Veterans Day 2022

[Picton]

christ how old are you

"82, November 1st. How much is the prize money?"

 

[SFC13557]

I came in just as they were starting to include heaters with the newer MREs, those older ones in the dark-brown bags. I remember they labeled them in black dot-matrix, and if there was even the slightest dust or fading there was no way to tell what was in the damn meal.

You are correct, the dark brown bag MRE's were horrible.

 

[Matt_SERE]

In the late 80's the heaters weren't included with the MRE, if I remember correctly the Pork Patty had to be reconstituted with water and it was called the "bowel bomb" It was nasty.

I came in just as they were starting to include heaters with the newer MREs, those older ones in the dark-brown bags. I remember they labeled them in black dot-matrix, and if there was even the slightest dust or fading there was no way to tell what was in the damn meal.

Here is a brief history of MRE "improvements" over the past 30 years. The MRE heaters came in around 89-90.

MRE Improvements | MRE Info

Read our list of improvements to each MRE menu over the years, including food items added and removed for each year.

www.mreinfo.com

MRE History | MRE Info

The MRE was adopted as the Department of Defense combat ration in 1975. Since then, MREs have evolved substantially. Read the full history.

www.mreinfo.com

Flameless Ration Heater | MRE Info

Learn how to use Zesto-Therm's Flameless Ration Heater -- especially designed for the U.S. Army to heat a soldier's individual eight ounce MRE field ration.

www.mreinfo.com

 

[timbo]

Ditto...

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I still have my P38 from when I was in the navy. ..no, not this one: