FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 18 July 2013

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

ARMFUL OF FAMILY

Navy Lt. Cmdr. Nate Lyon reunites with his wife and children during a homecoming celebration in Virginia Beach, Va., Dec. 18, 2012. Lyon, a member of Strike Fighter Squadron 83, returned to Naval Air Station Oceana after a six-month deployment to support Operation Enduring Freedom, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Antonio P. Turretto Ramos

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.

DESERT PATROL

A coalition force member drives a light tactical, all-terrain vehicle during a patrol of Afghanistan's Farah province, Dec. 15, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau

ENGINE HOIST

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Nick Evangelista hoists a F404-GE-404 engine aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 10, 2012. The Dwight D. Eisenhower is returning to Norfolk after operating in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, maritime security operations and theater security cooperation efforts. U.S. Navy photo by Seaman Jermaine M. Ralliford

CAKE DECORATOR

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Job David Santiago frosts a cake aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Jason Dunham on Thanksgiving in the Arabian Sea, Nov. 22, 2012. The Jason Dunham is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security and support missions for Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Deven B. King

BASIC MAINTENANCE

Navy Airman Jodie Ingenito cleans a drag brace on an F/A-18C Hornet aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Atlantic Ocean, Dec. 10, 2012. The Dwight D. Eisenhower returned to Norfolk after operating in the U.S. 5th and 6th Fleet areas of responsibility in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and maritime and theater security. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Sabrina Fine

FARAH PATROL

Coalition force members maintain security from a light tactical, all-terrain vehicle during a patrol of Afghanistan's Farah province, Dec. 15, 2012 Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau

CREW CHIEFS

Air Force crew chiefs conduct pre-flight checks during a mission employment phase exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Dec. 7, 2012. The crew chiefs are assigned to the 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The phase is the capstone, graduation exercise conducted by the U.S. Air Force Weapons School. U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman

TOY DROP

Paratroopers walk from the Alzey drop zone after jumping from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft during the U.S. Army 5th Quartermaster Detachment's fourth annual Operation Toy Drop in Alzey, Germany, Dec. 13, 2012. During the event, U.S. soldiers, airmen and paratroopers from Germany, Spain, the Netherlands and Poland jumped from the aircraft to earn foreign jump wings after donating toys to the effort. U.S. Army photo by Elisabeth Paque

SHIP TO SHORE

Marines watch the USS Iwo Jima off the coast of Onslow Beach in Camp Lejeune, N.C., as Marines and sailors conduct ship-to-shore operations, Dec. 18, 2012. About 2,300 Marines and sailors returned home after being deployed for nine months as an expeditionary crisis response force with the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Michael Petersheim

NOSE JOB

Air Force Sr. Airman Brion Humenay works on the nose of an F-15 Eagle during a mission employment phase exercise on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Dec. 7, 2012. Mays, an avionics specialist, is assigned to the 926th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. Air Force photo by

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, puppypusher...((HUGS)). Paris is quite the nice looking partner.

Be safe, both Paris and handler.

[MEG33]

Lovely! Thank you for the music you bring to us.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv....how’s the weather? Is your grass green?

God Bless and watch over ALL our heroes!

[MEG33]

Thank you, Kathy for the great thread and all you do to honor our troops.
(((HUGS)))

[luvie]

Hi, Kathy! It’s still raining off and on and our grass is so green! It’s very happy grass right now! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Meg....I just was looking at where you all had breakfast this morning....can we dine there again? ((HUGS))

We can never honor and praise our troops enough...especially during these trying times.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I am so happy for all you Texans...RAIN.

[luvie]

Thanks, Kathy! we are all pretty happy about it, too!

I’ll nearly bet, though, if it rains a couple of more days,
some of us will start griping about it! LOL! (not me! ;) )

[Kathy in Alaska]

G’day, Janey...((HUGS))...God Bless them in their sorrow.

What a picture. Thanks!

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! You just KNOW that someone will complain. There is always one.

[MEG33]

Absolutely..Summer’s are much kinder in upper Michigan than in Texas I hear.
;o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Publius, for the teasers of the concert. Listening while working.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Mayor...despite Albany and New York City, do you have a lot fighters along with you?

You have quite a fight ahead. The best to you in that fight for your Constitutional Rights, your Second Amendment Rights!!

[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, Kathy. How's it going?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...you got rain too! Hurrah!!

You and Bo have a good Thursday.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good 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 cupcake?

Cookies?

Pancakes?

Treats?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[MEG33]

*Good Morning To The Canteen*
Hope your day goes well.

God Bless Our Troops

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. 72º here this morning and expect low 90s later.
We had another thunderstorm late yesterday. I don't know how much we had, because it was raining sideways.