Posted on Jun 24, 2015
Field/Combat Army Rations. What Are Your Stories of Eating Chow? CHOW SHARE OF THE DAY?
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Military Rations, MREs & Food we all got to have it for survival. I always said, you can work me hard but just feed me! There I was Soldering all day in Iraq, instead of an empty stomach all I wanted was some HOT chow to keep pushing. Just gives me that replenishment to DRIVE ON WITH FOR THE MISSION/TASK AT HAND!
The military food supply, combat rations, ranging from the canned rations of World War II, Korea and Vietnam to the modern Meals, Ready to Eat (MRE) and HooAH! Bar:
Field or Combat Army Rations: C-Rations, K-Rations, D-Rations and More
Rations are fundamental to military operations. The US Army Quartermaster Corps, and equivalent units in all military services around the world, have to provide for the daily food needs of combat and support troops under all conditions. While cooked food served from field kitchens, or mess hall food at permanent bases, covers much of the need, many front line troops require special rations prepared and packaged for field use. Here are some example(inclusive):
• Military Food Supply, General
• Field Hydration
• Field and Combat Rations ◦Field Rations: C, K, D & More
◦Meal, Ready to Eat (MRE)
◦HooAH! Bar
◦First Strike Ration
• Emergency Rations ◦WW II Emergency Rations
◦Food Packet, Survival, General Purpose, Improved
◦Food Packet, Survival, Abandon Ship
◦Food Packet, Survival, Aircraft, Life Raft
◦Water, Drinking, Emergency
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones SPC Nancy Greene PO1 Tony Holland SGT Mark Anderson LTC (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland SGT James Murphy Sgt (Join to see) LTC David Brown 1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD
The military food supply, combat rations, ranging from the canned rations of World War II, Korea and Vietnam to the modern Meals, Ready to Eat (MRE) and HooAH! Bar:
Field or Combat Army Rations: C-Rations, K-Rations, D-Rations and More
Rations are fundamental to military operations. The US Army Quartermaster Corps, and equivalent units in all military services around the world, have to provide for the daily food needs of combat and support troops under all conditions. While cooked food served from field kitchens, or mess hall food at permanent bases, covers much of the need, many front line troops require special rations prepared and packaged for field use. Here are some example(inclusive):
• Military Food Supply, General
• Field Hydration
• Field and Combat Rations ◦Field Rations: C, K, D & More
◦Meal, Ready to Eat (MRE)
◦HooAH! Bar
◦First Strike Ration
• Emergency Rations ◦WW II Emergency Rations
◦Food Packet, Survival, General Purpose, Improved
◦Food Packet, Survival, Abandon Ship
◦Food Packet, Survival, Aircraft, Life Raft
◦Water, Drinking, Emergency
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones SPC Nancy Greene PO1 Tony Holland SGT Mark Anderson LTC (Join to see) SGT Steve McFarland SGT James Murphy Sgt (Join to see) LTC David Brown 1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
I tended to enjoy eating C-rations when I either got a meal I wanted or better yet traded parts of the box with other soldiers. John Wayne bars, fruit cocktail and pound cake were some of my favorites because they did not have to be heated up. Pork whatever they were and the spaghetti and meatballs could never seem to be cooked evenly through and through. The "crackers" were something else along with the "cheese" spread which seemingly had decades before they might be un-edible; but, who could tell. We certainly are C-=rations in the 1970's that had been boxed in the 1940's.
Eating a LRRP and then drinking water produced results that were funny to look at but painful to experience as the ingredients expanded inside you - sort of like the Alien which appeared after eating the wrong meal in the parody "Space Balls"
In the field in the 1980's "hot" meals were usually appreciated whether dinner arrived at breakfast or lunch it was generally okay. Eating breakfast stored in "Military Aluminum Mermite Hot Cold Insulated Food Container- Lasko Metal Products" in the early morning brought back memories of Doctor Seuss as powered eggs stored in aluminum turn green. We found ourselves eating green eggs and ham on more than one occasion.
I tended to enjoy eating C-rations when I either got a meal I wanted or better yet traded parts of the box with other soldiers. John Wayne bars, fruit cocktail and pound cake were some of my favorites because they did not have to be heated up. Pork whatever they were and the spaghetti and meatballs could never seem to be cooked evenly through and through. The "crackers" were something else along with the "cheese" spread which seemingly had decades before they might be un-edible; but, who could tell. We certainly are C-=rations in the 1970's that had been boxed in the 1940's.
Eating a LRRP and then drinking water produced results that were funny to look at but painful to experience as the ingredients expanded inside you - sort of like the Alien which appeared after eating the wrong meal in the parody "Space Balls"
In the field in the 1980's "hot" meals were usually appreciated whether dinner arrived at breakfast or lunch it was generally okay. Eating breakfast stored in "Military Aluminum Mermite Hot Cold Insulated Food Container- Lasko Metal Products" in the early morning brought back memories of Doctor Seuss as powered eggs stored in aluminum turn green. We found ourselves eating green eggs and ham on more than one occasion.
