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At the FReeper Canteen!
C'mon and take a break ! Walk on over to the water cooler and lets chat. Post your thoughts, opinions, news of the day, rantings, ravings, pontificates, hypothesis, hyperboles, your soap box cause, your mantra, your baggage, your garbage, your blogging, your secrets, whatever you feel would make talk around the water cooler real interesting!
Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.
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Two Women In A Bar
Two women were sitting next to each other at a bar. After a while, one looks at the other and says, 'I can't help but think, from listening to you, that you're from Ireland
The other woman responds proudly, 'Yes, I sure am!'
The first one says, 'So am I! And where about in Ireland are ya from?'
The other woman answers, 'I'm from Dublin , I am.'
The first one responds, 'So, am I!! And what street did you live on in Dublin ?'
The other woman says, 'A lovely little area. It was in the west end. I lived on Warburg Street in the old central part of town.'
The first one says, 'Faith, and it's a small world. So did I! So did I! And what school did ya go to?'
The other woman answers, 'Well now, I went to Holy Heart of Mary, of course.'
The first one gets really excited and says, 'And so did I! Tell me, what year did you graduate?'
The other woman answers, 'Well, now, let's see. I graduated in 1964.'
The first woman exclaims, 'The Good Lord must be smiling down upon us! I can hardly believe our good luck at winding up in the same pub tonight! Can you believe it? I graduated from Holy Heart of Mary in 1964 me self!
About this time, Michael walks into the bar, sits down, and orders a beer.
Brian, the bartender, walks over to Michael shaking his head and mutters, 'It's going to be a long night tonight.'
Michael asks, 'Why do you say that, Brian?'
Brian answers, 'The Murphy twins are drunk again.'
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*Ninja Bear!!!*
Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia. ~Charles Schulz
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WAF founded June 1st 1948
The first WAF squadron at Lackland AFB in 1948
Women in the Air Force (WAF) was a United States Air Force program which served to bring women into limited roles in the Air Force. WAF was formed in 1948, when President Truman signed the Women's Armed Services Integration Act, allowing women to serve directly in the military.
WAF was distinct from the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), a small group of female transport pilots that was formed in 1942 with Nancy H. Love as commander. WAFS was folded into the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) in 1943; WASP was disbanded in December, 1944.
When the USAF was officially formed in 1947, a number of former Women's Army Corps members (WACs) continued serving in the Army but performed Air Force duties, as the Air Force did not admit women in its first year. Some WACs chose to transfer to the WAFs when it became possible.
At its inception in 1948, WAF was limited to 4,000 enlisted women and 300 female officers. Women were encouraged to fill many different roles but were not to be trained as pilots, even though the United States Army Air Corps had graduated their first class of female pilots in April 1943 under wartime conditions. The WAF directorship was to be filled by a non-pilot. All WAFs were assigned ground duties, most ending up in clerical and medical positions.
Female trainees were required to have two girdles, one on, one in the drawer. They had to carry lipstick and perfume in their "ditty bag" at all times.
Women who were already pilots and who would have been good candidates for WAF leadership were instead diverted to the Air Force Reserves. For example, Nancy Harkness Love, founder and commander of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and executive of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs), was awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel in the Reserves in 1948 after it was directed to admit women. Jacqueline Cochran, who had volunteered in the RAF and had demonstrated solid leadership in greatly expanding the WASP program, was similarly directed to join the Reserves in 1948 within which she rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1969. Female pilots in the Reserves were classified as federal civilian employees, not active military personnel.
In 1967, President Johnson signed Public Law 90-130, lifting grade restrictions and strength limitations on women in the military.
1973 saw the end of Selective Service (the "draft"), meaning military recruiting practices were beginning to experience radical changes. In 1976, women were accepted into the military on much the same basis as men; the separate status of WAF was abolished. That same year, the United States Air Force Academy began accepting females.
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*Asian Lettuce Cups*
Sauce mixture:
2 tablespoons oyster-flavored sauce
2 tablespoons light soy sauce
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
2 teaspoons rice wine or dry sherry
1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
If using fresh ginger & garlic use about 1 Tbs ea. & add when cooking the vegetables.
Filling:
Olive oil
1 medium carrot, grated
1/3 cup canned water chestnuts, minced
2 green onions, chopped
1 pound ground chicken breast or turkey breast
1 small head Iceburg, Boston Bibb or Romaine lettuce, outer leaves removed, and inner leaves separated into about 9 cups Hoisin sauce
Directions: Mix the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl and set aside.
Add a small amount of olive oil in a large skillet and place over high heat. (You can add a touch of sesame oil if you like) Add the ground chicken, and cook and stir, breaking it up with a wooden spoon until the meat is no longer pink, about 4-5 minutes. When the meat is done, if there is liquid in the skillet, drain it off. Set the cooked meat aside.
Wipe out the pan with a paper towel, add a small amount of oil again and return to the heat. Add the carrot, water chestnuts and green onions and stir fry for a minute until the vegetables are just beginning to soften. Return the ground meat to the pan, mix well, and pour the sauce mixture over. Stir until the meat is evenly coated. To serve, spoon about a teaspoon of Hoisin sauce on each lettuce leaf, top with meat mixture, roll up and enjoy.
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