FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 10 February 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

SAFETY FLARES

A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter discharges flares during a routine flight operation in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Jan. 5, 2012. The CH-53D crew, assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363, uses flares to ensure the safety of the crew onboard and safeguarding the aircraft while in flight during poor visibility weather. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert R. Carrasco

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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.

MRAP CONVOY

A convoy of U.S. Army mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles prepare to move out in the Mangrah Troy district of Afghanistan's Paktika province, Jan. 4, 2012. U.S. Army photo by Spc. David Barnes

ICE CUTTER

The Russian-flagged tanker Renda follows the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, foreground, as the Seattle-based cutter makes a path through the ice in the Bering Sea about 155 miles south of Nome, Alaska, Jan. 8, 2012. The Healy is escorting the tanker on its mission to deliver more than 1.3 million gallons of fuel to Nome. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Benjamin Nocerini

MORNING SUNRISE

The USS Spruance sits pier-side at Naval Weapons Station Seal Beach, Calif., Jan. 9, 2012, where it will conduct ordnance operations. DOD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Eli J. Medellin

SUPPORT FLIGHT

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Madison DeLoach observes the terrain during a routine flight operation in Helmand province, Afghanistan, Jan. 5, 2012. DeLoach is a crew chief assigned to Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 363. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Robert R. Carrasco

BERING SEA BREAKER

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy approaches the Russian-flagged tanker Renda while breaking ice around the vessel in the Bering Sea 97 miles south of Nome, Alaska, Jan. 10, 2012. The two vessels departed Dutch Harbor for Nome, Jan. 3, 2012. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis

KNIGHT FLIGHT

A CH-46E Sea Knight prepares to take off from the USS Makin Island, Jan. 10, 2012. The helicopter is assigned to the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's aviation combat element, Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 268. The unit, deployed aboard the amphibious assault ship as part of the Makin Island Amphibious Ready Group, is providing support in the 5th Fleet area of responsibility, which includes the Gulf of Aden. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Gene A. Ainsworth III

SECURITY STANCE

U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua Oakley, left, pulls rear security while on patrol in the village of Shengazi, Afghanistan, Jan. 3, 2012. Oakley is a team leader assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company B, 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael Blalack

ENGINE VIEW

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles Follet, assigned to Electronic Attack Squadron 134, cleans the engine bay of an EA-6B Prowler in the hangar bay aboard the USS Carl Vinson under way in the Indian Ocean, Jan. 7, 2012. Follet is an aviation electrician's mate. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are on a western Pacific deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Dean M. Cates

AIR ASSAULT

Rangers rappel out the back of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter while participating in a combined arms live-fire exercise near Fort Stewart, Ga., Jan. 10, 2012. The Rangers are assigned to the 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment. The exercise is conducted to evaluate and train members on de-escalation of force, reactions to enemy contact, and other objectives that prepare them for forward operations. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt Clay Lancaster

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[The Mayor]

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Flawed
February 10, 2012 A well-known actor commented that he enjoyed playing “flawed” characters in movies because people could relate better to an imperfect character. Most of us would agree that it’s easier for us to understand people who aren’t perfect because we know that we are imperfect.

God included stories in the Bible of people who were deceitful, weak, unreliable, and angry. Take Jacob, for example, who deceived his father so that he would receive a blessing (Gen. 27:1-29). Then there was Gideon, who was so unsure of God that he asked Him twice for proof that He would be faithful to do what He said He would do (Judg. 6:39). And then there’s Peter, who for fear of his own safety, denied even knowing his friend and Lord (Mark 14:66-72).

But when we read the rest of their stories, we observe that these people were able, with God’s help, to overcome their shortcomings and ultimately be useful to Him. That happened when they depended not on themselves but on God.

Just like the people who lived thousands of years ago, each of us comes with flaws. But by God’s grace we can overcome those imperfections by embracing His “strength [which] is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor. 12:9).

God’s strength is made perfect in weakness,
For when we are weak He is strong;
He gives us His grace and His power
To overcome in us what’s wrong. —Sper

It’s good to learn of our weakness
if it drives us to lean on God’s strength.

Read: Genesis 27:6-23

My strength is made perfect in weakness. —2 Corinthians 12:9

Bible in a year:
Numbers 18-20

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[Jet Jaguar]

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BOSTON, (Oct. 21, 2009) Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).



USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (RELEASED)

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!

Etiam non princeps sed usque ad genua, Principis Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in first....The Mayor grabs the gold!!

[left that other site]

Hi everybody!
(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

And close behing in second....Nana Hope snags the silver!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....JJ bags the bronze!!

[luvie]

...and we WILL always remember our heroes
for keeping us safe and free through the years!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor...((HUGS))...thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...do you need an ark yet?

Good lessons today?

[John Leland 1789]

...and we WILL always remember our heroes for keeping us safe and free through the years!

While today's U.S. military, ignorant of the heritage and principles for which their fathers and grandfathers fought to preserve, our Congress and president are stripping us of the freedoms that the armed forces are ostensibly protecting.

Now, our military is protecting what "liberties?" The liberty of sodomites to march naked down public streets and flaunt their wickedness before our unsuspecting youth?

Or are the youth not unsuspecting, because our armed forces are fighting and dying to preserve the sodomites' "liberties" to teach our youth in the schools and have their wickedness presented as something good and positive in textbooks.

Our armed forces don't seem to be at all fighting with the same heart intentions that my father possesed when fighting the Japanese, and later the North Koreans and Chinese.

I write not to denegrate the armed forces, but to rebuke the education which has dumbed down our youth, and political system in the United States which sends our young people into harms way to fight for the whims of a reprobate and perverted national leadership!

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy! & Gut Shabbes!

[luvie]

Our military heroes are doing the best they can with a COC who dispises them and has no respect for what they have done to keep this country safe and free.

THEY aren’t the ones who are wrong. The ones who have nearly led them over a cliff are.

With perseverance, we will change that in November and they will again have a COC that they can respect and feel confident in taking orders from.

[left that other site]

Don’t need an ark...

But your ((HUG))) hit the spot!

[SandRat]

Back from Scouting Round Table. Greeted with the story that Zeus upchucked again and had like a seizure. Have to take him to the Doggy Doctor tomorrow AM.