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FReeper Canteen ~ Remembering Our Troops! ~ 24 October 2024
Serving The Best Troops and Veterans In The World !! | The Canteen Crew and FRiend
Posted on 10/23/2024 6:01:09 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
Blue “Manta” Brigade!
U.S. Navy Divers assigned to Mobile Dive and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2, and Latvian Navy divers pose for a photo while training on surface supplied diving techniques at the Baltic Diving Training Center in support of the Baltic Operations (BALTOPS) 24 exercise in Liepāja, Latvia, June 14, 2024. BALTOPS24 is the premier maritime-focused exercise in the Baltic Region. The exercise, led by U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa and executed by Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO, provides a unique training opportunity to strengthen combined response capabilities critical to preserving freedom of navigation and security in the Baltic Sea. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James S. Hong)
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Row, Row, Row Your Boat…! Soldiers of Troop C, 1st Squadron, 113th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Iowa National Guard, conducted reconnaissance and Zodiac inflatable boat operations training at McCook Lake in North Sioux City, South Dakota on June 7, 2024. This is an annual required training for the unit, but was also in preparation for a major training event next month, eXportable Combat Training Capability (xCTC), at Camp Ripley in Little Falls, Minnesota. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jason Everett) 
Remember Our Heroes!Multinational forces pose for a group photo after a D-Day remembrance ceremony during Marara 24 in Tahiti, June 6, 2024. Marara 24 is a French-led, multinational exercise designed to advance partners’ abilities to address complex and future contingencies throughout the Indo-Pacific. Exercises like these reinforce U.S. commitments to our allies and partners in Oceania and raise our collective readiness to address crises and contingencies in the region. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Kendra Helmbrecht) Please remember that The Canteen is here to supportand entertain our troops and veterans and their families,
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To: Kathy in Alaska; luvie; HiJinx; AZamericonnie; Jet Jaguar; beachn4fun; laurenmarlowe; MS.BEHAVIN; ..
Greetings to all at the Canteen!
To all our military men and women, past and present,
THANK YOU
for your service!
2 posted on 10/23/2024 6:02:24 PM PDT by radu (God bless our military men and women, past and present)
To: MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 300winmag; 357 SIG; ...
~ Remembering Our Troops! ~
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Showing support and boosting the morale of
our military and our allies' military
and the family members of the above.
Honoring those who have served before.
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3 posted on 10/23/2024 6:05:56 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska ((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
4 posted on 10/23/2024 6:07:14 PM PDT by left that other site (Ask Not What The Left is Doing. Ask What They Are Accusing YOU of Doing.)
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