Ice Cream
Sailors get ready to enjoy some ice cream and cake.
(U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archive)

Sailors Scream For Ice Cream!

Ice Cream's important role in the Navy!
By Taylor Sparks
August 2022
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Pilot enjoys a tub of ice cream. (U.S. Naval Institute Photo Archive)

Few things are as important as coffee, tobacco, and ice cream in today's Navy. Though coffee offers caffeine to get through long days and the tobacco provides opportunity for smoke breaks, ice cream acts on a separate level of physiological necessity. Studies demonstrate that ice cream is a "comfort" food that ranks above all others.

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2. U.S. Naval Institute Staff, "Unique Ships of the U.S. Navy," USNI News, Jnuary 30, 2015.

3. San Francisco Maritime National Park Association, "Ice Cream".

Taylor Sparks

Midshipman Second Class Taylor Sparks is a midshipman at the United States Naval Academy where she studies Political Science and Russian.

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