Here's how much caffeine the U.S. military consumed during the Iran war

Washington — Gen. Dan Caine, president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, offered a by-the-numbers look Wednesday of the meals and caffeine the U.S. subject has consumed during Operation Epic Fury, arsenic a fragile ceasefire statement betwixt the U.S. and Iran begins to instrumentality hold.

Briefing reporters hours aft President Trump and Iran announced the intermission successful warring to proceed negotiations, Caine said the U.S. subject has consumed astir 1 cardinal gallons of java successful the astir six-week-long war, and an unspecified magnitude of nicotine. 

"Along the way, we consumed much than 6 cardinal meals, and by my estimate, much than 950,000 gallons of coffee, 2 cardinal vigor drinks and a batch of nicotine," helium said, adding: "But I americium not saying that we person a problem."

That fig works retired to astir 7.6 cardinal cups of coffee. Caine didn't specify whether the vigor drinks were Monster, Celsius oregon thing else. 

Caine expressed his gratitude to the work members who sacrificed truthful much, and endured uncomfortable and unpredictable days connected behalf of their nation. 

"This is gritty and unforgiving business," Caine said. "It's chaotic, it's hot, it's dark, is unpredictable, and there's ever unknowns. And our radical proudly walked into those unknowns and proceed forward, and done it all, the associated unit has demonstrated the unwavering resoluteness that the federation demands of us."

At the briefing, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the Pentagon has done its occupation "for now" but volition beryllium "hanging around" the region.