacific 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Winn Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. RAPTORS REFUELED A pair of F-22 Raptors pull away and...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ CRATER REPAIR U.S. Army Pfc. Thomas Duquette pours a liquid substance into what used to be a crater on Route 1, near Forward Operating Base Arian, Ghazni province, Afghanistan, June 27, 2012. Duquette is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division's Company A, 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Andrew Claire Baker Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. FIREFIGHT SHIELD A U.S. Army paratrooper takes cover...

Mitt Romney will hit the campaign trail back in Northwest Ohio on Thursday--this time to rally at Defiance High School's football stadium. The event doors open at 5:15pm on Thursday and Governor Romney is expected to take the stage around 7:50pm. Mayor Bob Armstrong's office has confirmed 14,000 tickets to the event are available at the Defiance GOP Headquarters at 106 Clinton Street from 9am to 7pm . Country music singers John Rich and Randy Owen will also be in attendance.

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ HOME AT LAST Marine Corps Maj. James Poppy embraces his daughter, Lauren, during an Independence Day homecoming celebration on Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., July 4, 2012. Poppy is the detachment officer-in-charge of Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 252. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Glen Santy Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. LOADMASTER ORDER Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chris Linquest uploads retardant into a C-130 Hercules...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ EN ROUTE The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, the Blue Angels, fly in the Delta formation over Sugarloaf, S.C., June 20, 2012. The Blue Angels were en route to Latrobe, Pa., to perform at the Westmoreland County Air Show. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Rachel McMarr Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. WATER OBSTACLE U.S. Air Force Maj. Christopher Wright navigates through a water obstacle during...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ SANDBAG STRATEGY U.S. paratroopers fortify a guard tower with sandbags on Joint Security Station Hasan in the Gilan district in southern Afghanistan's Ghazni province, June 13, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. OCEAN EXERCISE U.S. sailors exercise in the hangar bay aboard the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush in the Atlantic Ocean, June 18, 2012. The George H.W. Bush...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ AMERICA'S EAGLE The Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, America's Tall Ship, passes the Domino Sugar plant as it departs the Baltimore Harbor, June 17, 2012, to continue its participation in OpSail 2012. The Eagle is an 1,800-ton steel hull, three-masted sailing ship with more than 21,000 square-feet of sail and more than five miles of rigging. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew S. Masaschi Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ EXHAUST INSPECTION U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Greg Penrod performs an exhaust inspection on an F-16 Fighting Falcon during Red Flag-Alaska 12-2 on Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, June 14, 2012. Penrod, a crew chief, is assigned to the 20th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. CACHE DISCOVERED U.S. Army paratroopers...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 102-YEAR-OLD VETERAN Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno shakes hands with Ret. Army Col. Bea Cohen, 102, California's oldest living woman veteran, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, June 12, 2012. Odierno was in Los Angeles participating in events to promote the Army's 237th birthday. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. MOUNTAIN FLIGHT A formation of C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 70th ANNIVERSARY A Navy and Marine Corps color guard displays the colors on the USS Arizona Memorial as participants sing the national anthem during a wreath-laying ceremony to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Midway in Honolulu, June 4, 2012. World War II veterans, civilian guests and service members assigned to military bases on Hawaii gathered at the memorial for the event. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Holzworth Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ D-DAY VETERANS U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. Jacobs, commanding general of the U.S. Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command, shakes hands with John Perozzi, a World War II and D-Day veteran who served with the 82nd Airborne Division, after a ceremony honoring him and other WWII veterans in Sainte-Mere-Eglise, France, June 3, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sharilyn Wells Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before....

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~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ RANGER FACE A soldier transforms 7-year-old Kayiah into a camouflaged Army Ranger at the 6th Ranger Training Battalion’s annual open house on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 12, 2012. The event enabled the public to learn how Rangers train and operate, showing dive equipment, weapons, a reptile zoo and zodiac boats. U.S. Air Force photo by Samuel King Jr. Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. HELICOPTER HOIST An...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ BACKPACK PLUS A U.S. paratrooper patrols as the sun rises in a village in Ghazni province, Afghanistan, May 4, 2012. The soldier is assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. HAND IN HAND U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Carl Coles hands out magazines while greeting children and other members of the community...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ MANATEE RESCUE U.S. Army Capt. Miriam Lovell, the officer-in-charge of the Veterinary Treatment Facility at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Travis Rader prepare an orphaned 3-day-old manatee for transport by aircraft to Puerto Rico, May 3, 2012. The calf was taken to the Manatee Conservation Center located at Interamerican University in Bayam, Puerto Rico, where it will stay for two years before being returned to Cuban waters and tracked. U.S. Navy photo by Terence R. Peck Canteen Mission Statement Showing support...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ USS LEXINGTON VET Harry Frey, a World War II veteran, discusses his time serving aboard the USS Lexington with sailors assigned to the USS Halsey in Brisbane, Australia, May 5, 2012. Frey survived a bombing aboard the Lexington during the Battle of Coral Sea. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Farrington Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. HELPING HAND Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Angelo Anderson...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ BALL BUMP Marine Corps Sgt. Stephen K. Lunt bumps the ball to a teammate as the all-Marine team plays the United Kingdom team in a sitting volleyball match during the 2012 Warrior Games at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 2, 2012. The undefeated Marines won the match in two games, continuing their 3-0 winning streak. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Chelsea Flowers Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the...