FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii ~ 17 JULY 2012

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe

[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam is a United States military facility adjacent to Honolulu, Hawaii. It is an amalgamation of the former United States Air Force Hickam Air Force Base and the United States Navy Naval Base Pearl Harbor, which were merged in 2010.

Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam is part of Navy Region Hawaii and provides Navy and joint operations Base Operating Support that is capabilities-based and integrated.

As part of Pacific Air Forces, the United States Air Force 15th Wing provides strategic and tactical airlift capability to PACAF and Air Mobility Command operating the C-17 Globemaster III. It also enhances PACAF's power and reach operating the F-22 Raptor.
 

 

Naval Station Pearl Harbor provides berthing and shore side support to surface ships and submarines, as well as maintenance and training. Pearl Harbor can accommodate the largest ships in the fleet, to include dry dock services, and is now home to over 160 commands. Housing, personnel, and family support are also provided and are an integral part of the shore side activities, which encompasses both permanent and transient personnel.

Because Pearl Harbor is the only intermediate maintenance facility for submarines in the Middle Pacific, it serves as host to a large number of visiting submariners.

The Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Pacific, (NCTAMS PAC), Wahiawa, Hawaii is the world's largest communication station. The headquarters site of this shore command is located in the central section of the island of Oahu, approximately three miles north of Wahiawa.
 

Hickam Air Force Base was named in honor of aviation pioneer Lt Col Horace Meek Hickam. It is under the jurisdiction of Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), which is headquartered on the base.

Hickam remains the launch point of strategic air mobility and operational missions in support of the Global War on Terrorism as well as special air missions in support of the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) and Commander, Pacific Air Forces (PACAF).

Hickam is home to the 15th Wing (15 WG) and 67 partner units including Headquarters, United States Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), Headquarters - Hawaii Air National Guard and the 154th Wing (154 WG) of the Hawaii Air National Guard. The Air Mobility Command's 515th Air Mobility Operations Wing (515 AMOW) provides tactical and strategic airlift within the Pacific region.

At Pearl Harbor-Hickam the 15th Airlift Wing retains essentially unchanged missions for the 15th AW operations, maintenance and medical groups -- along with its core mission functions of Airfield Operations and Explosive Ordnance Disposal. Also unaffected due to the merge were the many other supported units and tenants on the joint base -- Pacific Air Forces, Air Mobility Command, 13th Air Force and our Total Force partners in the Hawaii Air National Guard.

Learn More About Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam HERE!

Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor on historic Ford Island occupies World War II-era hangars that still bear the scars of our nation's first aviation battlefield. It's the newest attraction among the Pearl Harbor Historic Sites and a must visit for aviation and history enthusiasts.

Ford Island, now a National Historic Landmark, is quiet today but it still shows the scars of war. In developing the master plan in the 1990s, the Navy consulted with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Historic Hawaii Foundation.

The Navy agreed to protect several historic buildings and nearby grounds. However, preserving these artifacts is outside the Navy's primary mission, so an innovative method for adaptive reuse and preservation was required.

Perhaps serendipitously, a group of concerned Hawaii citizens stepped forward with a solution and a plan to create a world class aviation museum in the historic hangars that survived the attack that initiated the US effort in World War II.

Visit The Pacific Aviation Museum Pearl Harbor HERE!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[SandRat]

Evenin’, Kathy...((HUGS))...surviving.

Right now it’s thundering with off and on rain.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Hawaii...((HUGS))...any good news today?

Did you have sun? Sun came out here a couple hours ago, but the BLACK clouds piled up against the mountains portend rain.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Birthday, lauren!!

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Sand, for the Hickam Field photos....interesting bit of history.

[BIGLOOK]

Aloha again Night Owl! ((HUGS))

I'm sure there's good news somewhere in the world....I just don't live there.

Got a ton of little chores done over the past coupl days and it has been sunny.....well almost....so that's been good for everyone's spirits.

[Kathy in Alaska]

It always feels good getting lots of the little things done. Good for you.

[Diver Dave]

Welcome Home Conservative Vermont Vet. Thank You for your service to our great country.

Stopped at Pearl Harbor on our way to WESTPAC with each of our three WESTPAC tours (64-67). 3 months in Boot Camp (San Diego) and 3 months at San Diego Shipfitter/Pipefitter “A” school. Then it was off to join the Pacific Fleet homeported in San Diego. GREAT duty station.

I was stationed aboard a Destroyer Tender which provided repairs to ships of the fleet. Though we never made it to Yankee Station, we put in many long hours servicing the Fleet in Subic, Kaoshuing, Sasebo and Yokosuka.

My first two years I worked in the Pipe Shop and the last to in the Diving Locker. I don’t regret any of my time in the US Navy.

Salute, brother!....two.

[Diver Dave]

GREAT pictures, SandRat. Thank You.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[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.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

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.]

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.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

[E.G.C.]

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

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[beachn4fun]

ROAD TRIP

Good morning, Everyone.

Good morning to our

military, our allies, and their families

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

I think I spotted BIGLOOK. (waving)

DC Metroland Weather

~ Today...Sunny...Hot with highs in the upper 90s.
West winds around 5 mph.

~ Tonight...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 70s.
Southwest winds around 5 mph.

Yeah, yeah another hot time in the city!
However, looking ahead to the weekend
tells me that we'll be back in the 80s (fingers crossed).

Please stay. Grab a cup of joe or tasty tea.
Stop and chat with one of the military
or family members hanging out in the Canteen.

The FR Canteen is

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

REMEMBER THEM

ABRAMS, LEWIS HERBERT
11/25/1967
Negotiated Remains Returned

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]

 

 

 

 

 Good morning,

EVERYBODY!

GOOD

MORNING

TROOPS!

 

Cubs

36 WINS

52  LOSSES

 

 

Show me a man with both feet firmly on the ground,
and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants off.  
 

 

[E.G.C.]

Good morning, Tomkow6.

((HUGS))Good morning, Beach.

How's it going?

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. It's another mid 70º morning here.

[beachn4fun]

Good morning, EG ((HUGS))

All is well. In for another heatwave for the next few days. But also possibility of some rain too.

Howz it out your way?

[Arrowhead1952]