FReeper Canteen ~ It's Finally Friday!! ~ 08 January 10

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

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ It’s Finally Friday!! ~

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

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]

Why am I not surprised. LOL!! Good morning, Meg. I'm headed for bed in just a few.

[Kathy in Alaska]

http://images23.fotki.com/v858/photos/5/55348/483034/CHcoffee-vi.gif Cmas coffee

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Sandwich?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[E.G.C.]

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

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Pusterfuss]

Good morning Kathy. (+1 — must be AGW, there’s no other explanation.)

[ConorMacNessa]

Pte. Robert Hays, 1st Battalion the Royal Anglian Regiment, KIA Afghanistan 3JAN2010



I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)

Flowers of the Forest



Black Watch Piper

The Soldier

If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is forever England. There shall be
In that rich earth a richer dust concealed;
A dust whom England bore, shaped, made aware,
Gave, once, her flowers to love, her ways to roam;
A body of England's, breathing English air,
Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.
And think, this heart, all evil shed away,
A pulse in the eternal mind, no less
Gives somewhere back the thoughts by England given;
Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;
And laughter, learnt of friends; and gentleness,
In hearts at peace, under an English heaven.

Rupert Brooke



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Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen.
Ya'll stay warm today. 22º at the house and 26º at work this morning.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning Meg. (((HUGS))) to you.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Everyone.
Good morning to our
AWESOME
Military, our Allies, and their families.

Thank you, Ma, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.

The DC Metroland weather report

~ Today....Scattered snow flurries and snow showers this morning. Becoming partly cloudy later. Temps nearly steady in the low to mid 30s. Winds WNW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of snow 30%.

~ Tonight....Clear to partly cloudy. Low 23F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph.

Woke up to about an inch & half of snow. Enough to cover the vehicles and ground. Main roads were in good shape.

Unbelievable - our county closed schools. I wonder why? I mean places like West Virginia, which got more than us, had only a 2 hour delay. Wimps, I think.

Time for me to make my rounds. But, you stay right where you are. Don't touch that dial. Don't change that channel. Put down that remote. Don't leave the room. Keep your eyes on your monitor. Cause...............I'll be bock!

Now remember, the Canteen is ALWAYS

So, come on in and sit for a while. There's always plenty of coffee, pancakes, conversation, silliness, and plain old BS

REMEMBER THEM

DEFENDERS OF FREEDOM

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT

Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.

[tomkow6]

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, Meg ((HUGS))

[E.G.C.]

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

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, dear ((HUGS))

Sounds like you'll need to stay warm.

repeat after me.....spring is only a few months away

[mylife]

That looks delicious!

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning beachy and (((HUGS))) to you. I know spring is not too far away.

It is really cold here today and the ut horn fans are really cold today. They are whining like babies. I think I will buy some cheese for their whine. Just like the FR thread with this as the last line. I guarantee the poster of the thread has never been near the “dirty dozen” at any ut home game when the horns win.

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‘Bama’s QB McElroy gives an upside down horns sign at the end of the game, as if he really did something special. I am willing to bet that no UT player would have made a derogatory gesture had they won - only horns signs would have been seen.

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2423653/posts

[mylife]

What Ma sent a picture of is Carnitas.

How you liking this Texas weather?

[MEG33]

Good Morning

"Come on in..The water is fine!"
It's 19 degrees here..5 is the wind chill!
*HUGS*

[PROCON]

Good Friday morning and (((HUGS))) from the left coast!!

My work week went fairly fast, weather is still mild and wet.

No big weekend plans other than chores.

Have a great weekend!