I was pretty PO'ed when I heard about this a few weeks ago because McChrystal was quoted as saying he wanted those in theater to have a more aggressive, "expeditionary" mentality.
If they are just taking away amenities to prevent people from enjoying a little comfort on occasion that's BS...we are no longer in boot camp/OCS. The crunchies who spend a lot of time outside the wire are the ones who need it the most, if the REMFs also get to enjoy it, oh well.
But now it sounds like it's a legit log chain issue...if it get's more gear to the guys who need it, that's great. I can ship my own espresso machine over I guess.