FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops

To: AZamericonnie

Howdy, Connie Lou! (((hugs)))

The granddaughters are great...I guess....and Peaches and Ginger have ruled the roost since day one! LOL!

They are outside right now...hopefully for the night so I can get some sleep. :) They do good out there. Never too far away and always at the door when I open it in the mornings. They’re really good kitties! :)

61 posted on 04/04/2014 6:54:04 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)

We’re thinking of you & praying for your return to very good health hon! *Hugs*

62 posted on 04/04/2014 6:54:10 PM PDT by AZamericonnie

LOL!

XOPOSHO (Horosho...as close to Cyrillic as my American keyboard can do)

63 posted on 04/04/2014 6:55:27 PM PDT by left that other site

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When I was growing up in New Jersey, our dog would wake me up by jumping up on the bed, sticking his nose in my ear, and snorting.

64 posted on 04/04/2014 6:55:48 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)

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Hi Marylow....is Lyndah ok? Are YOU ok? ;-}

give her pets for me & hope you both sleep well tonight! *Hugs*

65 posted on 04/04/2014 6:56:27 PM PDT by AZamericonnie

To: AZamericonnie

Definately one for the GOOD GUYS.

The Prince, we were told last night, has a bad cold.

The Pricess is fine. There are even the begining of words starting.

DC is due in mid June.

66 posted on 04/04/2014 6:56:45 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)

To: 2LT Radix jr; 80 Square Miles; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; ...

~~Tunes For The Troops~~

Merle Haggard - Tonight, The Bottle Let Me Down

Merle Haggard is supposed to be honored this year.

Want more information about the artists we play? Perhaps you'd like to buy concert tickets or their CDs? Click the links provided at the top of the thread for more information!

67 posted on 04/04/2014 6:57:23 PM PDT by AZamericonnie

To: AZamericonnie

Good evening, Connie, and thank you for the tributes to our troops. *HUGS*

Did you finish out your week on a good note? And a safe commute?

I’m right now on the phone with Jimmy!!!!

Report in a bit. It’s GOOD NEWS!!

68 posted on 04/04/2014 7:00:57 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...

RANDOM NOTES ON THE PASSING MUSIC SCENE....

Grateful Dead~Touch Of Grey

If you would like to support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please go to the top of the thread.

Please ping any DJ to any song requests
made on the thread. Thank you!

69 posted on 04/04/2014 7:01:12 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)

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Go to Google Translate, and copy and paste.

хорошо

70 posted on 04/04/2014 7:01:57 PM PDT by dfwgator

To: 2LT Radix jr; 80 Square Miles; acad1228; AirForceMom; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; ...

~~Tunes For The Troops~~

Brad Paisley - I Can't Change The World

Want more information about the artists we play? Perhaps you'd like to buy concert tickets or their CDs? Click the links provided at the top of the thread for more information!

71 posted on 04/04/2014 7:03:07 PM PDT by AZamericonnie

To: AZamericonnie; ConorMacNessa; Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; MS.BEHAVIN; left that other site

ROCKUMENTARY: APRIL 5, 1970

#75 – The Ides of March: “Vehicle”

Jim Peterik put his brand on the Soul Survivors, Survivor and the Ides of March. We called this tune, “The Child Molester Song”. It has a great, sinister sound.

The Ides of March: “Vehicle”

72 posted on 04/04/2014 7:03:53 PM PDT by Publius ("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)

To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...

SFC Paul Ray Smith, USA (MOH)
2nd Platoon, B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion
1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division

"Rock Of The Marne"

From Today in U.S. Military History:

4 April 2003 – Baghdad, Iraq

Citation: "Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in action with an armed enemy near Baghdad International Airport, Baghdad, Iraq on 4 April 2003. On that day, Sergeant First Class Smith was engaged in the construction of a prisoner of war holding area when his Task Force was violently attacked by a company-sized enemy force. Realizing the vulnerability of over 100 fellow soldiers, Sergeant First Class Smith quickly organized a hasty defense consisting of two platoons of soldiers, one Bradley Fighting Vehicle and three armored personnel carriers. As the fight developed, Sergeant First Class Smith braved hostile enemy fire to personally engage the enemy with hand grenades and anti-tank weapons, and organized the evacuation of three wounded soldiers from an armored personnel carrier struck by a rocket propelled grenade and a 60mm mortar round. Fearing the enemy would overrun their defenses, Sergeant First Class Smith moved under withering enemy fire to man a .50 caliber machine gun mounted on a damaged armored personnel carrier. In total disregard for his own life, he maintained his exposed position in order to engage the attacking enemy force. During this action, he was mortally wounded. His courageous actions helped defeat the enemy attack, and resulted in as many as 50 enemy soldiers killed, while allowing the safe withdrawal of numerous wounded soldiers. Sergeant First Class Smith’s extraordinary heroism and uncommon valor are in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great credit upon himself, the Third Infantry Division “Rock of the Marne,” and the United States Army. "

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

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)

73 posted on 04/04/2014 7:04:51 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1<center> <table back969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)

Good evening Yard! *Hugs*

Wow...looks like a sand castle...ya know what I mean?

74 posted on 04/04/2014 7:05:16 PM PDT by AZamericonnie

To: Kathy in Alaska

OMGosh! Send my love!

I love good news!!!!

75 posted on 04/04/2014 7:06:27 PM PDT by AZamericonnie

To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!

Missing Man Setting

"The Empty Chair"

By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004

"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat – it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.

The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.

AS YOU REMEMBER.

The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.

We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each other’s company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room – we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:

The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.

The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.

The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.

The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.

The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate.
The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them.
The bible represents the faith that sustained them.
The glass is inverted — they cannot share in the toast.
The chair is empty — they are not here. They are missing.

And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.

We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.

But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.

WE SHOULD REMEMBER."

Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
(Click)

Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who Gave
Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

76 posted on 04/04/2014 7:07:42 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines RVN 1<center> <table back969 - St. Mlichael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)

To: AZamericonnie

He sends his love back!!!

77 posted on 04/04/2014 7:08:05 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))

To: 2LT Radix jr; acad1228; AirForceMom; Colonel_Flagg; AliVeritas; aomagrat; ariamne; armyavonlady; ...

RANDOM NOTES ON THE PASSING MUSIC SCENE....

Half Moon Run~Unofferable

If you would like to support the artists you hear in the Canteen,
please go to the top of the thread.

Please ping any DJ to any song requests
made on the thread. Thank you!

78 posted on 04/04/2014 7:08:26 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)

To: AZamericonnie

I hadn’t thought about it but now that you mention it, it does look like a sand castle.

79 posted on 04/04/2014 7:09:37 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8: verses 38 and 39. "For I am persuaded".)

Aw....poor Prince! Hope he fells much betters very soon.

I knew DC’s date was coming soon but couldn’t remember which month.

80 posted on 04/04/2014 7:12:11 PM PDT by AZamericonnie

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