~ 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
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and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
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