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  • FReeper Canteen ~ What Autumn Drink Are You? ~ 16 October 2013

    10/15/2013 5:59:34 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 101 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
    ~ Freeper Canteen ~ Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Today We Want To Know.... What Autumn Drink Are You? Click here and take the quiz! To share your results, click on the pink "HTML" button, then copy and paste the code into a "Reply" box. Have fun! Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.
  • Marine Corps Marathon Map (A not so subtle message for congress)

    10/15/2013 5:41:31 PM PDT · by NowApproachingMidnight · 9 replies
    The Marines send a not so subtle message to the government.
  • Obama's Curious Purge Of The Military Continues

    10/15/2013 5:21:39 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 66 replies
    Investors.com ^ | October 15, 2013 | IBD Editorial
    Defense: The firing of two nuclear commanders in a week adds to a body count that suggests we have either the most corrupt and incompetent general staff in history or our military is being reshaped for other purposes. The Obama administration, which has fired no one over scandals such as its Fast and Furious Mexican gun-running operation, its criminal negligence in the terrorist attack on our Benghazi diplomatic mission, or the use of the IRS to target and intimidate political foes, seems to have a curious obsession lately about ethics and competence in the U.S. military. Last week the Air...
  • Fort Ord burn jumps containment line

    10/15/2013 1:54:41 PM PDT · by EveningStar · 11 replies
    The Monterey County Herald ^ | October 15, 2013
    The Army's controlled burn has jumped past its containment line and is now burning a 72-acre parcel south of where it was supposed to stay. The fire is still within the Army's secondary containment line but has required York School's students and faculty to be evacuated... The fire is the latest in a long series of controlled burns intended to clear heavy brush so crews can find and remove hidden explosives left over from active operations at the base...
  • Oath Keepers Establishing Rotating Honor Guard to Ensure WWII Veterans’ Access to Their Memorial

    10/15/2013 8:37:06 AM PDT · by Whenifhow · 33 replies
    http://oathkeepers.org ^ | October 14, 2013 | Stewart Rhodes
    Time to Back Up World War II Vets as They Continue to Storm ‘Obama Beach’ First Honor Guard Shift: Wed., October 16 to Sunday, October 20 Every Day, Dawn till Dusk (you pick the day(s) you can serve) World War II Memorial, Washington D.C. (and other D.C. area war memorials, if we have enough volunteers) To Volunteer, RSVP by posting a comment to this article, giving us at least your first name, and telling us what day(s) and times you can be there, at the WWII memorial. See below for more details. In yet another intolerable act, the Obama Administration...
  • Troops' Next Paycheck Disappears if U.S. Defaults

    10/15/2013 5:30:04 AM PDT · by BulletBobCo · 101 replies
    Military.Com ^ | Oct 15, 2013 | Richard Sisk
    The troops will get paid on Tuesday, but the check after that could come in the form of an IOU if the nation defaults on its debt obligations, Treasury Department officials said. Default on top of the government shutdown would cancel out the hastily-crafted legislation that brought back furloughed Defense Department civilian employees and allowed for the payment of back pay, death benefits, incentive pays, re-enlistment bonuses, veterans disability benefits and survivor benefits. All would be eliminated if Congress and the White House fail to reach agreement on raising the debt ceiling to avoid default on Oct. 17, Treasury Secretary...
  • Prayer for Our American Heroes and Nation

    10/15/2013 2:17:26 AM PDT · by Jeanbl · 9 replies
    October 15, 2013 | Jeanbl
    “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel” . . . For the battle is the LORD's 1 Samuel 17:45 / 47
  • The Army’s $5 billion New Uniform Already Being Replaced

