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FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Rucker, Alabama ~ 24 DEC 2013
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

Posted on 12/23/2013 6:00:19 PM PST by Kathy in Alaska

 
 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Fort Rucker, Alabama

Fort Rucker is a U.S. Army post located mostly in Dale County, Alabama, United States. It was named for a Civil War officer, Confederate General Edmund Rucker. The post is the primary flight training base for Army Aviation and is home to the United States Army Aviation Center of Excellence (USAACE) and the United States Army Aviation Museum. Small sections of the post also lie in Coffee, Geneva, and Houston counties.

The main post has entrances from three bordering cities, Daleville, Ozark and Enterprise. In the years before the September 11, 2001 attacks, the main post (except airfields and other restricted areas) was an open post with unmanned gates allowing civilians to drive through.

The U.S. Army Aviation Center of Excellence is the dominant military facility at Fort Rucker. Training, doctrine, and testing are all key parts of the Center's mission to develop Army Aviation's capabilities. All Army Aviation training has been undertaken at Fort Rucker since 1973, as well as training of US Air Force and ally helicopter pilots.

 The Center is home to the US Army Aviation Technical Test Center (ATTC), which conducts developmental aircraft testing for Army Aviation. The United States Army Operational Test and Evaluation Command's Test and Evaluation Coordination Office and TH-67 primary and instrument training are both located at Cairns Army Airfield.

Operational units on the post include the 1st Aviation Brigade and the 110th Aviation Brigade handling Army Aviation training, and the USAF 23d Flying Training Squadron for the training of Air Force helicopter pilots. Additionally, due to the large number of Warrant Officers stationed there, the Warrant Officer Career Center and the Warrant Officer Candidate School are located at Fort Rucker.

Learn More About Fort Rucker HERE!

The United States Army Aviation Museum, located in South-central Alabama at Fort Rucker, maintains a collection of over 160 military aircraft, including one of the largest collections of military helicopters in the world. Public galleries represent the Army's involvement in aviation from the beginning days of the Wright brothers and early combat aircraft from World War I, to the highly technological machines flown by Army Aviators today.

Visit The United States Army Aviation Museum HERE!

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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

 

 



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To: Kathy in Alaska

Christmas Eve Coffee Bump.


61 posted on 12/24/2013 3:26:50 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: laurenmarlowe; Kathy in Alaska; GodBlessUSA; LUV W; Arrowhead1952; E.G.C.; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; ..

TO THE

Good morning, Everyone. Good morning to our

AWESOME

Military, our Allies, and their families.

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

Well, here we are...Christmas Eve.
Hope y'all have gotten all the
shopping, wrapping, and baking done by now.
Funny, I woke up this morning and realized
I don't have anything special for dinner tonight.
I guess I need to dig something out of the freezer.

Mr. Beachy and I will have a quiet evening at home,
watching Christmas movies
before the road running tomorrow.
Early Thursday morning, we are going
to see The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug.

Time for me to make my rounds.
But, you stay right where you are.
Stay as long as you can
before you have to go to bed so that
Santa can sneak into the house.

Now remember, the Canteen is ALWAYS

So, 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

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.


62 posted on 12/24/2013 4:42:41 AM PST by beachn4fun (Guns are not the problem. People are. Forget the magazine...check your attitude.)
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To: y'all; Arrowhead1952; beachn4fun; E.G.C.; GodBlessUSA; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; HiJinx; ...

Howdy on this cold clear Christmas Eve!
Hope all you Early Birds
Have all your wishes come true!
Remember the reason for the season!
God bless!
((((hugs))))

63 posted on 12/24/2013 5:10:05 AM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL of you heroes!)
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To: LUV W

Merry Christmas to you!!


64 posted on 12/24/2013 5:17:04 AM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: LUV W; beachn4fun

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


65 posted on 12/24/2013 5:20:58 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: All; Kathy in Alaska; Arrowhead1952; beachn4fun; LUV W; laurenmarlowe; AZamericonnie; fatima; ...



"Do You Hear What I Hear?..Click

Wishing You And Yours
~The Hope, Joy and Peace Of Christmas~

66 posted on 12/24/2013 5:22:32 AM PST by MEG33
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To: E.G.C.

Howdy, EGC! (((hugs)))

It’s going well...till I get to work to help all those men
find just the right Christmas gift! :)

Hope you and Bo have a very Merry Christmas! Stay warm! My kids
in OKC lost heat on that coldest day and the house got down
to 50 degrees. The heater is now fixed, thank goodness!


67 posted on 12/24/2013 5:23:09 AM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL of you heroes!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

My uncle, who’s now well into his 90’s, spent the last several years of his career at Fort Rucker.....he still loves the memories of that period. After retirement, he couldn’t leave Alabama and still lives there.


68 posted on 12/24/2013 5:24:03 AM PST by ErnBatavia (The 0baMao Experiment: Abject Failure)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Thank you! Merry Christmas to you, too....and your family! (((hugs)))


69 posted on 12/24/2013 5:24:37 AM PST by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL of you heroes!)
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To: LUV W
Thank,s LUV W. Merry Christmas to you and your family and loved ones.

Been having problems with Yahoo Mail this morning. Keeps wanting to log me out every few seconds. Everyone using Yahoo Mail is apparently having the same problem

70 posted on 12/24/2013 6:50:09 AM PST by E.G.C.
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To: SandRat

Drive safely! There’re going to be a lot of folks on the Ten tomorrow...watch for blowing dust!


71 posted on 12/24/2013 9:28:26 AM PST by HiJinx (So, where did 2013 go?)
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To: HiJinx

Thanks for the good wish. We’re at my son’s house now.


72 posted on 12/24/2013 3:44:54 PM PST by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Happy Christmas to all the canteeners.


73 posted on 12/24/2013 4:13:22 PM PST by alarm rider (Basically, we are toast.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Were you ever there? It stands out for me as an Army Brat for being a safe and clean place to live. Everything was there for a child...movies, pool, Little League, Scouts, etc. My parents started the Teen Club way back when.

It also stands out for me later on as a spouse of an Army aviator. It was a good life for a young couple back when the Officer's Club was in full swing. We weren't far from the Florida beaches. It was a great place to live, and many others have agreed with me. I always preferred Ft. Rucker over larger bases.

Yes, the sound of the helicopters overhead was always comforting. As Joe Galloway has said, “that sound is the lullaby of our youth.”

74 posted on 12/24/2013 6:55:21 PM PST by Swede Girl
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

I am so sorry I forgot to reply to this ping.

I was just at a funeral last night, got yacking with people and just ****ed up.

Prayers for Dawns Daughter.


75 posted on 12/24/2013 8:29:49 PM PST by mylife (Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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To: MS.BEHAVIN

Late getting here but joining in with prayers for Ashley and her family.


76 posted on 12/26/2013 6:13:30 PM PST by amom
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