To test this out, the MREs are placed in a 100-degree box for six months, in order to simulate the three-year requirement. Related: The Pizza MRE Is Finally Coming » ...

Pizza will soon be joining the US Army's field rations menu. MREs (Meal, Ready to Eat) have a history of disappointing combat troops. Now, MRE designers have achieved a minor miracle in food ...

Thankfully, they figured it all out now. So look for that MRE Pizza #37 in your pack within the next few months. Just make sure you are near a port-a-potty first. WATCH NEXT: ...

NATICK, Mass. — They call it the holy grail of ready-to-eat meals for soldiers: a pizza that can stay on the shelf for up to three years and still remain good to eat.

To test this, MREs are placed in a 100-degree box for six months, simulating the 3-year span. When the pizza MRE underwent this test it became too brown, Whitsitt said.

The pepperoni pizza entrée has been added to the 2018 Meals, Ready to Eat menu and should be on its way to the field soon. The pizza MRE will include cheddar and jalapeno cheese spread, Italian ...

The first shelf-stable pepperoni pizza will be assembled into MREs beginning in March 2018. Thanks to the hardworking military food experts at CFD, Soldiers will get their piece of the pie and ...

The Army began field-testing the MRE pizza in August 2014. Whitsitt believes MRE pizza should be available to Soldiers in 2019, with some locations possible in 2018.

Yes, the Pizza MRE is coming. Early versions of the pizza turned an unappealing color during long-term storage testing, but a simple tweak of the recipe means it’s ready to eat.

Partial to thin crust, Erskine said he liked it better once he sliced off the bottom two-thirds of bread. Since the 1980s, soldiers have been asking for a pizza MRE, according to the Army.

Army food scientists began work on it in 2012. Despite some hiccups in the development process, the Army says the pizza MRE will be widely available to troops deployed around the world by 2019.

Sometime in 2017, soldiers will be opening up MRE #37 and tearing into the pizza pouch, scarfing down a slice of pie that Oleksyk says tastes like "day after pizza" or the kind you'd find in a ...