FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Sam Houston, Texas ~ 01 NOV 2011

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Fort Sam Houston, Texas

Fort Sam Houston is a U.S. Army post in San Antonio, Texas. Known colloquially as "Fort Sam," it is named for the first President of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston.

The installation's missions include serving as the command headquarters for the United States Army North (formerly the Fifth United States Army), United States Army South, the Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) headquarters, the Army Medical Department (AMEDD) Center and School, the Fifth Recruiting Brigade, 12th Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps Brigade, Navy Regional Recruiting, the San Antonio Military Entrance and Processing Station, and the U.S. Naval School of Health Sciences, Bethesda Detachment.

Fort Sam Houston is known as the "Home of Army Medicine", providing space for a major medical treatment facility, medical research and education activities, as well as medical training and operations commands supporting worldwide Army medical care for Soldiers and their families.

Commands located here which are associated with the Army medical community include the Medical Command Headquarters; the Veterinary Command ; the Dental Command  the Army Medical Department Center and School; the Institute of Surgical Research; the Great Plains Regional Medical Command, and Brooke Army Medical Center.

Major commands on Fort Sam Houston include: U.S. Army North; 6th U.S. Army; Installation Management Command-West Region; Military Entrance Processing Station -San Antonio; 5th Recruiting Brigade; U.S. Navy Recruiting District Headquarters; and U.S. Navy School of Health Sciences.

Known as the brain trust for the Army Medical Department, the Army Medical Department Center and School annually trains more than 25,000 students attending 170 officer, NCO and enlisted courses in 14 medical specialties.

 The command maintains several academic affiliations for bachelor and masters degree programs with major universities such as Baylor University, University of Texas Health Science Centers at Houston and San Antonio, and University of Nebraska.

Learn More About Fort Sam Houston HERE!

The original U.S. Army Medical Museum was founded as a research facility in Washington, D.C., in 1862. Today, the institution is known as the National Museum of Health and Medicine of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. In 1920, the Museum was re-established at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, with the Medical Field Service School.

In 1946, the School and Museum were transferred to Fort Sam Houston, Texas. In 1955, the Museum received its designation as the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum from the Surgeon General of the Army.

In 1978, the AMEDD Museum Foundation was established by concerned individuals to raise funds for a new museum facility. Built with private donations raised by the Foundation, the present AMEDD Museum officially opened its doors in July, 1989, and ownership was transferred to the U.S. Government.

Since its dedication in 1989, the U.S. Army Medical Department Museum has continued to enhance its reputation as one of the most outstanding facilities of its kind in the world as an ideal venue for the restoration, preservation and exhibition of significant historic medical items.

Visit The U. S. Army Medical Department Museum HERE!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[MEG33]

Good Morning To The Canteen
*Happy November*



*To All Who Serve Our Country*

*HUGS*

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Everyone.
Good morning to our

military, our allies, and their families

(another unique design)

Thank you, Lauren, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.

~ Today... Mostly sunny.
Highs in the upper 50s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph with gusts up to 20 mph.

~ Tonight... Clear. Lows in the upper 30s.
North winds 5 to 10 mph.

As you can see, I'm back.
Sorry to miss out on the Monday thread
but had morning doctor appointment
and didn't have time to get to the Canteen.
Happy Belated Monday!

I need to scan the posts
to see if I can find out what happened
to our FRiends in the Northeast.
I heard there are a LOT of people without power.

But first - time to make my rounds.
Please stay right where you are.
Entertain the troops or
their visiting family memebers.
And, remember – I’ll be watching!

The FR Canteen is

Sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee,
pancakes,
conversation,
silliness,
and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM

DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above Honoring those who have served before.

[beachn4fun]

MA #50

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen.
82º is the forecast high today!

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning ladies and (((HUGS))) to you.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, dear ((HUGS))

Getting close by now, aren’t you?

It’s c-o-l-d...brrrrrr.

[E.G.C.]

Morning coffee bump.

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach. How's it going?

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Meg ((HUGS))

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, EG ((HUGS))

All is well.

Howz it out your way?

[tomkow6]

There is finally conclusive evidence that Osama bin Laden and Muammar Gaddafi are dead.

Yesterday, they both registered to vote in Chicago.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Pro ((HUGS))

Sorry I missed ya yesterday (see my post for details).

Saturday was a totally wet, cold, miserable day on the right coast. Don’t think the ducks even liked it.

Luckily, we only got rain in my area. Did see a few flakes mixed in with the rain but no accumulation.

The Redskins did terrible on Sunday. The poor quarterback spent more time in the turf that upright! LOL

You are right...it’s just a game.

We will be going to Michigan (hubby’s family) for Thanksgiving this year. Just hope it doesn’t snow while we are there...I’m not packing winter gear.

Enjoy your morning coffee.

Have a tremendously, terrific Tuesday.

[E.G.C.]

It's going OK here. Sunday we had DTV and Internet service breakdown all over the city.

What happened was the streaming of services slowed down to the point where there was no DTV and we couldn't hardly get any web pages to open.

The ISP says they're open on Sunday but I left two messages and they never called back.

This morning when I turned on the DTV it was off. Internet was working though.

Not really sure what's going on but hopefully they'll get it fixed.

Had a great Halloween last night. I gave away 15 sacks of candy. There were six groups of kids who came by.

Good morning, Tomkow6. How's it going?

[Old Sarge]

Good Morning, Ladies!

Chilly Autumn morning, time to go smoke my pipe and revel in the quiet.

[luvie]

....all you Early Birds!
hope you have a Terrific Tuesday!
don't work TOO hard!
((((Hugs))))
Woohoo! Done...sloooowly...with the iPad! :)

[oldteen]

Mornin' E! *hugs*

How are things going?

We had so many kids last night I had to turn out the lights at 8. Glad that's over for another year! (They really don't like to hear..'Sorry, we're out of candy'. lol)

Have A wonderful day!

[luvie]

Good morning, ((((SARGE))))

Hope you enjoy the day! It's windy here in NW Missouri...gettin' ready for a cold front! Thank goodness we're leaving before it gets very cold!

[Arrowhead1952]

32 working days, but who’s counting.

[Arrowhead1952]

Hope you have a safe return trip home.

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, Oldteen.

Going OK. Getting ready to take Bo out to the lake later today.

[SevenofNine]

Only in Chicago Tomkow only in Chicago

BTW THe Good wife did reset recently on dead voters vote in Chicago elections LOL!