Since its official field debut in 1983, the MRE has come a long, long way. Today’s current iteration seems like veritable fine dining compared with previous versions, but they’re still widely considered “Meals Rejected by Everyone,” and “Meals …
We give up a lot of our free speech rights when we agree to wear the uniform of the United States. The military is quirky like that, to put it…
It’s hard to think of a more beloved — and sometimes hated — cultural touchstone in the military than MRE meals, or meals ready to eat. They’ve been around since…
Located in the North Pacific, Guam has been a staple of U.S. military operations for decades — even before the World War I broke out.
In fact, the first
M&Ms, cheese spread with jalapeños, and the tasty chili mac are just a few of our favorite items that are included with the famous military meal plan known as the MRE.
At first glance, these items seem to be simple and not worth a wh… While deployed to East Africa as a member of the 4th Combat Camera Squadron, US Air Force Staff Sgt. Corban Lundborg sought to create a unique illustration series inspired b… So you’re spending Thanksgiving downrange (again) and it’s looking like instead of being home, surrounded by family, friends, liquor and an impressive spread, you’ll be “camping” and dinner will be an MRE. Kind of samesies, right? We kno… Fighting fires is hungry work. And since firefighters spend long hours, even days, at the fire station, it naturally falls to some schlub rookie to lace up an apron and put food on the table. That’s normally how it goes.
But Meals Ready…
“When was the last time you actually met the animal you ate for dinner?”
Jon Darling, a former Army Ranger and scion of a long line of farmers and restaurateurs, now runs one of the most humane livestock farms… At CIA — or the Culinary Institute of America — is located just across the Hudson River from West Point. The institute was created to e…How certain MRE items become cash money to a service member
Meet the combat cameraman who used MRE coffee grounds to produce beautiful paintings while deployed
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