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Bookmark or Share- From C-rations to MREs...NSRDEC improves Soldier rationsThe First Strike Ration, the newest addition to the U.S. Army Materiel Command product line, is a compact, eat-on-the-move assault ration designed for use during initial periods of highly...
- This why a soldier’s chow came in a can back in the dayC-rations were just one of the letter-coded rations issued during World War II. Most soldiers and Marines from that time remember – and detest – the K-rations of the era, which had three separate meal units for breakfast, lunch and dinner. When it comes to palatability, C-rations won hands down.
- C-Rations | Charlie Company Vietnam 1966-1972In 1966 during the Vietnam war Brig. Gen. Walter S. McIlhenny son of the 2nd company president of McIlhenny Company from his experiences with C-Rations as a soldier during WWII came up with the idea to send soldiers copies of the Charlie Ration Cookbook filled with recipes for spicing up C-rations with Tabasco Pepper Sauce wrapped around two ...
- C-ration - WikipediaThe C-ration (officially Field Ration, Type C) was a United States military ration consisting of prepared, canned wet foods. They were intended to be served when fresh or packaged unprepared food was unavailable, and survival rations were insufficient. [1]
- Meal, Combat, Individual ration - WikipediaThe Meal, Combat, Individual ( MCI) was a United States military ration of canned and preserved food, issued from 1958 to 1980. It replaced the earlier C-ration, which it was so similar to that it was often nicknamed the "C-ration", despite the term never being used officially. The MCI was eventually replaced by the Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE).
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