If an army moves on its stomach, then I have no doubt that a Navy sails on its coffee. For a sailor in the sandbox, nothing brings more joy to my mornings in Baghdad than this sight, and the triple house dose of caffeine-laden goodness that comes with it.
Welcome to the Green Bean, home of the Mother of All Coffees.
Seriously...I'm not making that up. It's on the menu.
How soldiers, sailors, and marines went off to war without a gourmet coffee bar is beyond me. I'm guessing it's the advent of the Air Force (thank you Air Force!) that brought creature comforts like this to the sandbox. You really can't expect airmen to deploy for a full six months without lattes, could you?
Green Beans Coffee is almost everywhere in theater. And God bless them for it. You don't see Starbucks out in the desert selling frappes and freshly baked cookies from the front half a connex box, but the Green Bean is right there with us.
Support your troops by swinging by their website and ordering some for yourself (http://www.greenbeanscoffee.com/). Dump some sand into the bottom of your cup, forgo showering for at least a week, and you too can experience the caffeine of war. It's the least you can do, isn't it?
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