It’s all about just the camaraderie,” Col. Ted Hodgson said of the weekly coffee talk. Each weekly coffee talk meeting follows the same format. Once a month, a hot breakfast is served in addition to the weekly coffee and donuts. Another large aspect of the coffee talk is connecting veterans to the VA and passing along information on benefits that veterans receive. Because coffee talk has taken off so well, Hodgson is starting a new social group scheduled to meet in the evenings.