FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Greely, Alaska ~ 28 NOV 2023

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Fort Greely, Alaska

Fort Greely is a United States Army launch site for anti-ballistic missiles located about 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. It is also the home of the Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC), as Fort Greely is one of the coldest areas in Alaska, and can accommodate cold, extreme-cold, and temperate-weather tests depending on the season.

It is named in honor of Major General Adolphus Greely.

Fort Greely Garrison's supported tenants include: Ground-Based Midcourse Defense, 49th Missile Defense Battalion, 59th Signal Battalion (NEC), Cold Regions Test Center, Army and Air Force Exchange Service, Defense Commissary Agency, and the Logistics Readiness Center.

In 1995, the installation underwent Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) and was warm based in 1997. In 2001, it was partially removed from the BRAC list to support the national objective of missile defense. It was reduced to its current size of 7,200 acres, and the surrounding ranges and training lands were transferred to Fort Wainwright.

Today, Fort Greely serves as an integral part of the Nation’s Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) and is a National Security Asset.

Fort Greely’s installation mission is mid-course missile defense (destroying threat missiles in their midcourse phase).

Today, The Northern Warfare Training Center is responsible for maintaining the US Army's state of the art in cold weather and mountain warfare. The Center provides training in these subjects to both active and reserve components and assists in the development of tactics and techniques for such operations.

Learn More About Fort Greely HERE!!

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[SkyDancer]

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[lightman]

Happy Monday!

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[PROCON]

Hi Lauren, thanks for taking us on another great Road Trip!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening SkyDancer!

FIRST!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you lightman!

SECOND!

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy left that other site!

THIRD!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you PROCON!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: Fort Greely, Alaska~

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[Allegra]

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Rest easy, mylife.

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[The Mayor]

November 28

The Skill of Compassion

Bible in a Year:

• Ezekiel 33–34
• 1 Peter 5

Be devoted to one another in love . . . joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer.

Romans 12:10–12

“A thorn has entered your foot—that is why you weep at times at night,” wrote Catherine of Sienna in the fourteenth century. She continued, “There are some in this world who can pull it out. The skill that takes they have learned from [God].” Catherine devoted her life to cultivating that “skill,” and is still remembered today for her remarkable capacity for empathy and compassion for others in their pain. 

That image of pain as a deeply embedded thorn that requires tenderness and skill to remove lingers with me. It’s a vivid reminder of how complex and wounded we are, and of our need to dig deeper to develop true compassion for others and ourselves.

Or, as the apostle Paul describes it, it’s an image that reminds us that loving others like Jesus does requires more than good intentions and well-wishes—it requires being “devoted to one another” (Romans 12:10), “joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” (v. 12). It requires being willing to not only “rejoice with those who rejoice” but to “mourn with those who mourn” (v. 15). It requires all of us.

In a broken world, none of us escape unwounded—hurt and scars are deeply embedded in each of us. But deeper still is the love we find in Christ; love tender enough to draw out those thorns with the balm of compassion, willing to embrace both friend and enemy (v. 14) to find healing together. .

Reflect & Pray

When have you experienced the healing power of compassion? How can you cultivate a community of healing?

Loving God, thank You for Your compassion. Help me to love others like that.

[radu]

Howdy, lauren. *HUGZ*

How goes it these days? Busy getting everything finished up before your Christmas break begins?

[laurenmarlowe]

Hi MA!

*HUGS*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, lauren, for today's Road Trip: Fort Greely, Alaska.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[laurenmarlowe]

Thank you Allegra, that’s very nice.

We will miss you mylife.

[PROCON]

Hiya radu, sorry I missed you last night, my weekend was uneventful other than my college football team, (Washington) winning their game and now onto the PAC12 championship game later this week against U of Oregon.

I did get a chance to visit Robin, Son and the pups yesterday, that's about all I did this weekend.

Hope you're doing OK.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...any parachute runs of late? Ubering over the city?