FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 09 August 2012

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

MANATEE RESCUE

U.S. Army Capt. Miriam Lovell, the officer-in-charge of the Veterinary Treatment Facility at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Travis Rader prepare an orphaned 3-day-old manatee for transport by aircraft to Puerto Rico, May 3, 2012. The calf was taken to the Manatee Conservation Center located at Interamerican University in Bayam, Puerto Rico, where it will stay for two years before being returned to Cuban waters and tracked. U.S. Navy photo by Terence R. Peck

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.

NIGHT LIGHTS

U.S. Marines and Afghan troops watch as illumination rounds light up the sky near Combat Outpost Fiddler's Green in Afghanistan, May 6, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo Cpl. Anthony Ward Jr

SIHANOUKVILLE SUNSET

The U.S. 7th Fleet flagship USS Blue Ridge anchors off the coast of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, May 1, 2012. The Blue Ridge is on patrol in the Asia-Pacific and in Sihanoukville for a port visit. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Sarah A. Stancati

RIGGER ROUTINE

U.S. Navy Airman Kaley R. Vercande, left, rigs a sling on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush during an ordnance transfer with the USNS Lewis and Clark, a dry cargo and ammunition ship, in the Atlantic Ocean, April 30, 2012. The George H.W. Bush was conducting carrier qualifications. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Brian Read Castillo

POST MUSTANG

U.S. Army Pfc. Jeffery Penning and an Afghan security guard pull security during a roving patrol on Observation Post Mustang in Afghanistan's Kunar province, May 3, 2012. Penning is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jenny Lui

BOARDING EXERCISE

U.S. Navy Seaman Julius McGowan climbs down to a rigid-hull inflatable boat during a boarding exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, May 6 2012. McGowan is assigned to the ship-control team aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham, which is conducting a training exercise in the Atlantic Ocean. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class William Jamieson

BLUE ANGEL BURST

The Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron, shoot off in different directions during the 2012 Robins Air Show over Robins Air Force Base, Ga., April 29, 2012. U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Joel Cooke

GREYHOUND TAXI

A C-2A Greyhound assigned to Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 40 taxis across the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson under way in the Pacific Ocean, May 8, 2012. The Carl Vinson and Carrier Air Wing 17 are deployed to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of operations. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Apprentice Andrew K. Haller

WATER REMOVAL

U.S. Air Force Capt. John Fuson removes his uniform top during water training in Southwest Asia, May 3, 2012. Fuson is the officer-in-charge assigned to the 380th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal. Members of the EOD flight swim as part of their training routine to stay in top physical condition. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Csurilla

LANGUAGE LESSON

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Cossairt teaches English to Afghan security guards during a language class on Observation Post Mustang in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, May 3, 2012. Cossairt is assigned to the 4th Infantry Division's Company C, 1st Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, Task Force Red Warrior. The language class is a daily event that develops a stronger bond between the U.S. Army Soldiers and Afghan guards. U.S. Army photo by Spc. Jenny Lui

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[tomkow6]

 

 

 

 

 Good morning,

EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!

 

Cubs

43 WINS

66  LOSSES

 

 

Money cannot buy happiness, but it's more comfortable to cry in a Corvette than on a bicycle.  
 

 

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. Another 100º today and expecting the same for the weekend.

[beachn4fun]

SOUP FOR THE TROOPS

WELCOME TO

(where our troops, allies and their families can refresh themselves)

Good morning, Everyone.
Good morning to our

Military, our Allies, and their families.

Thank you, Ma, for preparing the Canteen for today's activities

DC METROLAND WEATHER

~ Today...Mostly sunny.
Isolated showers and thunderstorms this afternoon.
Highs in the lower 90s. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 20 percent.

~ Tonight...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers.
A chance of thunderstorms...
Mainly in the evening. Lows in the mid 70s.
Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph.
Chance of rain 40 percent.

Making Z Zoup
A pinch of this...a dash of that...

