From their web site....
Starbucks Donates to Military Personnel As part of Starbucks ongoing commitment to share the comfort of coffee during times of crisis, the company continues to demonstrate our support of the men and women serving in the U.S. military overseas.
Starbucks is a company with a social conscience and a long history of contributing product, time and funding to a wide variety of local, national and international non-profit organizations. In addition, Starbucks has the deepest respect and admiration for U.S. military personnel. We are extremely grateful to the men and women who serve stateside and overseas. We sincerely appreciate that they are willing to risk their lives to protect Americans and our values of freedom and democracy.
http://www.starbucks.com/aboutus/csr.asp#
Thanks for the information. I have heard this claim many times, including from some of the solidiers my husband and I support in Iraq and Afghanistan who indicated they had emailed Starbucks requesting coffee and were told NO.
Seems to be a favorite of the Troops and something they always request. We have been buying and sending to the Troops, simply because that's what they want. Glad to learn I was wrong.
Think I'll contact them and ask how I can get some "free". I asked at the Starbucks store for a Military Discount and they said no. We do get a Military Discount from many stores, which really helps. WalMart always gives a discount and even gives us some "free stuff" every once in a while.