Green Beans Coffee Cup of Joe Messages

Thinking of you all at this holiday season. We hope you will be able some time to rest, relax, recuperate, and re-energize a bit. Stay safe for your friends and family back home and stay strong for your brothers and sisters in arms. With kindest regards,

Green Beans Coffee Cup of Joe Messages

During the first semester in senior English, our teacher, Mrs. Pam Brown, challenged us to complete a service learning project that would both meet a local need and provide a small token of our esteem to service men and women serving around the world. She told us we would be using any donations received to provide cups of coffee to our military through the Cup o Joe for a Joe program. We only needed to plan and execute the local projects. Our two small college prep classes decided to hold a rock-a-thon at our local Wal-Mart store and to divide our proceeds from donations between the Cup o Joe program and our local Red Cross. We enjoyed working (rocking) to provide a little piece of home for you in the form of this cup of coffee. We are very appreciative of the acts of service you provide and perform for your country and those in the country in which you are stationed. The courage and bravery you demonstrate make us proud to be Americans. We hope you can come home soon to be with your family. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Green Beans Coffee Cup of Joe Messages

Thanks guys. Last year my son was deployed. I pray for all of you to come home safe like he, thank God, did. Merry Christmas.

Green Beans Coffee Cup of Joe Messages

Hope you enjoy this cup of coffee. Thank you for your daily sacrifice. ~Take Care & Stay Safe :)

Green Beans Coffee Cup of Joe

So, I registered for this "Cup of Joe" promotion through Green Beans Coffee. Basically, when a service member registers for this promotion he will get an email for a 2 dollar coupon for Green Beans Coffee provided by a donor. Along with the coupon is a personal message from the donor supplying the two dollar coupon. Well, I feel like sharing some of these messages with the public. I really appreciate these messages.

"As I sit here in my comfortable kitchen, I feel like supplying you with coffee is such a small way to show my appreciation for the sacrafices you make everyday. One of my favorite lines from movies is Jack Nicholson's "You can't handle the truth" from A Few Good Men. I know it is true. What you all face everyday is something most of us can't imagine. So I hope that while you enjoy your cup of Joe you can close your eyes and imagine that this mother of 2, sitting in her kitchen just outside of San Jose California, really and truly appreciates the service you give our country. We may not always agree with the battles our government chooses, but everyday I appreciate the men and women who serve. God Bless you and keep you safe. Thank you..."

This is amazing stuff.

Steve

We must remember that what is popular or universally accepted may not always be right and true.

Beret for EOD Career Field

Another update for the EOD Beret.

This message was sent by: CMSgt ROBERT C HODGES a member of the AF EOD Program Management CoP

EOD Team,

I'm getting asked many more questions about the movement for the EOD Beret. I'm glad to see more and more EOD Airmen embracing this action as the right thing for the EOD Career Field. I've tried to explain why I feel this is the right thing to do for the EOD team and still I'm asked from time to time, "Do you want a beret?" This is not a matter of if "I" want a beret or not. The question should be "Is the EOD Career Field deserving of the recognition provided by a beret?"

I say emphatically, yes. Here are some thoughts for us all to consider:

The beret is a symbol of achievement and recognition in the United States military services. Many elite groups within all branches of military service have adopted the beret for this same reason. No matter what the color or insignia, the beret has been the trademark that identifies a particular group as being special and apart from the average military soldier, sailor, or airman.

Within the Air Force the beret signifies those specialties having unique skills ensuring the ability to recover protect and operate airfields in austere environments; conduct operations with joint forces and provide unique force protection skills saving lives and property.

USAF Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians possess these unique skills and specialties in the performance of their duties and the Airmen in the EOD career field deserve the recognition that is symbolized by the beret.

If any EOD Airmen believes they do not possess these unique skills and perform these specialized missions it would truly surprise me. Each and every one of you have done remarkable things for our Nation and our AF. You are all deserving of this recognition.

For additional information in an effort to better inform everyone on this program we are posting the EOD Beret proposal package on the EOD Program CoP today. Please go to the CoP and read the three page proposal. I hope this answers your questions and brings us all together on this issue.

The Airmen in the EOD career field are deserving of the recognition that is symbolized by a beret worn with our uniform.

Working with CE senior leaders we hope to have this meet the uniform board in the spring of 2011.

Serving you with pride and honor,

TCB
Chief Hodges