FReeper Canteen ~ Happy New Year and It's Friday ~ 02 Jan 09

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Happy New Year & It's Friday!! ~

PUPPY PLAY

U.S. Army Spc. David Cartwright plays with some puppies outside the Iraqi Police District Headquarters in Mahawil, Iraq, Dec. 21, 2008. Cartwright is assigned to the 1st Platoon, 230th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 18th Military Police Brigade. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Wendy Wyman

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.

THREE AMIGOS

U.S. Army Spc. Terrance Apatang, left, and Sgt. Shane Schroder, center, and U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Daniel Owen, enjoy a cup of chai during a break while conducting a patrol in Ghazaliya, Iraq, Dec. 20, 2008. Apatang and Schroder are assigned to Black Foot Troop, 4th Squadron, 5th Calvary Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division and Owen is assigned to Joint Combat Camera Iraq. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Owen

BOWL HANDSHAKE

Army Gen. David H. Petraeus shakes hands with football players from the U.S. Air Force Academy and the University of Houston before the coin toss at the sixth annual Bell Helicopter Armed Forces Bowl in Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 31, 2008. Petraeus performed the coin toss and was honored during the game's half-time event. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Class Jhi L. Scott

Loretta Lynn ~ Coal Miner's Daughter

Andrea Bocelli ~ Le Tue Parole

Patsy Cline ~ I Can't Forget

Kenny Rogers ~ Ticket To Nowhere

Harry Nilsson ~ Can't Live If Living Is Without You

ICE BRIDGE

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Alexandre Leseur waits while the water pumps flood a small section of the ice bridge and it starts to freeze. He will then move the water pumps to the next designated area, Fairbanks, Alaska, Dec. 23, 2008. Leseur is assigned to the 354th Civil Engineer Squadron range maintenance, Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jonathan Snyder

WHO ME?

Ryky, a 3-year-old Belgian Malinois, who is partnered with U.S. Army Sgt. James Harrington, prepares to leave Forward Operating Base Falcon, Iraq, Dec. 19, 2008, on cache and search operations and route clearance in the Rashid district of southern Baghdad. Harrington is assigned to the 947th Military Police Detachment, part of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard." U.S. Army photo by Sgt. James Harrington

Billie Jo Spears ~ Dallas

Wayne Newton ~ Daddy Don't You Walk So Fast

Maynard Ferguson ~ Simple Life

Jerry Lee Lewis ~ Cold Cold Heart

Anne Murray ~ All of Me

CHRISTMAS DROP

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Heath Bahyi and another crewmember wait for the right moment to push a boxed pallet of donated supplies from a C-130 Hercules during the 2008 Operation Christmas Drop, Dec. 19, 2008, over the remote Island of Yap, one of the islands of the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas. U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald

KODAK MOMENT

Dozens of U.S. Air Force airmen and U.S. Army soldiers use their digital cameras, almost as one, to capture the arrival of Air Force One at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 15, 2008. President George W. Bush visited Bagram to thank U.S. servicemembers for their service and the honor to serve as their commander in chief. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Rachel Martinez

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[PERKY2004]

[freekitty]

Happy New Year.

[PERKY2004]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Glad to hear quieter at work. Not at all surprised about quieter in here....likely still activity going on on the New Year’s Day thread. I still have lots of reading to do over there. I made it thru all the time zones last night, including Hawaii, and crashed. LOL!! Lots to catch up on.

[HiJinx]

I thought I’d heard a little gunpowder is good for cleaning out yer insides...

[DollyCali]

What a beautiful opening Kathy

loved the shot of Gen Petraeus with football teams & the majesty of AF1 with the eager photographers

Happy New Year & Happy TGIF to the Canteen!

[HiJinx]

quieter on the work front too.

Evenin, Taz! Quiet nights at your office are always good news...

[HiJinx]

I made it thru all the time zones last night, including Hawaii, and crashed. LOL!! Lots to catch up on.

You're amazing, Ma. I dropped off about the time the west coast entered the New Year...and picked back up this morning to read the rest of it.

It turned into a sort of cooking thread with lots of talk about Chile peppers towards the end...

[HiJinx]

Time to call it a night, Kathy.
See you tomorrow.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the graphics.

Happy New Year, Dolly!

I, too, loved the AF1 shot....don't imagine any of those soldiers
had to be ordered out to see its arrival.

[TASMANIANRED]

Looks like a Groucho Marx kitty.

[TASMANIANRED]

Happy New Year to you as well.

[TASMANIANRED]

You are a trooper.

[TASMANIANRED]

Evening Jinxy.

Never heard it used for that but if you have a unique enzyme deficiency it can make you turn blue.

[TASMANIANRED]

In this business, quiet is the exception and very welcome.

[TASMANIANRED]

I’m right behind you Jinxy.

Night every one.

Happy New Year to one and all.

[amom]

Sometime in the next 12 to 18 hours my son will be home on leave!!!!

Oh swmobuffalo! How very excited I am for you! This is great news to see! Please give him my personal thanks for his service.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I indulged myself this morning....refused to get up....just let myself lie there drifting in and out of sleep. I needed the “nothing” time. Then realized, with a start, that my thread needed to be done. The days of the last two weeks have been a tad mixed up. d:o)

Did you and Nana have a nice, restful day?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night and rest well, HJ. Thank you for your service to our country and for helping honor our troops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

What a beauty......and she/he is orange. I always wanted an orange kitty, but it never happened.