    10/14/2013 4:44:41 PM PDT · by haffast · 54 replies
    The Daily Beast ^ | 10-14-2013 | Caitlin Dickson
    In 2004, the Army decided to scrap the two traditional camouflage uniforms that had long been used by the military—one meant for woodland environments, another for the desert—and claimed to have come up with a universal pattern that could be worn anywhere and blend in with any environment. The $5 billion dollar experiment with the universal pattern is over as the Army is phasing out the uniform after less than a decade of use. But many soldiers and observers are wondering why it took this long and cost this much to replace an item that performed poorly from the start...
  • Government Shuts down Catholic Services on Navy Base; Thomas More Law Center Files Lawsuit

    10/14/2013 12:48:41 PM PDT · by Thomas_More_Law · 22 replies
    Thomas More Law Center ^ | 10.14.13 | Thomas More Law Center
    In the wake of the government shutdown, despite provisions in the Pay Our Military Act, Catholics at Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia are being denied religious services. The Catholic priest who serves this community has been prohibited from even volunteering to celebrate Holy Mass without pay, and was told that if he violated that order, he could be subject to arrest. Protestant services continue to take place. Only Catholic services have been shutdown. This is an astonishing attack on religious freedom by the federal government, and the latest affront towards the military since the beginning of the shutdown....
  • As hero finally gets Medal of Honor, some question the delay

    10/14/2013 10:03:45 AM PDT · by kimtom · 17 replies
    http://news.yahoo.com ^ | Oct 14, 2013 | By Jason Sickles
    At a stately White House ceremony on Tuesday, President Barack Obama will extol former Army Capt. William Swenson's courage and award him the country's highest military decoration. But beyond the pageantry is a convoluted tale not told in the official Army narrative detailing Swenson’s heroics when he and his troops were ambushed in Afghanistan more than four years ago. Even as Swenson receives his Medal of Honor, a Pentagon investigation is unfolding into why the former Army officer’s award nomination once vanished. It has been alleged that military brass may have derailed the approval process because Swenson pointed blame at...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Vernon McGarity ~ October 14, 2013

    10/13/2013 5:01:46 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 85 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | StarCMC
      Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Vernon McGarity Info from here.             Vernon McGarity (December 1, 1921 – May 21, 2013) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Born...
  • Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation (10/13/13)[Prayer]

    10/13/2013 4:11:02 AM PDT · by left that other site · 17 replies
    The Holy Scriptures | 10/13/13 | left that other site
    Pray For Our American Heroes and Our Nation Stand Firm Joshua 24:15 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 15 If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
  • Judge Jeanine BLASTS the Obama administration for denying death benefits to military families

    10/13/2013 3:29:53 AM PDT · by sheikdetailfeather · 10 replies
    The Right Scoop via Fox News ^ | 10-12-2013 | The Right Scoop via Fox News
    Judge Jeanine delivered another fantastic monologue, blasting the administration for denying death benefits to military families. But not only that, she went after Congress as well over this entire debacle and said that every one of them needs to be thrown out for letting it come to this. Watch:
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ DISCOVERING GOD ~ 13 October 2013

    10/12/2013 5:01:15 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 100 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
            DISCOVERING GOD Tomorrow many will enjoy a day off to celebrate Columbus Day. Columbus day is a legal holiday that we, as North Americans along with Latin Americans, celebrate the landing of Columbus in the Bahamas in 1492. Because of this discovery, a country, the United States of America, would come into existence based upon a pursuit of God Jehovah and the right to worship as we please. "Admiral Byrd, the explorer, one day was passing through the lobby of a hotel when a large company of people commenced cheering him. Two men were joining...
  • Pray for our American Heroes

    10/12/2013 9:01:39 AM PDT · by Irish Rose · 11 replies
    October 12, 2013 | Irish Rose
    You care for the land and water it; you enrich it abundantly. The streams of God are filled with water to provide the people with grain, for so you have ordained it. You drench its furrows and level its ridges; you soften it with showers and bless its crops. You crown the year with your bounty, and your carts overflow with abundance. The grasslands of the desert overflow; the hills are clothed with gladness. The meadows are covered with flocks and the valleys are mantled with grain; they shout for joy and sing. (Psalm 65:9-13)
  • Funding Jihadists while Denying Military Benefits