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SGT Michael Glenn
Loved every moment !!! was better than McDonalds or Pizza Hut!! I always went to surplus stores and bought boxes of these and ate nothing but when I went home on leave... I also have beach front property right here in Utah to sell if you believe that!!! Some of the stuff was good, some was ok and other stuff you couldnt give a way!!
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SGT Michael Glenn
I loved to mix Dehydrated Strawberries and peaches with the cocoa mix.... The crackers sucked as did the cheese packets and man could those things put a cork where the sun dont shine !!!!
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I hated the old MRE with eggs, to me they were gross, but they did have cheese and crackers
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
CPT Bruce Rodgers those dog-one eggs were stinky indeed. Cheese and crackers were well with the time and delicacy.
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C-Rats, John Wayne (P38), I had a whole lot of them during my younger days in the Corps. Used my Steel Helmet/Pot for doing everything and anything that you could use it for. Eatting, cooking, bathing, shaving. You name it. MRE's. 1600 calories per bag. I wasn't to happy with these, but I did like their bread. Stoffures Meals, now that i can live with. Had thes in Desert Storm. S/F, JK
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We used to warm up our C-Rats by placing them in the engine compartment of the helicopter. During one mission, my crew chief put a can of spaghetti and meat sauce in for me. Suddenly, all heck broke loose and we were taking a returning fire, dodging all kinds of nasty things and generally acting like an air crew in a battle. Soon things calmed down and everyone including the aircraft was in one piece. Then we remembered my spaghetti. The chief opened the engine bay door and the can had exploded, spreading meat sauce and pasta into the smallest crevices of the T-58 engine. The crew couldn't clean it and ended up replacing it that night. Most expensive can of spaghetti I didn't get to eat!
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2LT Richard Browning
On the rare occasions when we were allowed to build a fire one of the practicl jokes we would play was to toss one of the small cans of peanut butter in the fire it would set off quite an explosion.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
2LT Richard Browning - I can relate with a MRE bomb, we would fill the heater with water and let them cook-off until a explosion happen.
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Maj Marty Hogan SGT (Join to see) SPC Margaret Higgins SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth CW5 Jack CardwellCOL Mikel J. Burroughs CPL Dave Hoover SSG William Jones Lt Col Charlie Brown PO1 H Gene Lawrence Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SCPO Morris Ramsey TSgt Joe C. PVT Mark Zehner LTC (Join to see) PO1 Tony Holland PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Sgt (Join to see) LTC Stephen F.
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My bachelors degree is in Economics. I always said that if I were to get my masters in Econ and had to write a thesis, it would be on the economics of MRE trading at Ranger School. It's the only place where I've seen the entire MRE consumed. Every edible piece in that bag contained much needed calories and the trading market was as frenzied as the New York Stock Exchange. Friendships were won and lost over things like creamer packets. And if I don't write a thesis I may just write an MRE cookbook.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL ,
Exactly as the picture denoted above; coupled with MREs. In Iraq in 2003, I ate 4 MREs per day for six months and lived out of my HEMMT fueler tanker. Kept me on swell though as I worked out on two a days to the let the time pass.
Exactly as the picture denoted above; coupled with MREs. In Iraq in 2003, I ate 4 MREs per day for six months and lived out of my HEMMT fueler tanker. Kept me on swell though as I worked out on two a days to the let the time pass.
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
SSG Derrick L. Lewis MBA, C-HRM I remember those days well, how can you never forget them when your constantly on the go in WAR.
Maj Marty Hogan SGT (Join to see) SPC Margaret Higgins SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth CW5 Jack CardwellCOL Mikel J. Burroughs CPL Dave Hoover SSG William Jones Lt Col Charlie Brown PO1 H Gene Lawrence Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SCPO Morris Ramsey TSgt Joe C. PVT Mark Zehner LTC (Join to see) ] PO1 Tony Holland PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Sgt (Join to see) LTC Stephen F.
Maj Marty Hogan SGT (Join to see) SPC Margaret Higgins SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth CW5 Jack CardwellCOL Mikel J. Burroughs CPL Dave Hoover SSG William Jones Lt Col Charlie Brown PO1 H Gene Lawrence Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen SCPO Morris Ramsey TSgt Joe C. PVT Mark Zehner LTC (Join to see) ] PO1 Tony Holland PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Sgt (Join to see) LTC Stephen F.
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started with c-rats,beans and weenies were good,MRE'S came along the chicken ala king with ramen noodles and hot sauce were the best and of course on ftx's the marmite cans with chili mac
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