USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Camp Run-A-Muck ~ WooHoo! ~ Friday, September 19, 2003

My "VOICES", "kitty-katz", Linda, and FRiends of the Canteen

[blackie]

You can never eat too much aged (white) sharp cheddar cheese. :)

[Wild Thing]

heeheh

Hi Blackie, thanks for liking my pirate hat. haha

Good to see you!

Wild Thing

[Old Sarge]

Jawin' o' gentlemen o' fortune be ye?

Well, properly warned ye be, sez I, so shake the reefs out, lads an' lasses all, for ye're summoned midships to stand to for:

BLACK JOHN KIDD!

Say ye've not heard me hail, nor seen me tops'l's afore this day? Then peel an eye to these, the entires of the logs, an' make of yerself a sea-fairn' genius...Ever clapped eyes on me good shipmate, that master mariner, Charlie-boy Heston?

Or, p'raps, ne'er ye sighted sail o' that most dashing of corsairs, Errol O'Flynn?

Or, none other than that gentleman o' mysterious past and thirst-for-blood legend, The Dread Pirate Roberts!

Har, cheery messmates all, to raise high a flagon o' ale, devil a' doubt, to whet the appetite fer blood an' treasure, aye, it's the pirate's life, m'lads!

[blackie]

Boots aren't bad either ~ we'll talk about your pistol later. :):)

[minor49er]

Today's humor attempt:

A dumb blonde is walking along, lost, and encounters a deep and wide river. She looks up and down the river for a way across but is unsuccessful in finding one. Yet, when looking to the other side again, she happened to see another blonde on the opposite river bank. She tried calling to her.

"How can I get to the other side of the river?" she shouts loudly.

The other blonde replied "What for? You are already on the other side of the river!"

[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Viki Apineru and Georgian Lieutenant Tengo Orjonkidze look over trainees doing pushups during a physical fitness test on Sept. 9, 2003 at Krtsanisi Training Camp, Republic of Georgia. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dallas D. Edwards

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Chad Roark, an instructor for the Georgia Train and Equip Program, marches with a company of Georgian trainees on Sept. 9th, 2003, at Krtsanisi Training Camp, Republic of Georgia. U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dallas D. Edwards

[minor49er]

Hello Kathy.
How are you today?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Remembering our POWs and MIAs always!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good day to you, E! Nights are starting to get down to freezing. Winter is starting to creep in.

[minor49er]

You have freep-mail.

[HiJinx]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day

A Proclamation
by the President of the United States of America

The sacrifice and service of America's veterans, including those who became prisoners of war or who went missing in action, have preserved freedom for America and brought freedom to millions around the world. On National POW/MIA Recognition Day, we honor the extraordinary courage of the Americans who have been prisoners of war, and we pray for those who are still missing in action and unaccounted for. This Nation also remembers the challenges and heartache endured by the families of prisoners of war and missing in action. We seek answers for the families of those who are still missing, and we will not rest until we have a full accounting.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Glass ceiling: A worker spray-paints the supporting beams of a glass roof in Beijing.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Horn o' plenty: Doc Holliday, a steer from the Pipe Ranch in San Antonio, N.M., rests in the beef barn at the State Fair's Longhorn Show in Albuquerque. No doubt he was tired from carrying those horns, which measure 6 feet from tip to tip.

[Kathy in Alaska]

U.S. Army Lt. Col. Monti Zimmerman (left), Coalition Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force, Danish Golum Ail, an interpreter, and Maj. Nigel Gattsche, a New Zealand Army engineer officer, ride through Bamian's bazaar to show a U.S. and coalition presence. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Stephanie Hall

Bamian Civil Affairs Team Not Horsing Around

By U.S. Army Sgt. Stephanie Hall
4th Public Affairs Detachment

BAMIAN, Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2003 — Shouts of joy from the townsfolk rise as the four mounted “cowboys” ride through the small, desert town they help keep safe from a gang of ruthless “renegades.”

No, this isn’t a scene from an old western movie; it’s as real as it gets. The cowboys are the U.S. and coalition forces in the Bamian Province, the renegades are the Taliban, and the townsfolk are the people of Bamian City.

At least once a week, the Bamian Provincial Reconstruction Team Civil Affairs Team rides horse back through the bazaar, the central point of the city, to show the people that they are and will remain safe from the Taliban.

“The purpose of the rides is to show (U.S. and coalition) presence to the people of Afghanistan that we have come (and) that we’re not like the Taliban,” said Lt. Col. Monti G. Zimmerman, Coalition Joint Civil Military Operations Task Force.

The sense of security is emphasized because “there was an edict written and prepared by the Taliban that said it was against the law to ride a horse in and through a bazaar, and therefore we demonstrate that you can safely ride a horse in and through a bazaar,” said Zimmerman.

Ever since the Taliban were driven out of town by the U.S. and coalition forces, the townsfolk do feel a sense of security, said Zimmerman. The fact that businesses, school attendance and the overall town’s activities have increased shows that the people do feel safe, he said.

The rest of the story

[Kathy in Alaska]

Awwwwwww. Cool flowers today. Thanks men of the Military and the Canteen.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hope all is well with Isabel in Buffalo, TM. Stay safe.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, good afternoon, and welcome home from school, minor! Have a good weekend.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks for the links, each day, to Ragtime Cowgirl's and Texokie's threads. Very handy for those of us that have trouble keeping up.

[minor49er]

You too!! *HUGS*

[Kathy in Alaska]

Did you remember to eat?