FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 18 January 2024

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[Kathy in Alaska]

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~

~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~

Ooh Rah! Semper Fi!

U.S. Marine Corps Private First Class Selena Serrano, a Marine with Golf Company, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion, poses for a photo with her eagle, globe and anchor on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Jan. 5, 2022. Serrano just completed the crucible – a 54-hour event that challenges all the skills a recruit has learned throughout recruit training. Serrano was recruited out of Los Angeles, C with Recruiting Station Montebello. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Christopher A. Madero)

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our military and our allies' military
and family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.

Welcome To The World, Isaac!

Gina and Joshua Steitzer welcomed their new son, Isaac, at 4:34 a.m., Jan. 6, 2022. Isaac was the first baby born in the New Year at Naval Hospital Bremerton’s Northwest Beginnings Family Birth Center to proud parents Gina and Joshua, chief damage controlman assigned to USS Nimitz (CVN 68). Isaac weighed 7 pounds, 12 ounces, and is 20 inches long. (Official Navy photo by Douglas H Stutz, NHB/NMRTC public affairs officer)

No Cornhole? No Problem!

Airmen from the 378th Air Expeditionary Wing take part in holiday themed games during the 2021 Ops Town Games at Prince Sultan Air Base, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Dec. 25, 2021. The games were created to boost morale for members deployed during the holidays. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Christina Graves)

Hold Your Breath! Whatever You Do: Don’t Swallow!

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Tyler Ornelas, a squad leader with 3d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, conducts the endurance course during the 3d Marine Division Squad Competition at the Jungle Warfare Training Center on Camp Gonsalves, Okinawa, Japan, Jan. 7, 2022. The week-long competition tests jungle survival skills, basic infantry tactics, and excellence in weapons handling. The competition participants are forward-deployed in the Indo-Pacific under 4th Marines, 3d Marine Division, as a part of the Unit Deployment Program. Ornelas is a native of Bend, Oregon. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Jonathan Willcox)

Congrats Marine! Hug Well Earned!

A new U.S. Marine of Mike Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, is welcomed by a loved one following a graduation ceremony at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, Jan. 7, 2022. Once Delta Company was dismissed, families and friends met their new Marines on the parade deck. As recruits, their only means of contact was through letters during their 13-week training cycle. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by MSgt Sheila Brooks)

We Want To Fly!

A 14th Flying Training Wing instructor pilot and student pilot conduct pre-flight checks inside a T-6 Texan II on January 7, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, MS. Stepped-tandem seating in the single cockpit places one crewmember in front of the other, with the student and instructor positions being interchangeable. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Davis Donaldson)

The Toilet Bowl Ultimate (Psst...No Toilets Were Harmed)

U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Air Force Defense Information School students complete in ultimate frisbee for the school's Annual event, the Commandant's Cup on Ft. G Meade, Maryland. (Photo by Pvt. Anastasiya Ludchenko)

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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy, thanks for remembering and honoring our Troops tonight!

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Hump Day! Have you been able to get everything squared away?

Another pretty day up there after another really foggy night. I checked before going to bed this morning and it was colder here than it was up there! That just ain’t right! LOL!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Remembering Our Troops! ~

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[The Mayor]

January 18

Washing Feet . . . and Dishes

Bible in a Year :

• Genesis 43–45
• Matthew 12:24–50

I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.

John 13:15

On Charley and Jan’s fiftieth wedding anniversary, they shared breakfast at a café with their son Jon. That day, the restaurant was understaffed with just a manager, cook, and one teenage girl who was working as hostess, waitress, and busser. As they finished their breakfast, Charley turned to his wife and son and said, “Do you have anything important going on in the next few hours?” They didn’t.

So, with permission from the manager, Charley and Jan began washing dishes in the back of the restaurant while Jon started clearing the cluttered tables. According to Jon, what happened that day wasn’t really that unusual. His parents had always set an example of Jesus who “did not come to be served, but to serve” (Mark 10:45).

In John 13, we read about the last meal Christ shared with His disciples. That night, the Teacher taught them the principle of humble service by washing their dirty feet (vv. 14–15). If He was willing to do the lowly job of washing a dozen men’s feet, they too should joyfully serve others.

Every avenue of service we encounter may look different, but one thing’s the same: there’s great joy in serving. The purpose behind acts of service isn’t to bring praise to the ones performing them, but to lovingly serve others while directing all praise to our humble, self-sacrificing God. .

Reflect & Pray

When has someone unexpectedly offered to help you with a difficult task? Why is humility such an important aspect of serving others?

Loving Savior, thank You for showing me how to be a servant.

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

You about ready to stop shunting your cold weather down here yet? We’re a bit tired of it. LOL

I hope your week’s going well so far.

[MoochPooch]

Evening, Kathy. Woohoo — I’m top 10!

[luvie]

Thank God For Our Troops!
Remember And Honor Them!

[PROCON]

Hey radu, a lot of you southerners have been complaining about the cold weather we're sending down there.

Thankfully we're going to get back to normal 20's-30's temps in a few days so hopefully you'll warm up too!

We've had a bit of snowfall too but nothing major.

You keeping those kittehs warm?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, radu...hope you are not completely snowed in.

Be safe and stay warm!

[radu]

Howdy, luvie.

All set to head out tomorrow?

[luvie]

Getting there. A bit antsy and keyed up as always before a trip. Especially a long one.

[radu]

LOL! Yeah, we don’t take much of a fancy to this kind of cold down here. And we really don’t like it when it hangs around for a week.
At least when it finally does warm up next week, it’ll be above normal temps. No complaints with that! :-)

Doing my best to keep the kitties warm but a few have made it hard for the rest of us. Vent hogs! They want to lie on the vents and the house gets chilly. I finally laid out an electric blanket and turned it on. That’s helped a lot! All but one vent hog sleep on it but I still have to run Lorien off a vent whenever I get up. She won’t sleep with the others on the blanket. Lil stinker! LOL

We’re fine. I’m just bored to death and disappointed the Republican women’s meeting tomorrow is cancelled and the two tour groups for the museum Saturday cancelled. I was looking forward to it all.

[radu]

Hey there, Kathy.

Yeah, still stuck at home for now. The snow has turned real crunchy and becomes ice underfoot. It’ll do the same under car tires so I’m just staying put.

[radu]

Long trips aren’t a lot of fun, no doubt. It was an 8-hour drive to FL to visit Dad when he was alive and I always dreaded the trip.

At least you won’t have crummy weather to drive through.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Pro...remembering is our “job”. We must never forget.

Hope you are snug and warm. How is your SUV doing? Feeling better?

[PROCON]

Hi Kathy, I'm staying warm, weather temps are supposed to improve next few days.

I get my car back on Friday, it'll cost me a few bucks but it's better than buying a new or even a used car. It's my baby, I've been driving it for about 10 years and have no problem putting more $$$ into it to keep it purring.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Lots of things undone, but as it is NOT a pay week, that is what Thursday and Friday are for...corrections.

-5 on the porch about 8a, but a pretty, sunny afternoon.

[Kathy in Alaska]

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

Hope your weather is improving some.

Stay in and stay warm!!