FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 12 July 2018

Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

SUNSET WORK

Air Force Tech. Sgt. Joseph Benoit tests the weapons rack releasing system on an F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft at sunset in Southwest Asia, Feb. 6, 2017. Benoit is a weapons specialist assigned to the Vermont Air National Guard’s 407th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Benjamin Wilson

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.

PALADIN SUPPORT

Soldiers fire an M109A6 Paladin from a tactical assembly area at Hamam al-Alil to support the start of the Iraqi security forces' offensive in West Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 19, 2017. More than 60 coalition partners have committed themselves to the goal of eliminating the threat posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's 2nd Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Hull

HAZARDOUS REFLECTION

Army Spc. Luis Colon secures a strap to help contain a hazardous material leakage during training at Miami-Dade Fire Rescue headquarters in Miami, Feb. 17, 2016. Colon, a Reservist, is a chemical biological warfare specialist assigned to the 329th Chemical Company. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Cory D. Payne

COBRA BOOST

Marines drink cobra blood during Cobra Gold 17 at Camp Ban Chan Krem, Thailand, Feb. 17, 2017. The multinational exercise focuses on humanitarian civic action, community engagement and medical training. The Marines are assigned to Battalion Landing Team, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit, 3rd Marine Expeditionary Force. Troops can use cobra blood and flesh as nutrition where sustenance is scarce. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Steven Tran

OPERATION CONCENTRATION

Army Lt. Col. David Tucker, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon, and a team of Ghanaian dental residents perform a frontal sinus tumor removal during a medical readiness training exercise at the 37th Military Hospital in Accra, Ghana, Feb. 22, 2017. The exercise included participants from the Ghanaian government, U.S. Army Africa, Brooke Army Medical Center and the North Dakota National Guard. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Shejal Pulivarti

CADET TEST

Air Force Academy cadets hold training rifles during obstacle training at an officer aptitude assessment at Camp Bullis, Texas, Feb. 14, 2017. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Daniel Snider

BREACHING BARRIERS

Army Staff Sgt. Uriah Gibson, center left, and a Canadian Army engineer show Ukrainian combat training center engineers how to clear a room after using explosives to breach a door during training near Yavoriv, Ukraine, Feb. 23, 2017. Army photo by Sgt. Anthony Jones

Please remember that The Canteen is here to support
and entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
and is family friendly.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mayor, and thank you for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

We made it!! I can see the weekend if I stand on tiptoe!

[Kathy in Alaska]

I am off for home! Back in a bit.

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[luvie]

So...NEVER forget them!
They stand between us
and who-or whatever
that could harm us!

[mylife]

God Bless them all for all their complaints.

Their smiles and appreciation.

And thank them all for what they did.

[mylife]

Paladins are a hoot! The ammunition is in tow, but it’s well choreographed.

[mylife]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=3&v=ypCdO7z8KOQ

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sounds like nice improvements...mud rooms are important.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...we got just under a 1/2 inch of real RAIN overnight. Maybe some more over the weekend.

How about you? Any improvement in the heat?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Luv...we will NEVER forget them! NEVER!!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

WOOHOO! Real rain for y’all! ‘Bout time! I wish it would do that every day for several days to catch you up.

No improvement on the heat in store for us for a while. It’s just going to get hotter each day through the weekend with only small chances for any rain.
We might “cool” off to upper 80s next week.

[luvie]

Not EVER!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Oh boy.....I’m not sure I could handle that heat if I moved south some day. People keep asking where I would go if I left Alaska. I don’t know. My sister is in California, as are her kids and grandkids...NO WAY!! Brother and Ashlie are in the Houston area of Texas...too much humidity? Not Georgia. Virginia, maybe? Or just stay here. d:o)

[radu]

I have no clue what the humidity is like around the Houston area. It might be more humid than the western, desert part of the state but it would probably feel dry to those of us who live in the southeast. Still pretty hot, though, especially to folks who have lived up north for years like you have.

This area’s pretty tough on those of us who have lived here for years. Really tough for northerners who come down. When Ms. Feather visited us several years ago, she had a tough time if we went outside for any length of time. Heck, I do and I was born here! LOL!

It can get a little warm in Virginia as I recall. I spent a summer there back in the early ‘70s, at Norfolk. it wasn’t as hot there as here but still hotter than the 70s you’ve had recently. But that’s what A/C is for. :-)

[21twelve]

A neighbor kid (Seattle area) said he was moving down to Georgia to be with his girlfriend that moved down there for work and then college. Other neighbors told him to forget it - you won’t last down there between the heat and humidity.

He lasted about two weeks! He’s back here home again. I have no idea how the relationship is going. But I’m guessing probably not well. “I love you soooo much. But it really is hot and humid here. So, uhm, well....”

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Thursday 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. How's it going?

[radu]

It’s definitely hotter in GA than it is here and here (TN) is bad enough. No way I could stand living any farther south. Tried it several years ago and said NOPE! I don’t know how Kathy’s brother manages it when he’s home from the slope. Southern GA is really hot and muggy.

The neighbor kid did pretty darn well dealing with it for two weeks. More than likely he’s got an eye out for a new girlfriend in Seattle. :-)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, my...God Bless them all for sure.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Cool video...loud!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! I suspect the relationship isn’t going too well either.

I think the humidity would be a killer.