    10/12/2013 6:36:36 AM PDT · by sheikdetailfeather · 12 replies
    National Review Online ^ | 10-12-13 | Andrew C. McCarthy
    Here is where we’re at: The Republican establishment — the guys who told us that for a trillion dollars and several thousand American casualties, we could build “Islamic democracies” that would be reliable U.S. allies in the War on Terror — say it is Ted Cruz who is “delusional” and the effort to stave off Obamacare that is “unattainable.” These self-appointed sages are, of course, the same guys who told us the way to “stabilize” and “democratize” Libya was to help jihadists topple and kill the resident dictator — who, at the time, was a U.S. ally, providing intelligence about...
  • FReeper Canteen - Tunes For Our Troops - 12 Oct. 2013

    10/11/2013 6:01:15 PM PDT · by AZamericonnie · 311 replies
    Our Troops Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!! | The Canteen DJ's
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  • Report: Sequestration, Military Budget Cuts Hurting National Security

    10/11/2013 4:46:20 PM PDT · by SkyPilot · 23 replies
    The Washington Free Beacon ^ | 11 Oct 13 | Daniel Wiser
    A combination of budget cuts and escalating compensation costs will reduce the U.S. military’s fighting forces by at least 50 percent by 2021 and threaten national security, according to a report released Friday. The report by the Bipartisan Policy Center also said that the nearly $1 trillion in defense funding reductions over the next decade, known as the sequester, would cripple the readiness and modernization of military forces. The report pushed back against the notion that the sequester cuts have not been as debilitating as originally thought and actually helped to curb the nation’s mounting debt. While the cuts...
  • Immigration protest a slap in the face to Hispanic veterans

    10/11/2013 9:38:44 AM PDT · by moonshinner_09 · 6 replies
    americanthinker.com ^ | October 10, 2013 | Silvio Canto, Jr.
    According to news reports, they expected 100,000, accommodated for 35,000 but less than half of that showed up. Another march without marchers, a.k.a. the story of the immigration movement these days. When is this movement going to realize that they need new leaders, or people who understand how to speak to a nation in the middle of a huge recession? You can't demand "legalization" for 10 milion people when there are millions of US citizens and legal residents who can't find work. Have any of these immigration leaders walked down the streets of Hispanic districts in the US? Are they...
  • Rep. Duncan Hunter on Megyn Kelly Calls for Chuck Hagel to Resign: "He Broke the Sacred Trust"

    10/10/2013 7:34:43 PM PDT · by Whenifhow · 26 replies
    http://www.youtube.com ^ | October 10, 2013 | You Tube
    - Rep. Duncan Hunter was on with Megyn Kelly again tonight to discuss the fact that Obama and Harry Reid had a change of heart and tonight Obama signed a bill to ensure military families get the death benefits they so deserve. Megyn Kelly made a great point during this, that if it was really a concern for the DoD that death benefits weren't going to be paid out to military families, that they would have come back to Congress 9 days ago and said fix it. But they never did, according to Hunter, who says that someone made a...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Just Hangin' Cafe ~ 11 October 2013

    10/10/2013 6:01:04 PM PDT · by beachn4fun · 123 replies
    October 10, 2013 | Canteen Crew
    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. FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe Come on in, we're open Need a place just to hang out? This is it. We serve coffee, tea, and conversation. And music. Our AWESOME military, our AWESOME allies, and their families are welcomed and honored here. No worries in the FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe. Grab a cup and start a conversation. You never know who you might meet in the Cafe. Glad you...
  • Jay Carney says 'we don't need legislation' to pay military death benefits

    10/10/2013 1:18:30 PM PDT · by ConservativeMan55 · 46 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 10/10/13 | Joel Gerke
    President Obama opposed passage of funding for veterans' death benefits because the Fisher House Foundation has agreed to cover the costs, according to his spokesman.
  • WH Pressed: When Did Obama Know Military Death Benefits Halted?

