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TIGHT SQUEEZE
100105-N-4236E-028 ATLANTIC OCEAN (Jan. 5, 2010) Aircraft handlers fit aircraft from Carrier Air Wing 7 in the hangar bay of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69). Dwight D. Eisenhower is on a six-month deployment as a part of the on-going rotation of forward-deployed forces to support maritime security operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Chad R. Erdmann/Released)
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.
U.S. Army soldiers with Bravo Company, 82nd Division Special Troops Battalion provide security while a CH-47 Chinook drops soldiers off during an air assault mission in Parwan, Afghanistan, on Dec. 18, 2009. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher W. Allison, U.S. Army. (Released)
COUNTERPIRACY PATROL
The guided-missile cruiser USS Chosin patrols to support counterpiracy operations in the Gulf of Aden, Jan. 1, 2010. The Chosin is the flagship of Combined Joint Task Force 151, a multinational task force established to conduct counterpiracy off the coast of Somalia. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Edgington .
Maynard Ferguson ~ Love Locked Out
Ray Peterson ~ Tell Laura I Love Her
Patti Page ~ Tennessee Waltz
Elvis ~ That’s All Right Mama
Fats Domino ~ Blueberry Hill
TEACHER
U.S. Marine Cpl Sarah B Furrel, a member of the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines Regiment’s female engagement team, teaches Afghan girls to count numbers at a school in Now Zad, Afghanistan, on Jan 2, 2010. Furrel is at the school to encourage the girls to pursue an education. DoD photo by Cpl Albert F Hunt, U.S. Marine Corps. (Released)
IKE TAKES PART IN DRAMATIC RESCUE AT SEA
100103-N-1117B-130 ATLANTIC (Jan.3, 2010) A SH-60F Sea Hawk assigned to the "Nightdippers" of Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron (HS) 5, left, lands on the flight deck of aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) after successfully extracting a stranded mariner off the coast of North Carolina. Responding to a request for aid and assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard, Eisenhower launched a Search and Rescue team in rough weather conditions. Eisenhower departed Norfolk, Va., Jan. 2, for a scheduled deployment supporting 6th Fleet and 5th Fleet areas of operation. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Baker/Released)
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ABBA ~ Thank You For The Music
Brian Setzer ~ Put Your Cat Clothes On
Canadian Brass ~ Hornpipe
Willie Nelson ~ Living in the Promiseland
Everly Brothers ~ Bye Bye Love
GOGGLE GAZE
U.S. Air Force Capt. David Snodgrass checks his night-vision goggles before his flight from Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Jan. 4, 2010. Snodgrass is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., and assigned to the 79th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeromy K. Cross
PALLET PUSHERS
As seen through a night-vision device, U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jason R. Moore and Pfc. Kurt M. Cahill push a palletized supply bundle to clear its parachute lines and prepare it for loading onto a truck after an aerial drop near Forward Operating Base Geronimo in Nawa in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Dec. 27, 2009. Moore, a drop zone commander, and Cahill, a logistics embarkation chief, are assigned to the logistics operations section, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Brian A. Tuthill
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