~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~
~ It's Finally Friday ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~
HAND IN HAND
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Binnings leaves with his family after returning from summer patrol to Commander Fleet Activities, Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 22, 2011. Binnings is an information systems technician assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS McCampbell. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Oki
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.
PARATROOPER PUSH-UP
An Army grader, right, for the new Army Physical Readiness Test ensures that a paratrooper completes the new 60-second pushup event correctly on Fort Bragg, N.C., Aug. 10, 2011. Unlike the 2-minute pushup event in the current Army Physical Fitness Test, soldiers can no longer pause, choose their own hand position or “sag in the middle.” U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod
BRIDGE SECURITY
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert Russell uses his weapon's scope to secure an area during a bridge inspection in Zabul province, Afghanistan, Aug. 22, 2011. Russell is a platoon sergeant assigned to the Provincial Reconstruction Team Zabul's security force. U.S. Air Force photo by by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras
ROAD WARRIORS
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman John Fitzgerald, left, patrols a road with many known improvised explosive devices during an operation in the Alingar district in Afghanistan's Laghman province, Aug. 21, 2011. Fitzgerald is a medic assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane
FIELD BREAK
U.S. Army Spc. Adam Supino takes a break while on a security halt during an operation in the Alingar district in Afghanistan's Laghman province, Aug. 21, 2011. Supino is an M249 squad automatic weapon gunner assigned to the Laghman Provincial Reconstruction Team. Team members participated in searching a village thought to house Taliban fighters and other insurgents responsible for making roadside bombs. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Ryan Crane
HONORING THE FLAG
Army Command Sgt. Maj. Rodolfo R. Delvalle, center, marches with honor guard members as he holds the U.S. flag after it was lowered for the final time at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., Aug. 27, 2011. Delvalle is Walter Reed's command sergeant major. DOD photo by Sebastian J. Sciotti Jr.
COMFORT HOMECOMING
Family and friends look on as the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort arrives at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., Sept. 2, 2011. Comfort deployed as the primary platform for Continuing Promise 2011, a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to nine countries in Central and South America and the Caribbean. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Rafael Martie
VERMONT SUPPLIES
Soldiers unload relief supplies in Vermont, Sept. 1, 2011, from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter for residents cut off after Hurricane Irene struck the area. The CH-47 crew is assigned to the Illinois National Guard. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jim Greenhill
HOWITZER BLAST
U.S. Army Pfc. Erik Park fires a 155mm howitzer in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Sept. 3, 2011. Park is assigned to Battery A, 1st Battalion, 77th Field Artillery Regiment, 172nd Infantry Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Ken Scar
HONORING THE ARIZONA
Sailors and Marines render honors as the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan passes the USS Arizona Memorial while entering Pearl Harbor for a port visit in Hawaii, Aug. 31, 2011. The Ronald Reagan is in the U.S. 3rd Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin B. Gray
Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.