    10/10/2013 10:57:50 AM PDT · by Nachum · 24 replies
    CNS News ^ | 10/10/13 | Susan Jones
    (CNSNews.com) - President Obama was "very disturbed" to learn that the Defense Department would not pay death benefits to the families of fallen soldiers, a White House spokesman said Wednesday. But if the Defense Department knew this several weeks ago, why didn't the president? When did President Obama learn about the problem? White House spokesman Jay Carney was asked that question at least six times on Wednesday, but he wouldn't or couldn't say.
  • Death benefits not paid to fallen soldiers families

    10/10/2013 10:08:46 AM PDT · by moneyrunner · 12 replies
    The Virginian ^ | 10/10/2013 | Moneyrunner
    The MSM and the conservative media are treating the scandal very differently. To read about the story in the MSM, the Pentagon had no choice about withholding payment of the death benefit from the grieving families and denying them a plane ride to Dover AFB to meet the bodies of the soldiers killed in battle. It seems that some unknown entity we'll call "Mr. Government Closer" found a rule that said that death benefits can't be paid, but that the Pentagon can keep the military golf course open so that President Obama can play. Of course nobody told Obama anything,...
  • Senate chaplain: ‘Cover our shame’ (He’s not being paid during the shutdown)

    10/09/2013 7:50:55 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 8 replies
    KPLR-TV / CNN ^ | October 9, 2013 | Staff
    (VIDEO-AT-LINK)The federal shutdown has found its angry prophet. Senate Chaplain Barry Black is usually a calm, pastoral presence on Capitol Hill, doling out spiritual wisdom and moral counsel to his high-powered flock. But the Seventh-Day Adventist and former Navy rear admiral is mad as hell about the shutdown — and he’s letting the Senate, and the Lord, know about it. “Lord, when the federal shutdown delays payments of death benefits to the families of (soldiers) dying on far-away battlefields, it’s time for our lawmakers to say enough is enough,” Black said in his prayer opening the Senate on Wednesday. “Cover...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops ~ 10 October 2013

    10/09/2013 6:01:28 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 76 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
    ~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ GREEN GIANTS Giant parachutes descend onto Fort Bragg’s Sicily Drop Zone after conveying Humvees and other heavy equipment to the ground during a mass-tactical airborne training exercise on Fort Bragg, N.C., Feb. 25, 2013. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. HAWKEYE MOVE Navy Sailors move an E-2C Hawkeye off of an aircraft elevator aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower,...
  • White House: Obama orders military death benefits paid to families

    10/09/2013 12:28:21 PM PDT · by Nachum · 28 replies
    The Hill ^ | 10/8/18 | Justin Sink
    President Obama has ordered officials to resume paying death benefits to the families of fallen soldiers and was "very disturbed" they had been halted due to the government shutdown, said White House spokesman Jay Carney. Carney said Obama had ordered the Office of Management and Budget to work with White House lawyers to find a way to restart the benefits and expects a fix Wednesday. "He was not pleased to learn of this problem," Carney said, adding it was "unthinkable" that those who had lost family members would go without benefits. The White House said that Congress was warned that...
  • Pray for our American Heroes and Nation

    10/09/2013 7:13:46 AM PDT · by Hiskid · 17 replies
    10/9/13 | Hiskid
  • As shutdown continues, charity offers to pick up slack-death benefits for fallen troops' families

    10/09/2013 1:51:06 AM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 8 replies
    CNN ^ | October 8, 2013 | Jake Tapper
    In a letter to Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel obtained by CNN, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, shares the news that Fisher House Foundation has stepped in and offered an advance grant to families of the fallen during the government shutdown, “to ensure there is no funding gap during the most difficult of times, with the understanding that reimbursements would be made at an appropriate time.” The Pentagon has said it cannot pay death benefits to families of troops killed in Afghanistan. This afternoon Manchin spoke to Fisher House CEO Ken Fisher to discuss what could be done to help these...
  • Shutdown Denies Death and Burial Benefits to Families of 4 Dead Soldiers