Minus 40 degrees Celsius is exactly
minus 40 degrees Fahrenheit.
This is the only temperature for which
the readings on both scales are equal.

Irving Berlin never learned to read music or to write it.
He hummed or sang his songs to a secretary,
who wrote them down in musical notation.

Chips Ahoy! cookies are baked in ovens
which are as long as a football field.
Over 4,000 cookies exit the oven each minute.

Sir Isaac Brock, the hero of the War of 1812,
was buried four separate times.
He was first buried in a fort,
then in the old Brock monument,
then in a temporary grave after that monument
was damaged in an explosion,
and finally laid to rest under the current Brock Monument.

I've got to make my rounds.
But, you stay right where you are.
Keep the troops entertained and the Canteen clean...
Cause...if you don't...I'll tell Ma!

REMEMBER THEM ~ DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

ADRIAN, JOSEPH DANIEL
3/12/1967

KIA - body not recovered
Lost over the water body
adjacent to the country indicated -
- South Vietnam

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.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning beachy and (((HUGS))).

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, Beachy!

*HUGS*

Happy Thursday - almost there!!!

How's it going with you this morning?　



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)

[left that other site]

Well, Thank Goodness, Florida doesn’t have any moose. (No...I am wrong...there is a lodge nearby in North Lauderdale!)

Not too many guard rails either...they impede the alligators and crocodiles when they want to warm their bellies on the sun-soaked pavement.

But yes, I am very careful driving my bike along the Geezer Plateau. (That’s where all the drivers are over 90, and are in De Nile about letting go of their license)

Don’t mind me...I am having a punny day.

[left that other site]

Yes...it touched me deeply.

[E.G.C.]

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

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Tomkow6. How’s it going?

[beachn4fun]

Good morning dear ((HUGS)))

Happy Thursday.

What are you doing today?

[beachn4fun]

Good morning CMN ((HUGS))

All is well. Got a few things done this morning while it was quite.

Howz it going for you?

[Arrowhead1952]

I need to go to my inlaws’ house and pick up two ladders he no longer needs since they moved into an apartment.

He also gave us two - three pound coffee cans - about 3/4 full of pennies. I’ll roll them during the heat of the day.

[SkyDancer]

Thanks Conor. Have a Great Day whatever time it is there.

[tomkow6]

HAPPY THURSDAY, Edward!

[luvie]

Howwwwdy, Early Birds!
It's my day off...care to join me?
Coffee or tea?...I'm havin' tea!
Hope all of you have a mahv'lus Thursday!
....and stay cool!
(((hugs)))

[SandRat]

Good Mornin’,...((HUGS))

This afternoon another Open House with a company in the job search. Did one yesterday at 11:00 am. Have another tomorrow at 3:00 pm. Still trying my hardest to get back to work.

Looks like things maybe improving with companies holding Open Houses to search for emplyees.

I don’t like this -2yr taste of Retirement that I’ve had.

[ConorMacNessa]

It's going well, thanks! They're working us pretty hard here lately, but the OT is good. :) 　



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]

p.s. did you read where Maryland is thinking of putting cameras on stop signs?

and get this...

DC is already considering a traffic-enforcement plan that would include stop-sign cameras and ones that could detect and ticket vehicles speeding up to get through a yellow light.

This is just too damn much!

[SandRat]

Closure is final after 46 years for Vietnam pilot's survivors

WASHINGTON - Air Force Lt. Col. Charles M. Walling was flying his F-4C over Vietnam 46 years ago when he disappeared over Song Be Province, leaving behind a pregnant wife and a 22-month-old son.

Jeff Walling said it was hard for him and his younger brother, Mike, to grow up in a state of "limbo," not knowing what had happened to their father, from Phoenix.

They got some closure when their father's remains were found in 2010 and later identified.

On Wednesday - the 46th anniversary of the day Walling and a fellow airman disappeared - the two servicemen were honored in a group burial ceremony with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.

More on story and photos

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning LUV and (((HUGS))). We sure need rain here in
Texas.