FReeper Canteen ~ Saturday Night Jukebox: Holiday Music Editions ~ 11 DEC 2004

The Canteen DJs

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good Music Day afternoon, tom! Good Music Day afternoon, Patriotic Pattie!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Nope, no kangaroo will do. Gotta be a hippo.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good Saturday to you, DBR. I love the Chieftains and the dueling pipes.
Refresh is the ticket. Did ya learn some good stuff this week?

Hi Jimmy!!

Hi Stephen!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Glenn Miller ~ In The Christmas Mood

[blackie]

Good tune ~ Merry Christmas!

[Kathy in Alaska]

OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea -- A Navy F/A-18 Hornet gets ready to taxi here. Two Navy Hornet squadrons are visiting Osan for a joint training exercise with local F-16 Fighting Falcon and A-10 Thunderbolt II units. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Stacie Shafran)

Hornets swarm Osan

by 1st Lt. Stacie N. Shafran 51st Fighter Wing Public Affairs

12/9/2004 - OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea (AFPN) -- A nest of Hornets has invaded the sky here and local aircrews say they could not be more excited.

A joint training mission is under way. Sailors are flying F/A-18 Hornets and EA-6B Prowlers with the Airmen in A-10 Thunderbolt IIs from the 25th Fighter Squadron and F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 36th FS based here.

The exercise is the largest training event of its kind ever held at Osan, officials said.

The Hornet squadrons came to Osan from different locations. Fighter Attack Squadron 195 is from the USS Kitty Hawk, an aircraft carrier based out of Atsugi, Japan. Fighter Attack Squadron 97 is based at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, as is the participating Prowler unit, Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 142.

“This is the first time in (more than) 10 years that a Navy squadron has gone on a (deployment) and this is also the first time most of the people in our squadron have been in Korea,” said Navy Lt. Jim Legeman, a Hornet pilot.

While here, he said they plan on doing simulated strikes coordinated with the F-16s and the A-10s using the strengths of each.

Training like this also enhances teamwork between the services and helps to build a foundation for future situations, he said.

“In any large conflict, like what is happening in Iraq and Afghanistan, the theater is going to be filled with air assets from the Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force,” Lieutenant Legeman said. “It’s good for us to practice beforehand so we can work out any difficulties there may be prior to fighting a conflict together.”

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[Kathy in Alaska]

MeekMom~BIGLOOK~ms feather~Taz

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Saturday, Gummy!!

[BIGLOOK]

Thanks Kathy, am feeling better today; can't say the same for the chicken though.

[Radix]

"Waking up may not be all that it's cracked up to be, but it beats the alternative.) ;)"

That reminds me of myself whenever I play golf.

I may not play very well, but at least I am on the right side of the grass.

[HopeandGlory]

Did ya Keelhaul that poor chicken???

Squawk . . . glub glub . . . squawk!!!

[BIGLOOK]

Duly consigned it to the briny and tossed a wreath of aromatic herbs o'er its grave....HAR!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

From the men in the Military and the Canteen

[HopeandGlory]

LOL!!! . . . " I 'ope it were right tasty" . . . nice to meet you BigLook.

[TASMANIANRED]

Thanks for the picker upper. I did not have a good night this morning. Woke up with concrete in my sinuses and a mighty sore throat.

3 1/2 hrs sleep...12 hr shift yesterday, today and tomorrow...

No more whining. It's good to be alive.

[reaganaut]

Hi Boys! ;)

[reaganaut]

Sorry to hear you are sick. :( Wish I could get you some peppermint soap, clears out the sinuses in no time at all.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Brenda....Rockin!! Good one, lauren.

[JLO]

Thanks as always, Tonk!

[Kathy in Alaska]

HIya, t........glad you and the kids had fun with Santa at breakfast.