    10/08/2013 11:06:28 PM PDT · by Pride_of_the_Bluegrass · 45 replies
    NY Times ^ | Oct 8th 2013 | By JENNIFER STEINHAUER
    WASHINGTON — The families of four soldiers killed in Afghanistan last weekend will not receive death benefits or the money to pay for their funerals because of the government shutdown. The bodies of Sgt. Patrick C. Hawkins, 25; Pfc. Cody J. Patterson, 24; Sgt. Joseph M. Peters, 24; and First Lt. Jennifer M. Moreno, 25, will arrive at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Wednesday. The four soldiers were killed Sunday in the Zhari district of Kandahar Province when enemy forces attacked their unit with explosives. But if their families want to meet the plane, they will have to...
  • Denying Immediate Death Benefits to Families of Fallen Soldiers is a Disgusting Political Ploy

    10/08/2013 7:35:25 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 23 replies
    Cafe Mom's The Stir Blog ^ | October 8, 2013 | Jenny Erikson
    Five U.S. service members died over the weekend in Afghanistan, and now the government is refusing to shell out a $100,000 benefit to their families to help with the immediate costs of burying a loved one killed while serving their country. A “death gratuity” is usually wired to the families within 36 hours. It’s intended to cover funeral costs, time lost at work, and travel expenses to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to witness the return of their loved ones in flag-draped coffins. But no. The government is shut down, so we must do things like keep geriatric heroes...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ The Snow Test ~ 9 October 2013

    10/08/2013 6:00:33 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 123 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
    ~ Freeper Canteen ~ Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. Today We Want You To Take.... The Snow Test Click here and take the quiz! To share your results, click "Get HTML", then copy and paste the code into a "Reply" box. Have fun! Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.
  • ‘Shutdown’ Day 7: Government Buys $47,174 Mechanical Bull

    10/08/2013 11:06:47 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 46 replies
    Cybercast News Service ^ | October 7, 2013 - 3:21 PM | Eric Scheiner
    The government shutdown may be keeping furloughed federal workers at home, but on Monday the U.S. Army contracted to buy a mechanical bull. The $47,174 contract was awarded on Oct. 7 to Mechanical Bull Sales Inc. of State College, Penn. … Lt. Col. Hank McIntire of the Utah National Guard tells CNSNews.com that the mechanical bull is regularly used as a tool by recruiters at fairs and other events. …
  • OLLIE NORTH RAISING MONEY TO SEND FAMILIES TO DOVER TO RECEIVE THE REMAINS OF THE KILLED...

    10/08/2013 4:55:24 PM PDT · by blueyon · 45 replies
    GretaWire ^ | 10/08/13 | GretaWire
    OLLIE NORTH RAISING MONEY TO SEND FAMILIES TO DOVER TO RECEIVE THE REMAINS OF THE KILLED SOLDIERS TOMORROW I called Ollie North when I learned that Pentagon won’t pay for the families of the killed soldiers to travel to tomorrow’s transfer of remains ceremony on Dover Air Force Base. Ollie – like you, like I am – is outraged. He is scrambling to see if he can locate the families of the killed soldier and to raise money to get them to Dover. Time is running out (the remains of our heroes arrive tomorrow) but we are trying. This is...
  • Military chapel closed in Georgia: ‘Shutdown: No Catholic service till further notice’

    10/08/2013 4:35:09 PM PDT · by Nachum · 48 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 10/8/13 | Alex Pappas
    Father Ray Leonard, a Catholic priest who serves a Georgia military base, was not allowed to celebrate mass at the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay this weekend. “Shutdown: No Catholic service till further notice,” a sign posted on the chapel said. Leonard — who is contracted with the Department of Defense to minister the military on the base — is not allowed to work on the base during the federal government shutdown. In fact, the general counsel for the Archdiocese for the Military Services USA has warned that — under current law — some military priests under contract could even
  • VA: Veterans’ Benefits Will Be Suspended in Prolonged Shutdown

