FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska ~ 22 October 2019

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska

Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson is a United States military facility in Anchorage, the largest city in Alaska. It is an amalgamation of the United States Air Force's Elmendorf Air Force Base and the United States Army's Fort Richardson, which were merged in 2010.

The adjacent facilities were officially combined by the 2005 Base Closure and Realignment Commission. Its mission is to support and defend U.S. interests in the Asia Pacific region and around the world by providing units who are ready for worldwide air power projection and a base that is capable of meeting PACOM's theater staging and throughput requirements.

It is the home of the Headquarters, Alaskan Command (ALCOM), Alaskan NORAD Region (ANR), Joint Task Force-Alaska (JTF-AK), Eleventh Air Force (11 AF), the 673d Air Base Wing, the 3rd Wing, the 176th Wing and other Tenant Units.

Activated on 30 July 2010 as the host wing combining installation management functions of Elmendorf AFB's 3rd Wing and U.S. Army Garrison Fort Richardson. The 673d ABW comprises over 5,500 joint military and civilian personnel, supporting America's Arctic Warriors and their families.

The wing supports and enables three AF total-force wings, two Army Brigades and 55 other tenant units. In addition, the wing provides medical care to over 35,000 joint service members, dependents, VA patients and retirees throughout Alaska. The 673d ABW maintains an $11.4B infrastructure encompassing 84,000 acres.

The F-22 Raptor is the Air Force's newest fighter aircraft. Its combination of stealth, supercruise, maneuverability, and integrated avionics, coupled with improved supportability, represents an exponential leap in warfighting capabilities. The Raptor performs both air-to-air and air-to-ground missions allowing full realization of operational concepts vital to the 21st century Air Force.

The F-22, a critical component of the Global Strike Task Force, is designed to project air dominance, rapidly and at great distances and defeat threats attempting to deny access to our nation's Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps. The F-22 cannot be matched by any known or projected fighter aircraft.

Learn More About Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson HERE!!

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We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

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[The Mayor]

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October 22

Good News for Feet

Bible in a Year:

• Isaiah 65–66
• 1 Timothy 2

For you, Lord, have delivered me from death . . . that I may walk before the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 116:8–9

The ad brought a smile to my face: “The most comfortable socks in the history of feet.” Then, extending its claim of good news for feet even further, the advertiser said that because socks remain the most requested clothing item at homeless shelters, for every pair of socks purchased the company would donate a pair to someone in need.

Imagine the smile when Jesus healed the feet of a man who hadn’t been able to walk for thirty-eight years (John 5:2–8). Now imagine the opposite look on the faces of the temple officials who weren’t impressed by Jesus’s care for the feet or heart of someone who had gone without help for so long. They accused the man and Jesus of breaking a religious law that allows no work to be done on the Sabbath (vv. 9–10, 16–17). They saw rules where Jesus saw the need for mercy.

At this point the man didn’t even know who had given him new feet. Only later would he be able to say that it was Jesus who had made him well (vv. 13–15)—the same Jesus who would allow His own feet to be nailed to a tree to offer that man—and us—the best news in the history of broken bodies, minds, and hearts.

By:  Mart DeHaan

Reflect & Pray

What needs do you see in those around you? In what ways have you seen Jesus meet your own needs?

Jesus, allow me to see and meet the needs of others.

To learn more about the life of Christ, visit christianuniversity.org/NT111.

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, another Road Trip to Alaska!

[Jet Jaguar]

Alaska Baby!

Howdy Ma!

[mountainlion]

Never been to Alaska. The closest was Seattle where it rained every day I was there, a whole month.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Please note that tonight’s thread was authored by laurenmarlowe. Please thank her.
She is working out of state.

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska ~

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Your new shop getting in shape? Computer password in hand now?

Don’t forget to rest!

[SkyDancer]

~ Good Evening ~

~ Just Hanging ~

~ Good Evening ~

~ Welcome To My World ~

I’m Down There Somewhere

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...this is my town!! On occasion they fly over my house. You can almost see the pilots.

The sound of freedom!! And we are close to the bad guys.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello, JJ...you’ve been here!!

All your jets happy and ready? Lots of rain still here.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello, JJ...you’ve been here!!

All your jets happy and ready? Lots of rain still here.

[marktwain]

Last year, on base, grizzly bear attack stopped by soldier with a 10mm pistol:

[luvie]

Practically in your back yard. :) I’d love to visit. And now I know exactly where the airport is...since I found that webcam.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, mountainlion...did winter arrive?

We are looking at rain for most of the week, with temps just above freezing at night. Still making up for the summer and fall drought.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...back home to your palatial abode? Penny all tuckered out and resting in her mud room?

Rain predicted for most of the week. Temps staying above freezing.

[Jet Jaguar]

Jets are good. I am on the road to Vance AFB in Enid, OK.

[Kathy in Alaska]

In first....The Mayor grabs the gold!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in second....Pro snags the silver!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And rounding out the top three....JJ bags the bronze!!