There's always a way to make coffee- that's why God made fire and the french press . As far as generators go, my back-up ran the radios and the coffee pot.

I should clarify my earlier comments. The new "Go" and "Stop" pills (Coffee, Redbull, tobacco, Ambien, etc) are necessary for many extended combat operations. What I failed to mention before is dependency issues. When guys are using them back in garrison (Ambien mostly to "Stop"), then that is not condusive to long-term health.

Obviously, I'm not a medical doctor, but I think that one of the post-deployment fixes is an aggressive PT plan coupled with healthy eating and relaxation techniques (surfing, yoga, rugby, whatever).

v/r

Mike