Army rations, what are those hockey pucks of "meat" made of in the new UGR rations?

CW3 Kevin Storm — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 11:54:53 -0400

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 2 at 2015 12:03 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:03:11 -0400

They are made up of stuff you probably really don't want to know about. My advice, hot sauce. Lots and lots of hot sauce. And some gaviscon for later.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 2 at 2015 12:07 PM

1SG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 02 Jul 2015 12:07:55 -0400

I think it depends on the menu. Menu #15 lists options for Italian sausage as well as meatballs.

Response by PO3 Steven Sherrill made May 13 at 2016 2:19 PM

PO3 Steven Sherrill — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:19:11 -0400

CW3 Kevin Storm, have your tried asking it? I mean it may even answer.

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made May 13 at 2016 2:51 PM

SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth — Fri, 13 May 2016 14:51:18 -0400

For all you know it might be last centuries leftover C ration meat.

Response by SPC Jeffrey Reese made May 14 at 2016 1:56 PM

SPC Jeffrey Reese — Sat, 14 May 2016 13:56:31 -0400

What are you all Crying about the MRE's of today are great compared to 30 years ago! You had a dehydrated beef patty mmmm tasty. If you were lucky you got the pork patty lol at least you could chew it. The beef stew was inedible the peanut butter nasty the cheese just as bad. But you ate it you had no choice. The heat source to cook with was your Crackers. Don't get me started on the cookies if you could eat them you were doing good. The only good thing was the dehydrated fruit cocktail square. They have come along way since then.

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 14 at 2016 3:09 PM

TSgt Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 14 May 2016 15:09:24 -0400

Probably made of sadness and young soldiers' hopes and dreams. Me personally, I've loved MREs since we spent weeks eating them during Exercises, probably because I can't cook and they're a vast improvement, but man, 3 MREs a day for weeks on end, and you have to schedule range days to use the latrine. It's an adventure still, for all you old salts.