My favorite part of the MRE's was the warning about drinking the water that chemically heated your food......Marines are hilarious
MRE's, Dare I?
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Nah, still here. Just got really busy getting ready to head out...
We had some kind of cheese, you had to squeeze the pack to mix the cheese and the oil back together.... freaking nasty stuff.
Then for some reason the Army decided we had to eat one hot meal a day. Big tin foil pans that got put in boiling water to heat the mess up
Thank God when I got in the National Guard, we could take coolers with us for weekends in the field and summer camp.
Spam, Viennas, Beanie Weinnies and Sardines were a life saver and good trade fodder.
I was trading for MRE's and then trade them to the local Army/Navy store for in-store credit.
I was on a Tin Can for awhile, Gearing Class. We were north of the Aleutians one time in early winter. It was rough enough that the galley was closed. No cooked food.
What was the solution? The storekeepers dug around in some store room and dredged up a case of C-Rations. They opened the hatch, and threw them down the hole. The case was dated 1946, this was in 1976. Pall Mall's and little tiny bottles of Tabasco Sauce. Ham and MoFos, Beans and Babydicks. Hash. Inedible chocolate bars (designed that way). John Wayne can openers. Instant coffee that we used to clean deck plates.
Good times!
What was the solution? The storekeepers dug around in some store room and dredged up a case of C-Rations. They opened the hatch, and threw them down the hole. The case was dated 1946, this was in 1976. Pall Mall's and little tiny bottles of Tabasco Sauce. Ham and MoFos, Beans and Babydicks. Hash. Inedible chocolate bars (designed that way). John Wayne can openers. Instant coffee that we used to clean deck plates.
Good times!
Our neighbors in the Great White North have MRE's too. The wife got this from a friend at work, who went north for training.
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So, what ya think, should I crack it open and show it off?
Only the Canadian Army would provide a link on the packaging to "Like us on Facebook!". Gotta love'm.
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So, what ya think, should I crack it open and show it off?
Only the Canadian Army would provide a link on the packaging to "Like us on Facebook!". Gotta love'm.
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Charms were better then skittles and M&Ms.
Anyone else put tabasco sauce on the heaters and toss them into a buddy's sleeping bag when they were sleeping?
Anyone else put tabasco sauce on the heaters and toss them into a buddy's sleeping bag when they were sleeping?
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