    10/08/2013 4:13:10 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 48 replies
    WRC-TV / NBC News ^ | October 8, 2013 | Scott MacFarlane
    Military veterans will lose many of their veterans’ benefits in “late October” if the government shutdown persists, according to newly-released U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs documents. The VA has been continuing to make payments to veterans in the days since the Oct. 1 government shutdown, but agency officials say the pool of available money is dwindling. “Claims processing and payments in the compensation, pension, education and vocational rehabilitation programs are anticipated to continue through late October. However, in the event of a prolonged shutdown, claims processing and payments in these programs would be suspended when available funding is exhausted,” said...
  • U.S. to move 200 Marines to Italy base after Libya raid

    10/08/2013 6:32:45 AM PDT · by nuconvert · 15 replies
    The United States will move about 200 Marines to a U.S. base at Sigonella, Italy from one in Spain in the next day or so, U.S. military officials said on Tuesday, bolstering the U.S. ability to respond to any crises after its raid in Libya.
  • Prayer for our American Heroes and Nation

    10/08/2013 2:46:58 AM PDT · by Jeanbl · 12 replies
    October 8, 2013 | Jeanbl
    So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper . . . Hebrews 13:6
  • Three black soldiers arrested for stabbing white comrade to death

    Three black soldiers arrested for stabbing white comrade to death 'called him a cracker' - so why are police now so sure it was NOT a hate crime? Police today said the stabbing death of a white Army soldier allegedly at the hands of a group of African American comrades was not a hate crime - despite witnesses claiming they called him a 'cracker' during the confrontation. Tevin Geike, 20, was left for dead in a parking lot near his base in Lakewood, Washington, in the early hours of Saturday morning and three soldiers have been arrested over the killing....
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Fort Greely, Alaska ~ 08 OCT 2013

    10/07/2013 6:11:32 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 86 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | laurenmarlowe
        ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Fort Greely, AlaskaFort Greely is a United States Army launch site for anti-ballistic missiles located approximately 100 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska. It is also the home of the Cold Regions Test Center (CRTC), as Fort Greely is one of the coldest areas in Alaska, and can accommodate cold, extreme cold, or temperate weather tests depending on the season.Fort Greely has a proud history. Because of its location and environment, it has been the site for cold-weather training and testing of operations and equipment through the past half century. Until the...
  • Priests threatened with arrest if they minister to military during shutdown

    10/07/2013 3:05:41 PM PDT · by LeoWindhorse · 30 replies
    Daily Caller ^ | 10/4/2013 | Alex Pappas
    In a stunning development, some military priests are facing arrest if they celebrate mass or practice their faith on military bases during the federal government shutdown.
  • Pray for Our American Heroes and Nation

    10/07/2013 10:51:09 AM PDT · by Faith · 11 replies
    October 7, 2013 | Faith
    Casting all your care upon Him; for He careth for you. I Peter 5:7
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Nicholas Oresko (Jan 18, 1917 – Oct 4, 2013) ~ October 7, 2013

    10/06/2013 4:59:15 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 78 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | StarCMC
      Our Troops Rock!  Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.   Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today!     ~ Hall of Heroes ~ Nicholas Oresko Info from here.             Nicholas Oresko (January 18, 1917 – October 4, 2013) was a United States Army veteran and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions on 23 January 1945, during World War II. Born on January...
  • Prayer for Our American Heroes and Nation

    10/06/2013 1:42:00 PM PDT · by Jeanbl · 11 replies
    October 6, 2013 | Jeanbl
    Matthew 6:6 But when you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret.
  • Four US soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan

