You know.... I completely agree with you. But were you willing to get up 3 minutes early when you were a 24 year old young man?
You could not have picked a wrong-er person to ask that question. 
Haha, yeah that's true John.
At 24 I had already been serving my country for five years and was part of a unit called 2 Commando. I was diving out of planes with lots of heavy gear hanging off me. Three things would pass through my mind as I was struggling under the weight of my gear and moving towards the jump exit door:
a) I wonder if my parachute will open hard or soft;
b) My knife is sharp enough, I know I put enough oil on my weapon mechanisms and the compass bearing to the rendezvous point is 3200mils;
C) I wonder if the planes loadmaster will be holding my freshly brewed morning coffee and hand it off to me just before I exit the plane.
Once I figured out the loadie didn't have a coffee for me I started making plans to get my own coffee organized. ;-)
