FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: NAS Whidbey Island, Washington ~ 10 JAN 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: NAS Whidbey Island, Washington

Naval Air Station Whidbey Island is a naval air station located in two sections around Oak Harbor, Washington, USA. It was commissioned as an active U.S. Navy installation on 21 September 1942.

In all, there are 19 active duty squadrons and two reserve squadrons currently based at NAS Whidbey Island. The air station also maintains a Search and Rescue Unit, flying the UH-3H Sea King helicopter, as well as two UC-12 Huron aircraft for operational support airlift and fleet logistic support.

Over 50 tenant commands are also located at NAS Whidbey Island, providing training, medical and dental, and other support services, including a Marine Aviation Training Support Group (MATSG) for Whidbey’s staff and student Marine Corps personnel. The base also continues its long-standing role as a center of activity for Naval Air Reserve operations and training in the region.

Patrol and Reconnaissance Wing 10 squadrons deploy to the Fifth and Seventh Fleet areas of responsibility, providing ASW, maritime patrol and reconnaissance support throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans, and extending into the Persian Gulf. During the second Gulf War, in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom, the VP and VQ communities provided countless hours on station and mission essential data and imagery to ground troops as well as surface assets.

In February of 2003, Wing 10 staff were forward deployed to Masirah, Bahrain, as well as onboard USS Abraham Lincoln, USS Constellation and USS Nimitz, to provide direct operational support.

Wing 10 staff returned home to NAS Whidbey Island in April 2003, along with VP 1 aircrew and personnel "surged" to supplement VP 46. Although P-3 and EP-3 aircraft were consistently called upon to fly overland Afghanistan, anti-subsurface warfare and maritime patrol remain as Wing 10's priority in training the squadrons' aircrews.

Learn More About NAS Whidbey Island Here!

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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

 

 

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Connie!((HUGS))

Don't ask......it hasn't started well (except that the Giants won the playoff game and it was Aunt Gloria's birthday yesterday).

[Kathy in Alaska]

I am off for home....

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Hope the boys take you out for some fun.

*HUGS*

[achilles2000]

Whidbey is a great place. Seattle is 40 miles and a ferry ride away (from the southern part of the island).

[Kathy in Alaska]

God Bless you good, Mac. Good night and rest well. Thanks for helping honor our troops, past and present. Thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mac, for the Missing Man Setting as we remember those who have given their all that we may gather safe and secure.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nana Hope, for today's Pledge…((HUGS)). Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, AZ, for the red, white, and blue tribute.

Hope your commute had minimal traffic and smooth sailing. Any critters lately? *HUGS*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...great cake!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Western Phil...thanks for sharing your memories.

[A.A. Cunningham]

The air station also maintains a Search and Rescue Unit, flying the UH-3H Sea King helicopter, as well as two UC-12 Huron aircraft for operational support airlift and fleet logistic support.

That's incorrect as the link you posted, as well as the photo, indicates. The SAR birds are MH-60S.

Also, you're still posting the flags in the incorrect order.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Also, you're still posting the flags in the incorrect order.

And as I have repeatedly told you, every time you post this same thing, I know that they are slightly out of order, and I have chosen to take "poetic license".

[Kathy in Alaska]

I had to wait til I got home from work to see the picture....love that boat! Great picture.
Thanks for sharing.

[Kathy in Alaska]

We thank you for your service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Mayor, and thanks for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

[E.G.C.]

((HUGS))Good morning, LUV W. How’s it going?

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Everyone.
Good morning to our

military, our allies, and their families

Thank you, Lauren, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.
Sorry you are under a heavy work schedule.

Washington state is a beautiful place.
I love that they have the ferry system
which we do not have around here.
Don't remember if I've visited this base before.

~ Today...Areas of fog this morning.
Sunny. Highs in the lower 50s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph.

~ Tonight... Mostly clear in the evening...
Then becoming partly cloudy.
Lows in the mid 30s.
North winds around 5 mph.

Oh boy
did we have a strange weather pattern in the last 24 hours.
Started with light snow flurries yesterday, late morning-ish.
Tapered off for a bit
then started heavy again by the time I left work.
We got about 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch, maybe.
If it hadn't been so warm, we might have had more
since it snowed up until 6-ish.
Can't remember the last time it snowed
like that when it was 35-36 degrees out.

Woke up this morning to foggy conditions
and temps around 33.
Fog not so bad that you couldn't see the vehicles in front of you
but it made slow going.
Roads were good shape, though.
And as you can see from above
we'll be in the lower 50s by the afternoon.

Time to make my rounds and then back to work.
But, you stay right where you are.
Don't touch that dial. And, remember – I’ll be watching!

The FR Canteen is ALWAYS

Come on in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee,
tea,
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.