FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Naval Air Station Key West, Florida ~ 24 JULY 2012

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Naval Air Station Key West, Florida

Naval Air Station Key West is a naval air station and military airport located four miles east of the central business district of Key West, in Monroe County, Florida, United States.

NAS Key West supports the needs of aviation units and is host to many tenant commands, including Fighter Composite Squadron 111, (VFC-111), Strike Fighter Squadron 106 (VFA-106) Detachment, the Caribbean Region Operations Center (CARIBROC), Naval Security Group Activity Key West, the Air Force's 6947th Electronic Security Squadron (6947 ESS), the U.S. Army's 749th Military Intelligence Company, the U.S. Army Special Forces Waterborne Operations Division (SFWOD) and Joint Interagency Task Force East (JIATF - East).

  NAS Key West is the U.S. Navy's premier training facility for tactical aviation squadrons. Local aerial ranges enable aviators to engage in training maneuvers within minutes of takeoff. The station is equipped with a sophisticated tactical combat training system which tracks and records combat aerial maneuvers. As a host facility, NAS Key West provides and maintains facilities and services for tenant commands, and ensures quality of life for all personnel.

NAS Key West is the host facility for numerous tenant activities, including Joint Interagency Task Force South, U.S. Coast Guard, and U.S. Army Special Forces Underwater Training School to name a few.

 As in the past, NAS Key West continues to be frequently utilized for detachments by active and reserve U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps fighter squadrons and U.S. Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard fighter and rescue squadrons for exercises and unit level and continuation training. The Naval Air Training Command also uses NAS Key West from time to time for training detachments of student strike pipeline aviators, including initial carrier qualifications.

U.S. Navy P-3C and E-2C aircraft also routinely conduct detachment operations at NAS Key West, primarily counternarcotics (CN) reconnaissance missions in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean basin in support of both the U.S. Coast Guard and Joint Interagency Task Force East (JIATF - East).

Learn More About NAS Key West Base Here!

Built in 1847 to aid to ships navigating dangerous reefs off the lower Keys, the Key West Lighthouse now stands sentinel over one of Florida's finest historical sites.

The tower and nearby Keeper's Quarters have been faithfully restored and maintained as they were before the lighthouse was deactivated in 1969. Many of the historic elements remain, including the pipes used to deliver acetylene gas that powered the light before it was electrified in 1927. The clapboard bungalow where the keepers and their families lived while maintaining the beacon has been recreated in turn-of-the-century style with historic furniture, furnishings and photos that provide a sense of life in Key West during that formative time.

Visit The Key West Lighthouse 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

 

 

[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?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[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.]

BTTT

[tomkow6]

 

 

 

 

 Good morning,

EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!

 

Cubs

39 WINS

56  LOSSES

 

 

Sacred cows make the best hamburgers.  
 

 

[tomkow6]

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[MEG33]

Good Morning To The Canteen
Hope your day goes well.

*****
Thank You To All Who Serve Our Country

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. 77º at 630 abd headed for the upper 90s.

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Tomkow6.

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach, LUV W.

How's it going?

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Canteen.

Good morning to our

military, our allies, and their families

Thank you, Lauren, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.
Whew! Landing in Key West is a sure test of a pilots ability.
Either end, and they could be in the drink.

DC Metroland Weather

~ Today...Sunny this morning...
Then becoming partly sunny.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms...Mainly this afternoon.
Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds this afternoon.
Hot with highs in the mid 90s.
West winds 5 to 10 mph...Increasing to 15 to 20 mph this afternoon.
Chance of rain 50 percent.

~ Tonight...Partly cloudy with scattered showers
and thunderstorms in the evening...Then mostly clear after midnight.
Some thunderstorms may produce gusty winds in the evening.
Lows around 70. Northwest winds 10 to 15 mph...Becoming north after midnight.
Chance of rain 50 percent.

In for another hot time in the city.
Wacky jet stream.

Sorry, running behind schedule.
Went for morning walk, then someone came to the office.
Now I must post and answer pings and then back to work.
Please stay. Grab a cup of joe or tasty tea.

The FR Canteen is

Come on in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
pancakes,
conversation,
silliness,
and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM

ACOSTA-ROSARIO, HUMBERTO
8/22/1968
South Vietnam
Presumptive Finding of Death

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.

[tomkow6]

HAPPY TUESDAY, Edward!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, Beachy!

*HUGS*

Well, we made it through Monday! Woohoo!!



Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem 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)

[beachn4fun]

Good morning CMN ((HUGS))

abso-lute-ly we made it through Monday

and inching closer to T G I F!

How are ya?

[beachn4fun]

Good morning EG ((HUGS))

All is well.

How about you? Get hit with storms?

[SandRat]

He hollers wanting to chase all the birds out of the back yard. I let him out, he runs around chasing them out. hehehe Because only he is the only animal allowed by his rules that’ allowed in the back yard. hehehe

Thanks on the Job prayers

[luvie]

Goooood mornin', Early Birds!
As you can tell by the time...
I'm off today! Yay! :)
Hope all of YOU have a Terrific Tuesday!
....and don't work too hard!
((((hugs))))
(this includes the punc. queen whose name
I can neither pronounce nor remember. LOL)