~ 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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