FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ 19 March 2015

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

HOMECOMING KISS

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Spencer Greer kisses his wife after the return of the guided-missile frigate USS Simpson to Mayport, FL, March 20, 2014, from a six-month deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of responsibility. The Simpson conducted more than 700 flight hours and traveled more than 35,000 nautical miles to support regional and maritime security. Greer is an electronics technician. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Salt Cebe

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.

NIGHT FIRE

As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. soldiers conduct a night fire exercise using 81 mm mortars for illumination training on Forward Operating Base Lightning in Afghanistan's Paktiya province, March 21, 2014. The soldiers are assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's 71st Calvary Regiment, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Dixie Rae Liwanag

PILOT PREP

U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Jessie Freeman, left, U.S. Army Capt. Katherine Wemp prepare their UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during preflight operations on Kandahar Airfield before conducting a mission in Afghanistan's Kandahar province, March 12, 2014. Wemp, a pilot, commands Company A, 2nd General Support Aviation Battalion, 1st Aviation Regiment. Freeman is a pilot assigned to the unit. U.S. Army photo by Capt. Andrew Cochran

WELL DECK WELCOME

A U.S. Navy landing craft enters the well deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Denver in the East China Sea, March 20, 2014. The Denver is conducting operations in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Todd C. Behrman

VERTICAL LAUNCH

The guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin launches an anti-submarine rocket during a live-fire exercise in the Pacific Ocean, March 23, 2014. The Mustin is participating in Multi-Sail 2014, an annual exercise in the 7th Fleet area of responsibility to support security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Fidel C. Hart

OSPREY APPROACH

An MV-22 Osprey attached to Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 161 approaches the flight deck of the USS Anchorage in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California, March 20, 2014. The Anchorage is undergoing amphibious warfare certifications. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Lindahl

HOIST TRAINING

A U.S. Air Force pararescueman assists U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Gerald Barnett, left, via hoist into a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter as part of a water rescue exercise near Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 20, 2014. Barnett, senior enlisted adviser, is assigned to the 449th Air Expeditionary Group, and the pararescueman is assigned to the 82nd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Staci Miller

DIRECTING A GUNNER

Marine Corps Sgt. Andrew Morey, foreground, directs Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Brooke Livingston as she engages a target with an M240G medium machine gun from a UH-1Y Huey helicopter during an urban training exercise on Fort Hunter Liggett, CA, March 17, 2014. Morey and Livingston are crew chiefs assigned to 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 163. The training places troops in environments similar to those they would see during upcoming deployments. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Melissa Wenger

PAKTIYA PATROL

U.S. Army Spc. Dustin Emkewalker, foreground, pulls security during a patrol in Paktiya province, Afghanistan, March 19, 2014. Emkewalker is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company A, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Dixie Rae Liwanag

VEHICLE CHECK

U.S. Army Spc. Dustin Emkewalker prepares his vehicle before a patrol on Forward Operating Base Lightning in Afghanistan's Paktiya province, March 19, 2014. Emkewalker is assigned to the 10th Mountain Division's Company A, Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Dixie Rae Liwanag

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]

Thanks, Connie, for the tributes to our troops. *hugs*

Did you have a safe and swift commute?

My yard is duck central these days...upwards of 40 come to dine.

I am off for home shortly. Got a mini fridge for Mom’s room for the days when she doesn’t feel she can make it out to the living room and kitchen. I can make her some lunch and have drinks right there. My sister and I think we will take out the second bed and make a sitting room for her for the bad days.

[The Mayor]

Spring is coming.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...good lessons today?

You and Lynn-Dah doing well? Lots of walks? Nice weather?

[PROCON]

Glad it's coming tomorrow!

How old is your Mom?

[left that other site]

Yes...we walk at least two miles, sometimes 3, every morning.

I don’t see any improvement in either of us though! LOL!

[SandRat]

[EXCH54FE]

Good Evening Kathy

(((HUGS)))

One more Sunny day in TN.

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy. Another freezing night here. I want spring already!

[left that other site]

So sorry to bug out early...but I am really tired.

So glad your wheels are arriving soon for Mom.

Patty (my little sister) had a much harder time with the operation than was anticipated. Please keep her in prayer.

Thanks!

((((HUGS))))

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

Wow, it’s the flying dog!

[luvie]

Rememberng them.
ALL of them!

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! He sure is!!

LEAPING LESKA

Leska, a military working dog, leaps at U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class John Winjum, a working dog handler, during training on Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, March 21, 2014. The training maintains the dog's proficiency in subduing suspects. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Dietrich

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Finally....checks printed on time. Really full next two days, but I get taken to lunch on Friday. I’m thinking Lone Star would be good for a good hamburger.

Was today a Maddi day? Did you have a Terrific Tuesday?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, EX...((HUGS))...spring is making an attempt here. Most all the snow is gone...the melt has made a HUGE lake at the intersection of my street. They had to thaw the drains way early because of so much melt. The same one that didn’t drain last year, isn’t draining this year. Supposed to get into the 40s the rest of the week.

Hurrah for sunny TN!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, Mooch....I'm afraid to believe it, but it sorta looks like spring is here. Very strange....a winter with almost no snow.

Hope spring finds you soon.

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Thursday 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, LUV W. How's it going?

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Sandrat. How’s it going?

[E.G.C.]

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

From left that other site.....

Patty (my little sister) had a much harder time with the operation than was anticipated. Please keep her in prayer.

Thanks!