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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My favorite is MRE Bread. Lay the package out in the sun open it and it is awsome... I remember it as being a treat anytime we got it.
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Field-chow was called C-rations, and yes, it came in a can, along with a P-38 can-opener. I still have three P-38's.
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MY FAVORITE PARTS OF BASIC TRAINING AND PERMANENT PARTY: BEING OUT IN THE FIELD! SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL!
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I remember the dehydrated fruit Patty you could trade in the entire MRE for one
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My H-harness is good to go with canteen cup and canteen stove. My combat pack is squared away including some MRE meals and apple sauce.
M. Morris RVT
M. Morris RVT
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Ft Knox 1953/54, Wednesdays were K-Ration day. The KPs, (us Soldiers), would open various cans of WW II Rations, dump the contents into a 30 gallon kettle and flee before that mess was served to the troops!
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I don't smoke, but it was sad when they stopped putting cigarettes in the C-rats, because us non smokers could trade cigs to the smokers for their peaches, or John Wayne bars.
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