1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (202+ words) Ooh Rah! Looking The Part! I HAVE NO INTERNET TONIGHT SO WILL ONLY HAVE LIMITED ACCESS TO THE CANTEEN DUE TO HAVING TO USE MY CELLULAR MINUTES, WHICH ARE DISAPPEARING FAST. " Y'ALL HAVE FUN. BRAVO TO THE FIRST 3 POSTERS IF…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (550+ words) [Today, with this latest war, war, war piece of mine, let me recommend a book by retired Air Force Lt. Col. and once upon a time Tom Dispatch regular Bill Astore, American Militarism on Steroids: The Military-Industrial Complex, Unbounded, Uncontained,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (46+ words) Task Force Garrison and The Retired Investigators Guild expanded the Bright Light Continuum Initiative to strengthen efforts to locate and account for U. S. service members still missing from the Vietnam War era. The initiative renews focus on honoring the missing and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (113+ words) The action that led to the Medal of Honor has become one of the most studied episodes in Marine Corps history. On Easter Sunday, April 2, 1972, then-Maj. John Ripley'was serving as an advisor to the South Vietnamese Marine Corps near Dong…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1218+ words) While much of the conversation surrounding Israel's ongoing war focuses on soldiers serving on the front lines, a panel on Monday, the second day of the 2026 JNS International Policy Summit, turned attention to the broader network of people keeping the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (749+ words) Boot camp was "hard, but when it was over, I was proud of myself and all that I accomplished." In World War II, many Native American women also served in a medical capacity, but women began to be allowed to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (601+ words) For decades, young midshipmen at the U. S. Naval Academy have walked by "Ripley at the Bridge," a dramatic diorama within the Memorial Hall foyer in Bancroft Hall featuring Marine Capt. John Ripley dangling from a girder over the Cua Viet River....

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (547+ words) For much of the last century, we understood espionage through the lens of the Cold War. We imagined spies stealing classified documents, passing secrets to foreign governments, or infiltrating military and intelligence agencies. National security was largely defined by physical…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (128+ words) ~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops! ! ~ Until We See Each Other Again! The South Carolina National Guard conducts a deployment ceremony in Florence, South Carolina to recognize the 133rd Military Police Company's mobilization in support of Operation Spartan Shield. Approximately…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (171+ words) Can You See Me Now?" PING~A~LING Posting for Kathy. Come in and check out the Canteen. Turning it over to Luvie for the evening. Check ya in the morning. Showing support and boosting the morale of our military…...