FReeper Canteen ~ Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island ~ 21 AUGUST 2012

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island

The Naval Station Newport (NAVSTA Newport) is a United States Navy base located in the towns of Newport and Middletown, Rhode Island. NS Newport is home to the Naval War College. It once was the homeport for Cruiser Destroyer Force Atlantic, and now maintains inactive ships at its pier facilities, along with the United States Coast Guard.

In BRAC 2005 (Base Realignment and Closure), NAVSTA Newport gained over five hundred billets, in addition to receiving, again, Officer Candidate School (OCS), and the Naval Supply Corps School, and several other activities.

Newport is the Navy’s premier site for training officers, officer candidates, senior enlisted personnel and midshipman candidates, as well as conducting advanced undersea warfare and development systems. Naval Station Newport’s mission is to fulfill the diverse requirements of its tenant commands by providing the facilities and infrastructure that are essential to their optimum performance.

Newport is the home of the Navy’s most prestigious educational institution, the Naval War College. As the oldest such institution in continuous existence any-where in the world, the college is organized to pursue and integrate both academic and research endeavors. Each year, over 500 outstanding mid-career level officers of the Navy, all other U.S. services, civilian federal agencies and inter-national naval officers come here to pursue a rigorous 10-month course of post-graduate studies.

Currently, the station is also the home of the USS Forrestal and the Saratoga, both of which are decommissioned. The Forrestal is set to be sunk as an artificial reef at a later date; the fate of the Saratoga has not yet been decided, although there is a movement which wishes to make the ship into a museum ship in nearby North Kingstown.

Learn More About Naval Station Newport HERE!

Patriots Memorial is located in front of McCarty-Little Hall at the Naval War College, Naval Station Newport, Rhode Island. The memorial is dedicated to the three students and ten alumni of the Naval War College who perished in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on The Pentagon. The Naval War College Foundation raised money for the memorial through private donations. It was dedicated in 2002 and contained a piece of limestone removed from the damaged portion of The Pentagon.

Visit The Naval War College Foundation 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

 

 

[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.]

Tuesday Morning Coffee Bump.

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...you and Bo have a great day, with maybe some rain.

[beachn4fun]

Are you ready for the Tuesday

Good morning, Everyone.

Good morning to our

military, our allies, and their families

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

DC Metroland Weather

~ Today...Partly sunny. Patchy fog in the morning.
A chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon.
Highs in the mid 80s. North winds around 5 mph...
Becoming southeast in the afternoon.
Chance of rain 20 percent.

~ Tonight...Mostly cloudy.
A chance of showers with isolated thunderstorms in the evening...
Then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after midnight.
Lows in the mid 60s. South winds around 5 mph...
Becoming west around 5 mph after midnight.
Chance of rain 30 percent.

Drive-by post. Lurker mode today.
I've already experienced the dreaded "time out" warning.
And I can't wait around while it does it.
Please stay.
You won't have a problem as long as you don't post.
Grab a cup of joe or tasty tea.

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

ALBERTON, BOBBY JOE
12/13/1968
Laos
Presumptive Finding of Death

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]

guess I can try for the 50 before moving on.

[tomkow6]

 

 

 

 

 Good morning,

EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!

 

Cubs

47 WINS

74  LOSSES

 

 

The Red Cross have just knocked at our door and asked if we could help towards the floods in Pakistan.
I said we would love to, but our garden hose only reaches the driveway.  
 

 

[beachn4fun]

guess I can try for the 50 before moving on.

[beachn4fun]

guess I can try for the 50 before moving on.

[beachn4fun]

guess I can try for the 50 before moving on.

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Tomkow6.

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach.

How's it going?

[tomkow6]

HAPPY 2222sDAY, Edward!

[luvie]

I can't seem to get the eyes to open this morning!
Hope all you Early Birds are
bright-eyed and bushy tailed!
...and that your day is just GREAT!
It's cloudy...sure wish it would rain!
((((hugs))))

[BlueLancer]

Morning, Kathy ....

I was born in 1954 at the Quonset Point Naval Air Station Infirmary, just a little ways up the road from Newport. My father was assigned to the old carrier, the USS TICONDEROGA, at the time. When the TICONDEROGA shifted base to Norfolk, my mother and I transited aboard the carrier from Newport to Norfolk, and I may have the distinction of being the only baby to ever have its diaper changed on the flight deck of a US Navy carrier.

When I went to Newport to the Naval Justice School for training as a court reporter back in 1978, I drove over to where the Quonset Point NAS used to be ... it was all gone except the old water tower. I still have the picture that I took of it, an old-style water tower with the words "QUONSET POINT NAS" printed on the side of it.

Anyway,just thought I'd say "Hi" since you were talking about the area at which I was born.

Take care ...

[MEG33]

Good Morning To The Canteen

USS Port Royal

*HUGS*
Thank You To All Who Serve Our Country

[E.G.C.]

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

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. 92º is our forecast high with a chance of rain later.

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, Beachy!

*HUGS*

How are you doing this morning? I've been out sick yesterday and today. Hope to get back in Thursday or Friday.



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)

[ConorMacNessa]

Good morning, Luv!

*HUGS*

Great to see 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)

[Arrowhead1952]

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