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FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 07 September 2017
Serving The Bestest Troops and Veterans In The Whole World !! | The Canteen Crew

Posted on 09/06/2017 6:01:00 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska




~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~


CLIFF CLIMBER

Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Isaman climbs a cliff face at Camp Ethan Allen Training Site in Jericho, VT, Aug. 21, 2016. Isaman attended a mountain warfare course at the Army Mountain Warfare School, which provides tactical and technical training for mountain warfare operations. Isaman is assigned to the Idaho National Guard's 124th Air Support Operations Squadron. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Avery Cunningham




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.




MACHINE GUN MAINTENANCE

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristen Neufeld performs maintenance on a Mark 38-25 mm machine gun aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson at its home port in San Diego, Aug. 18, 2016. Navy photo by Seaman Theo Shively


HOMEPORT HUG

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Justin Pearl reunites with his family after arriving on the Barque Eagle at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Aug. 19, 2016. The Eagle departed the Yard in April for port calls in Europe, Bermuda, and the eastern United States to carry out its mission to train future Coast Guard officers. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lisa Ferdinando


FIRING DOWNRANGE

Marines fire weapons at targets during a simulated attack with CS gas, also known as tear gas, during live-fire training as part of Exercise Koolendong 16 at Bradshaw Field Training Area, Northern Territory, Australia, Aug. 18, 2016. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Sarah Anderson



BLUE LINE

Sailors heave a line aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS Chancellorsville to depart Fleet Activities Yokosuka, Japan, Aug. 21, 2016, as a precaution for tropical storm Mindulle. The Chancellorsville is supporting security and stability in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Schneider


FIRE FLIES

Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Glenn cuts through a reinforced cinder block wall with a power saw at Francis S. Gabreski Air National Guard Base in Westhampton Beach, NY, Aug. 25, 2016. Pravato is a firefighter assigned to the New York Air National Guard's 106th Rescue Wing. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Christopher S. Muncy


CHICAGO LOOP

Pilots assigned to the Thunderbirds, the Air Force's demonstration squadron, perform a delta loop maneuver during practice for the Chicago Air and Water Show over Chicago, Aug. 19, 2016. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Couillard




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1 posted on 09/06/2017 6:01:00 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
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To: Kathy in Alaska


REQUEST PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD



CHARLESTOWN, Mass. (Jan. 14, 2008) The first major snowfall of the New Year blankets the USS Constitution. Despite the weather "Old Ironsides" remained open for free public tours. At 210 years-old, USS Constitution is the oldest commissioned warship afloat in the world, manned by 67 active-duty United States Sailors and visited by nearly half a million visitors annually. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Eric Brown (Released)

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!!!





Boston, Oct. 21, 2009 - Boatswains Mate 2nd Class Philip Gagnon pipes as USS Constitution performs an underway demonstration in honor of the three-masted wooden frigate's 212th birthday. (U.S. Navy photo by Airman Mark Alexander/Released).



USS Constitution's 1812 Marine Guard fire vintage Springfield flintlock muskets during the ship's underway. "Old Ironsides" was underway for the "Constitution Day Cruise," which is conducted to thank the family and supporters of Constitution. U.S. Navy photo by Airman Nick Lyman (Released)

OUR TROOPS ROCK!!!!!!!



2 posted on 09/06/2017 6:01:20 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: ConorMacNessa
Permission Granted!


3 posted on 09/06/2017 6:07:24 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: The Mayor; ConorMacNessa; SandRat; mountainlion; HiJinx; Publius; Jet Jaguar; TMSuchman; PROCON; ...

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!


4 posted on 09/06/2017 6:08:40 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska


Thanks very much, Kathy!
***HUGS***



Striding up the gangplank as we speak,
rendering Hand Salutes to our National Colors
and to the Officer of the Deck!
Thank you very much for this evening's
"Remembering Our Troops" thread!


5 posted on 09/06/2017 6:10:09 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
~ "Leaving On A Jet Plane"~

~ All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go ~ ~

~ Heading To Denver On Standby To Move Planes ~

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~ Good Evening ~

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~ Welcome To My World ~

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6 posted on 09/06/2017 6:11:54 PM PDT by SkyDancer (Liberals Do Not Want Children To Be Children)
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~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

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We are indebted to you for your sacrifices for our Freedom.



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7 posted on 09/06/2017 6:12:56 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))


8 posted on 09/06/2017 6:17:59 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; AbnSarge; ..


GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!



"The Star Spangled Banner"
Verse Four
(Click)


Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand
Between their loved home and the war's desolation!
Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!


Please let me know by Freepmail if you would like
to be admitted to or released from my music ping list.


9 posted on 09/06/2017 6:21:26 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
44 degrees this morning and 60’s for high. It won't be long until I start complaining it is too cold.
10 posted on 09/06/2017 6:22:13 PM PDT by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; laurenmarlowe; BIGLOOK; alfa6; EsmeraldaA; SandRat; mylife; TMSuchman; AbnSarge; ..




Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!



Missing Man Setting

"The Empty Chair"

By Captain Carroll "Lex" Lefon, USN (RET), on December 21st, 2004

"In the wardroom onboard the aircraft carrier from which I recently debarked was a small, round table, with single chair. No one ever sat there, and the reasons, both for the table being there, and for the fact that the chair was always empty, will tell the reader a little bit about who we are as a culture. The wardroom, of course, is where the officers will dine; morning, noon and evening. It is not only a place to eat – it is also a kind of oasis from the sometimes dreary, often difficult exigencies of the service. A place of social discourse, of momentary relief from the burdens of the day. The only things explicitly forbidden by inviolable tradition in the wardroom are the wearing of a cover or sword by an officer not actually on watch, or conversation which touches upon politics or religion. But aboard ships which observe the custom, another implicit taboo concerns the empty chair: No matter how crowded the room, no matter who is waiting to be seated, that chair is never moved, never taken.

