FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 16 April 2020

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

PLACING A TORPEDO

A Marine places a Bangalore torpedo under concertina wire during a demolition training range in Southwest Asia, March 9, 2016. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Akeel Austin

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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.

SOARING ANGELS

The Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron, perform a parade maneuver during the Naval Air Facility El Centro Airshow in El Centro, CA, March 12, 2016. The squadron, celebrating its 70th anniversary, is scheduled to perform 65 demonstrations at 34 locations across the country in 2016. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel M. Young

OCEAN COVER

A sailor provides forward cover during a training exercise in the Atlantic Ocean, March 17, 2016. The sailor is a member of the visit, board, search and seizure team aboard the USS San Jacinto. The guided-missile cruiser is conducting the exercise with the Dwight D. Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group to prepare for a future deployment. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Ryan U. Kledzik

TRIAL TOSS

Marine Corps Cpl. Leon Simpson prepares to toss a discus at the 2016 Marine Corps Trials on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, CA, March 9, 2016. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Devan K. Gowans

SLINGLOAD TRAINING

Soldiers conduct slingload training with M777 howitzers during Artillery Systems Cooperation Activities at the 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command's Grafenwoehr Training Area in Germany, March 21, 2016. The soldiers are assigned to Archer Battery, Field Artillery Squadron, 2nd Cavalry Regiment. Army photo by Gertrud Zach

AFGHANISTAN AIRFIELD

Air Force Airman 1st Class Alexandra Powell scans an airfield for potential threats while a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft transfers equipment and personnel on Camp Shorabak, Afghanistan, March 16, 2016. Powell is a security member assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Fly Away Security Team. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Robert Cloys

PACIFIC SUNSET

The guided missile destroyer USS Lassen patrols the eastern Pacific Ocean, March 10, 2016. The Lassen is currently underway supporting Operation Martillo, a joint operation with the U.S. Coast Guard and partner nations within the U.S. 4th Fleet area of responsibility. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Huey D. Younger Jr.

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[mylife]

Bangalore torpedo, adapt improvise, overcome.

[mylife]

Bangalore torpedo, adapt improvise, overcome.

[Biggirl]

Hi!

[2111USMC]

I didn’t even know we used those anymore.

[The Mayor]

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April 16

Hungry for God

Bible in a Year:

• 1 Samuel 30–31
• Luke 13:23–35

When your words came, I ate them; they were my joy and my heart’s delight.

Jeremiah 15:16

A new believer in Jesus was desperate to read the Bible. However, he’d lost his eyesight and both hands in an explosion. When he heard about a woman who read Braille with her lips, he tried to do the same—only to discover that the nerve endings of his lips had also been destroyed. Later, he was filled with joy when he discovered that he could feel the Braille characters with his tongue! He had found a way to read and enjoy the Scriptures.

Joy and delight were the emotions the prophet Jeremiah experienced when he received God’s words. “When your words came, I ate them,” he said, “they were my joy and my heart’s delight” (Jeremiah 15:16). Unlike the people of Judah who despised His words (8:9), Jeremiah had been obedient and rejoiced in them. His obedience, however, also led to the prophet being rejected by his own people and persecuted unfairly (15:17).

Some of us may have experienced something similar. We once read the Bible with joy, but obedience to God led to suffering and rejection from others. Like Jeremiah, we can bring our confusion to God. He answered Jeremiah by repeating the promise He gave him when He first called him to be a prophet (vv. 19-21; see 1:18–19). God reminded him that He never lets His people down. We can have this same confidence too. He’s faithful and will never abandon us.

By:  Poh Fang Chia

Reflect & Pray

When have you experienced joy in reading the Scriptures? What can help you regain your hunger and thirst for God?

Faithful God, thank You for speaking to me through the words of the Bible. Help me to seek You earnestly and to obey You faithfully.

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops, Kathy!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))…how is spring coming along?

It seems to have arrived here. It’s not May yet, but we are 24/7 above freezing?

You and Penny “back on the road” and getting around?

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Today was particularly lovely, and Penny and i got out and walked around the block.

The forest trailed have been “closed” and I don’t want to get fined for “Unauthorized Hiking”.

Anyway, it’s spring, and my neighbor, who hurt her back, can’t bend over to plant her bulbs this season, so I’ll do it for her tomorrow.

Food shopping was an “adventure” though. (sigh)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, my...hope you are staying safe during this mess. I’m hoping to keep working from home when it’s over. My boss does too. The commute is great and I can move around whenever I want.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Biggirl...hope you are managing the “stay at home” thingy.

[Publius]

I’ve managed to get the necessary toilet paper, cleanser and paper towels, but I still can’t find rubbing alcohol or tissues. Considering that this is prime pollen season in Phoenix, I really, really need those tissues.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[mylife]

It started in WWII

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

What? No submarine pictures?

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

[2111USMC]

I knew that. It’s just that we never trained with them in the 70’s.

[PROCON]

50 years ago this week I flew into Tan Son Nhut AFB and began to serve my country in Vietnam.

I have no regrets of serving there.

But I do have utter disdain for the politicians who didn't allow us to win that war.

RIP to my fallen Brothers who didn't make it home, you will NEVER be forgotten!

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Dudess! ;-)

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