    10/06/2013 9:36:31 AM PDT · by huldah1776 · 19 replies
    NBC News ^ | October 6, 2013 | Gil Aegerter
    The International Security Assistance Force did not identify the nationalities but the four were Americans killed by a bomb in the early hours of Sunday, U.S. defense officials said. Also in southern Afghanistan, a security guard shot a soldier dead in a separate incident, Reuters reported. It wasn't clear what nationalities of the guard and the soldier were.
  • NYT reporter: Obama admin “most closed, control-freak administration I’ve ever covered”

    10/06/2013 5:27:41 AM PDT · by ilovesarah2012 · 57 replies
    hotair.com ^ | October 5, 2013 | ED MORRISSEY
    Remember when the media rushed to talk about transparency in the Barack Obama “Hope and Change” era? Good times, good times. Leonard Downie, who once worked as the executive editor of the Washington Post and wrote a novel about Washington corruption and the Iraq War, finds a bigger and non-fictional problem in the successor to George W. Bush. Downie gives the Post a preview of his report from the Committee to Protect Journalists which outlines the Obama war on reporters and their sources: “A memo went out from the chief of staff a year ago to White House employees and...
  • Camp Pendleton brush fire burns 250 acres, 15 percent contained

    10/05/2013 7:50:16 PM PDT · by Whenifhow · 8 replies
    http://www.10news.com/ ^ | October 5, 2013 | Staff
    CAMP PENDLETON - Crews are working to put out a brush fire that has burned about 250 acres and is about 15 percent contained. The fire was reported at about 12:45 p.m. in the De Luz Canyon area – near the middle of the base – about one mile west of the De Luz housing area and near Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. A fire chief on base told 10News about 225 firefighters are fighting the blaze along with air support, which includes a DC-10, a C-130, six air tankers and three strike teams. Cal Fire Capt. Nick Schuler said the...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Sunday Chapel ~ Cardinal John J O'Connor ~ 06 October 2013

    10/05/2013 5:02:25 PM PDT · by Kathy in Alaska · 117 replies
    Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew
            CARDINAL JOHN J O'CONNOR Cardinal John J. O’Connor passed away May 3, 2000 at the age of eighty. Much has been said and written about this remarkable man of faith. Most obituaries mentioned that he served as a Navy Chaplain, but failed to mention that at one time he headed all Chaplains in Vietnam, and then later served as Chief of Chaplains with the rank of Rear Admiral. As Cardinal for New York he reached out to people of all faiths and to people who had no faith. He cared for the homeless, AIDS victims,...
  • DO MILITARY PRIESTS REALLY FACE ARREST? THE LAWS SURROUNDING THE SHUTDOWN

    10/05/2013 4:02:58 PM PDT · by NYer · 11 replies
    Catholic Vote ^ | October 5, 2013 | STEVE SKOJEC
    There have been a lot of comments on my piece from yesterday pertaining to the prohibition on furloughed GS or contract priests saying Mass at US military installations. A number of people have raised questions over the legal provisions surrounding this situation, and some have said this situation is no different than that facing every furloughed government worker.I’m no attorney, but I’ve done some digging. In an attempt to answer some of these questions, I’d like to share what I’ve found.The governing regulation concerning furloughed federal workers is the Antideficiency Act of 1884. As the story goes, the Executive branch...
  • Quantico Marine Base will have Masses Provided by Contract Priest During Government Shutdown

    10/05/2013 2:02:35 PM PDT · by NYer · 8 replies
    A priest's Life ^ | October 5, 2013
    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10/04/2013 Attention Editors:                It has come to the attention of the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA that contrary to earlier reports, Masses will in fact be held as scheduled this weekend at Marine Corps Base Quantico. In spite of the government shutdown, the terms of his contract allow the priest there to perform his pastoral duties because of the way the contract is funded. Nonetheless, many Masses at other installations remain cancelled due to the shutdown. The op-ed issued by the archdiocese on Oct. 3 is thus revised...