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September 18th, 2004
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| Optio  | Post; What is military cuisine like during battle?What kind of food do soldiers eat during battle? |
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September 18th, 2004
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| Tribunus Laticlavius  | MRE's.
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September 18th, 2004
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| Optio | My aunt gave me an MRE once.... It comes with a little bottle of Tobacco Sauce... It isn't that bad if i can recall correctly, but that was like 5 years ago they might of changed it.
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September 18th, 2004
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| Tribunus Laticlavius | Happily, they no longer make the omlette one. That was completely disgusting. MRE crackers are the driest thing known to man. Still, the US military used to have hard tack for rations, so MRE's are progress I guess. |
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September 20th, 2004
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| Milforum Moderator  | MRE's are not all that bad until you've had them for 2 months straight. At that point, eating became painful
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September 20th, 2004
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| Milforum Moderator | The new MRE's are a heckuva lot better than the first generation MRE's. Those darn things made ya miss Charlie Rat's. |
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September 20th, 2004
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | We have IMP's (Individual Meal Packages), similar to C-rations or MREs.
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September 21st, 2004
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| Centurion | Quote:
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September 21st, 2004
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| Tribuni Angusticlavii | yes..an army marches on its stomach.... in addition to MREs and such, tray packs were very popular. these are large, non -perishable tv dinners for a group of 10 soldiers, or five hungry marines. The development of combat rations is a very very serious subject in any organization that deals with logistics. http://www.olive-drab.com/od_rations.php a link to the past... http://www.natick.army.mil/soldier/a...od/content.htm and possibly the future For a while, long range recon patrols (LRRPS) used a dehydrated meal, usally spaggetti or some such meal) that was totally dehydrated...made for an interesting time because although it could be eaten cold and unhydrated, it was better when hot. simply putting the hydrated bag in the sunlight would thouroughly heat the meal in about an hour. of course crackers were standard with it. it pays to know...since eating was one of my main pleasures...lol. i had to cut out the wine women and song long before... 
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