The table is by the main entrance to the wardroom. You will see it when you enter, and you will see it when you leave. It draws your eyes because it is meant to. And because it draws your eyes it draws your thoughts. And though it will be there every day for as long as you are at sea, you will look at it every time and your eyes will momentarily grow distant as you think for a moment. As you quietly give thanks.

AS YOU REMEMBER.

The small, round table is covered with a gold linen tablecloth. A single place setting rests there, of fine bone china. A wineglass stands upon the table, inverted, empty. On the dinner plate is a pinch of salt. On the bread plate is a slice of lemon. Besides the plate lies a bible. There is a small vase with a single red rose upon the table. Around the vase is wound a yellow ribbon. There is the empty chair.

We will remember because over the course of our careers, we will have had the opportunity to enjoy many a formal evening of dinner and dancing in the fine company of those with whom we have the honor to serve, and their lovely ladies. And as the night wears on, our faces will in time become flushed with pleasure of each other’s company, with the exertions on the dance floor, with the effects of our libations. But while the feast is still at its best, order will be called to the room – we will be asked to raise our glasses to the empty table, and we will be asked to remember:

The table is round to show our everlasting concern for those who are missing. The single setting reminds us that every one of them went to their fates alone, that every life was unique.

The tablecloth is gold symbolizing the purity of their motives when they answered the call to duty.

The single red rose, displayed in a vase, reminds us of the life of each of the missing, and their loved ones who kept the faith.

The yellow ribbon around the vase symbolizes our continued determination to remember them.

The slice of lemon reminds us of the bitterness of their fate.
The salt symbolizes the tears shed by those who loved them.
The bible represents the faith that sustained them.
The glass is inverted — they cannot share in the toast.
The chair is empty — they are not here. They are missing.

And we will remember, and we will raise our glasses to those who went before us, and who gave all that they had for us. And a part of the flush in our faces will pale as we remember that nothing worth having ever came without a cost. We will remember that many of our brothers and sisters have paid that cost in blood. We will remember that the reckoning is not over.

We many of us will settle with our families into our holiday season, our Christmas season for those who celebrate it, content in our fortune and prosperity. We will meet old friends with smiles and laughter. We will meet our members of our family with hugs. We will eat well, and exchange gifts and raise our glasses to the year passed in gratitude, and to the year to come with hope. We will sleep the sleep of the protected, secure in our homes, secure in our homeland.

But for many families, there will be an empty chair at the table this year. A place that is not filled.

WE SHOULD REMEMBER."

Many Thanks To Alfa6 For Finding Capt. Lefon's Chronicle Of "The Empty Chair."

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who
Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!



11 posted on 09/06/2017 6:23:01 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: SkyDancer

Good evening, Janey...((HUGS))...I wondered if you might be on-call for moving planes. Where do you take them? Any available airport with space?


12 posted on 09/06/2017 6:24:34 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...did you and Penny have a fun day? Watching the movement of Irma?


13 posted on 09/06/2017 6:27:26 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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To: Kathy in Alaska

It rained today, so we didn’t do much.

However, I have 16 years worth of students in SE FL, and I have been praying a lot for them.

Several reports are saying “This is the strongest storm since Wilma”

I lived through Wilma. It was not fun.


14 posted on 09/06/2017 6:30:35 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: ConorMacNessa

....till they all come home.....


15 posted on 09/06/2017 6:39:04 PM PDT by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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To: LUV W
Good evening, Luv!

*HUGS*

We will stand the Watch until then!

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

16 posted on 09/06/2017 6:42:30 PM PDT by ConorMacNessa (FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; GodBlessUSA; Mrs.Nooseman; AZamericonnie; HiJinx; Colonel_Flagg; BIGLOOK; ...

Remember Them!

17 posted on 09/06/2017 6:48:21 PM PDT by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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To: ConorMacNessa

We certainly will! (((hugs)))

Are y’all concerned about Irma? Is David evacuating?


18 posted on 09/06/2017 6:56:22 PM PDT by luvie (Our troops are the best of the best and we should honor them EVERY day!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
WOO-HOO, thanks Kathy!
19 posted on 09/06/2017 6:58:08 PM PDT by PROCON (#MAGA)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; LUV W; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; Soaring Feather; SandRat; ...

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

THANK YOU
for your service!

A little treat for your viewing pleasure when you have a few minutes free to watch it. I received this video link from a friend the other day and held on to it for tonight. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

"Four reels, discovered by researchers at the Eisenhower Library in 2014, were found to contain the first ever documentary of the D-Day landings. Intended as an initial report and produced in only days, the film was screened for military leadership and is mentioned in OSS reports as having been viewed by Winston Churchill, with copies 'flown to President Roosevelt and Mr. Stalin.'

Apparently forgotten in the climactic weeks and months that followed, the film was cataloged as separate, non-sequential reels rather than a single production. The film, lost and forgotten for decades, was digitized by the US National Archives and I have done my best to restore and enhance the footage."

The Lost D-Day Documentary


20 posted on 09/06/2017 6:59:29 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
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