FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 20 December 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

SUNSET TAPS

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Shelby Tucci plays Taps during a sunset ceremony at the USS Utah Memorial, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 6, 2012. The Utah was sunk during the surprise Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. Tucci is assigned to the Pacific Fleet Band. U.S. Navy Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diana Quinlan

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.

HONORED GUEST

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Stephen Cameron escorts former Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Paul Goodyear during the presentation of the Marine Corps wreath during a wreath laying ceremony in remembrance of the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, in Honolulu, Dec. 7, 2012. Cameron is assigned to Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth

RENDERING HONORS

Navy Adm. James E. Winnefeld Jr., vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and a Navy veteran of World War II render honors during a wreath laying ceremony at the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2012. Veterans from around the country attended the ceremony honoring the fallen and survivors 71 years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. DOD photo by U.S. Army Staff Sgt Sun L. Vega

VETERAN'S SALUTE

Edgar Harrison, center, a Pearl Harbor survivor and World War II veteran, salutes as the national anthem is played during a remembrance ceremony marking the 71st anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and Oahu, Hawaii, at the World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument, formerly known as the USS Arizona Memorial Visitor Center, in Honolulu, Dec. 7, 2012. The attack lasted 110 minutes, leaving 2,335 U.S. service members dead and 1,142 wounded. DOD photo by U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth

PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR

Woodrow Derby, who served aboard the former battleship the USS Nevada, left, and his wife, Christine, visit the new USS Nevada wayside exhibit at Hospital Point at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Dec. 6, 2012. The Nevada was the only battleship able to get underway during the Dec. 7, 1941, attack. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sean Furey

BLACK ROCK VIEW

U.S. Army Spc. Jordan Duffy provides security from a hilltop in Black Rock during a patrol in Afghanistan's Khowst province, July 31, 2012. Duffy, whose unit conducted the patrol to investigate an attack to Combat Outpost Bak, is a forward observer assigned to the 25th Infantry Division's Company A, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Kimberly Trumbull

DISMOUNTED PATROL

U.S. troops leave Camp Nathan Smith on a dismounted patrol to survey equipment at a public works facility in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, Aug. 8, 2012. The troops are assigned to the Kandahar Provincial Reconstruction Team. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Chacon

HOIST TRAINING

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Avery lowers Petty Officer 1st Class Bret Fogle into the Pasquotank River near Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., Aug. 3, 2012. The crews conducted hoist training with cadets from the Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., as part of their summer visit to the air station. Avery, a flight mechanic, and Fogle, a rescue swimmer, are assigned to the North Carolina station. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill

CRYSTAL CLEAR

Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Michael DeQuattro instructs a midshipman on how to address a non-commissioned officer at Recruit Training Command, the Navy's only boot camp, on Naval Station Great Lakes, Ill., Aug. 9, 2012. Midshipmen from colleges and universities in the Chicago area attended annual orientation at the naval station. The eight-day orientation gives incoming Naval ROTC freshman a glimpse of Navy life and the type of training they will experience. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Andre N. McIntyre

PRE-MISSION BRIEF

U.S. Army Sgt. Thaddaeus Hendershot, left, conducts a pre-mission brief at Forward Operating Base Farah prior to departing to meet with the Chief Justice of Farah province in Farah City, Afghanistan, Nov. 29, 2012. U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup

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[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

[AZamericonnie]

Supporting our Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, and Coast Guardsmen
at more than 1,000 places across the U. S. and around the world.

~Tribute to Our Troops~

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha Night Owl! ((HUGS))

[The Mayor]

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The Gift
December 20, 2012

We refer to Christmas as the season of giving. Most of us try hard to find gifts that friends and family will like, but not all gifts are equal. Some gifts come with a subtle hint, like an exercise machine or a book about weight loss. Other gifts are those that the giver really wants for himself. But the best gifts are those that come from someone who loves us and knows what we want.

Last Christmas, my pastor, Jim Samra, challenged us to think about Christ’s coming in another way. We know that Jesus was God’s perfect gift to us (Rom. 6:23), but Pastor Jim added another thought. He said that His coming to earth could also be looked at as a gift that Jesus gave to His Father. Jesus loved His Father and knew that what He wanted more than anything else was for us, His creation, to be reconciled to Him. Through His incarnation, Jesus made it possible for us to be a holy and blameless present to God (Col. 1:22).

Thinking of ourselves as a gift to God makes us want to be a present worth the cost, “fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God” (v.10).

Dear Lord, from whom all blessings flow,
Most precious gifts dost Thou bestow;
So truly faithful may I be
As Thou art gracious unto me. —Roworth

God’s highest Gift should awaken our deepest gratitude.

Read: Colossians 1:19-27

And you . . . He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight. —Colossians 1:21-22

Bible in a Year:
1 Peter 1-2

[SandRat]

Hello Kathy,...((HUGS))they predicting a low of 20 degrees tonight, bRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!

[AZamericonnie]

CRYSTAL CLEAR

Lookit that vein popping out his neck....I think I'd do anything he told me! ;-}

Thank you for this eveings thread of our finest Kathy! *Hugs*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Canteen ping....."Remembering Our Troops!!"

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! I thought that picture needed no words to get the point across. d:o)

*HUGS*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Look...it warmed up to 12! 20 is pretty cold for you...stay warm!!

[left that other site]

Great Picture!
Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

Nana Hope!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Connie!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hawaii!!

[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, Connie, for the Tribute to Our Troops.

Hope your commute was uneventful....holiday traffic? *HUGS*

COLD here...supposed to push -15 tonight. Thank goodness for the garage!

[ConorMacNessa]

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GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!!!





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).
(Click for Bosun’s Whistle)



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!!!!!!!

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)

[puppypusher]

Hi! there Kathy and my fellow FReepers.I hope everything is going well this evening for all of you.

Kathy.Thanks for the Working Dog Pic.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Aloha and good afternoon, Hawaii...((HUGS))...hope the sun has graced you with its presence today.

Another cold day here, but with a few hours of sun.

How is your cold? Feeling any better?

[Kathy in Alaska]

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