A slimmed-down, more nutrient-dense, individual field ration is now available for order for all troops. The Close Combat Assault Ration, or CCAR, has been under development by the Army Combat ...

Innovation in food processing and preservation methods that began in the military soon applied in the civilian world; thus, ...

Perhaps unsurprisingly, field rations, known among U.S. soldiers as “Meals, Ready to Eat,” or “MREs,” have a pretty bad reputation among the troops, who have to rely on the freeze-dried ...

When Lt. Dave Moore visited infantry units in the remote, rugged mountains of Afghanistan late last year, the Navy medical officer was surprised to hear from many soldiers and Marines that they had… ...

After a decade of war, military food scientists have been hard at work at a little-known research facility outside Boston transforming the field ration - known as the Meal, Ready to Eat, or MRE ...

The rationale behind the rations The IDF’s cardboard field ration box yields a surprising variety of options, top soldier-chefs say, for keeping the army marching on its stomach ...

C Rations Adopted by the Army in 1939.Does An Army Travel on its Stomach' By Melissa K. Wiford, U. S. Army Military History Institute October 19, 2007 ...

ARMY EMERGENCY RATIONS; Official Report of Tests Made with Soldiers in the Field. Board of Officers Develops Prepared Food that Is Wholesome and Nu- tritious -- Other Experiments Fail.