USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Camp Run-A-Muck ~ WooHoo! ~ March 19 2003

[tomkow6]

Oh, BOY!  Oh, BOY!

Here we go again!

...What do we do today?....are the gurlz with SKINNY legs comin?....
........comic characters......SHUT UP......
......BARNEY?......COMICS?.....hehehehehe........I LIKE COMICS....
where's my comics?......QUIET!....is Batman comin?.. ..
....I wanna see Green Lantern.... Sesame street...Stop hitting me...
...Odie & Garfield?.......nobody wants to see yer ..giggle...snicker..
.....Maw! she hit me....go to your room....

Welcome to Camp RUN-A-MUK!

 

 

Today's Feature:

Comic Characters

Where the Plan Of the Day is: Mirth...Merriment...and FUN!
Kick back! Relax! Tell a joke or two! Have a brew !

The BAR is OPEN!

We've got Eye candy...Mind candy...

and Chicken soup for the soul!

Your host for today's Comic Characters is none other than:

TAZ!
Let the Fun BEGIN !!

[tomkow6]

Pacific Ocean (Mar. 18, 2003) - A T-45C Goshawk catches one of four arresting wires as it lands on the flight deck of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). The T-45 aircraft are used for intermediate and advanced portions of the Navy/Marine Corps pilot training program for jet carrier aviation and tactical strike mission instruction. The carrier qualifications are normally conducted on an Atlantic-based carrier within close range of the Navy's Meridian, Miss., training facility, however, the T-45 pilot qualifications were moved to the Pacific since Stennis is one of the few carriers currently not forward deployed. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Joshua Word.

[tomkow6]

Gulfport, Miss. (Mar. 18, 2003) -- Seabee Equipment Operators drive the Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) through the training course at the Naval Construction Training Center. The MTVR is a six-wheel-drive 425 horsepower truck that is replacing all of the Seabee's fleet of cargo trucks. The MTVR is capable of carrying loads of 7 to 15 tons and can be loaded aboard C-130 cargo aircraft for transport almost anywhere in the world. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Chris Desmond.

[tomkow6]

Gulfport, Miss. (Mar. 18, 2003) -- Equipment Operator 2nd Class Jason Knifley from Mattoon, Ill., operates a 40-ton crawler crane at the Naval Construction Training Center. Petty Officer Knifley teaches a 5-week advanced crane operation course on heavy lift equipment. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Chris Desmond.

[tomkow6]

Pacific Ocean (Mar. 19, 2003) -- Aerographer’s Mate 3rd Class Robert Cherek from Wausau, Wis., uses a PMQ-3 on the 010 level aboard ship to take a wind reading aboard USS Nimitz (CVN 68). The PMQ-3 is a hand-held wind speed indictor. Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven are operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate Airman Shannon Renfroe.

[tomkow6]

Pacific Ocean (Mar. 19, 2003) -- USS Nimitz (CVN 68) pulls alongside the fast combat support ship USS Bridge (AOE 10) in preparation for a replenishment at sea (RAS) as the guided missile cruiser USS Chosin (CG 65) pulls along the other side of the Bridge. Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven are operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas.

[tomkow6]

Pacific Ocean (Mar. 19, 2003) -- A CH-46 Sea Knight assigned to the “Gunbearers” of Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Eleven (HC-11) transfers supplies from the fast combat support ship USS Bridge (AOE 10) to the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) while the guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) follows behind during vertical replenishment (VERT REP) operations. Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven are operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Maebel Tinoko.

[tomkow6]

Pacific Ocean (Mar. 19, 2003) -- The fast combat support ship USS Bridge (AOE 10) underway following replenishment operations with elements of USS Nimitz battle group currently deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas.

[tomkow6]

Pacific Ocean (Mar. 19, 2003) -- The guided missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) approaches the fast combat support ship USS Bridge (AOE 10) to begin a Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP). Nimitz and her embarked Carrier Air Wing Eleven are operating in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 3rd Class Yesenia Rosas.

[LaDivaLoca]

TIMMY

[tomkow6]

The Arabian Gulf (Mar. 19, 2003) -- Vice Adm. Timothy J. Keating, Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command/ Commander Fifth Fleet offers words of encouragement to crew members aboard USS Constellation (CV 64). “We did everything we can to avoid war. We’re now going to do everything we can to win war, if and when he tells us to go. Stay ready, the President is counting on you. Mr. President the men and women of the Connie battle group are by God ready,” the Admiral said. Constellation and Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) are deployed conducting missions in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer’s Mate Airman John P. Curtis.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Eat our dust: Bradley Fighting Vehicles of the 7th Infantry Regiment roll toward the Iraqi border as President Bush's deadline approaches.

[tomkow6]

...................OK!.....I'm done..........

[grantswank]

FRENCH BRAIN CELLS POPPING . . . HELP!


They’re worried about boycotts of their products. They’re concerned about their world image. They’re suffering angst about their own self-identity. Too bad, so sad. The French have asked for it. They spent days getting into these psycho pits. They can just wallow away.
So they’re willing to assist if there is bio-chem set loose in Iraqi. Big deal. May their Florence Nightingales be there janey-on-the-spot. Yessirree bob.

President Jacquies Chirac continued his tirade today that a US-led conflict is not justified. So what else is new from the French President? Out of the other mouth, it was French ambassador to Washington, Jean-David Levitte, who gave forth the med news that their med teams would be there when chem-bio weaponry was set loose. Nice going, France. Trying once again to do damage control, eh?

Well, the rest of us are not so stupid. But valiant try anyhow.

French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin and Russian as well as German same-positions huddled at the UN today to go one more time for an evaluation of inspectors’ data. Blix, according to CNS News, in the meantime, continues to bewail to the media that he is so so so sorry that the inspections have come to a halt. Hmmm. What part of the Iraqi menu was it that satisfied Blix’s palate over there?

Yet to add to the muddle, I ask you if the following makes any sense: Addressing the National Assembly yesterday, Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin defended French-American relations. “It is not because we don't want to participate in this war that we are at war with the United States," he said.

What?

But no doubt that which causes the most Frenchy psycho upset is this reasonable assessment: Deputy from the majority UMP party Dominique Dord said yesterday: “We would look really stupid if Iraqis applaud the arrival of Americans!”

And there you have it: a lone voice of mental health balance midst the popped brain cells of the other French.

[radu]

Our fighting men and women are in my thoughts and prayers 24/7.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, yankeedame, for today's installment of Raider of the Copper Hill.

[tomkow6]

I think next Wednesday will be declared a "PANCAKE-FREE-ZONE"..............

[fatima]

Thanks tomkow6.

[LaDivaLoca]

Kathy, the story of Mahdi and Scott is very heartwarming. I too have fond memories of the Kuwaitis I met when working at the Kuwait Embassy.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Cluck and hover: Where the HMH 462 helicopter unit goes, so goes its good luck charm -- a musical stuffed chicken. The unit expects to ship out to the front lines in Iraq soon.