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MRE
Watch: How does astronaut food compare to MREs?
Retired Marine Colonel Randy Bresnik cut his teeth as a test pilot for the F/A-18 Hornet program, before going on to serve combat tours in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Now, he’s an astronaut, and one of the few remaining with the experience necessary to give us the lowdown on how space food stacks up […]
Soldiers & Marines all have an opinion about MREs
Everyone has they’re favorite (Meatballs in Marinara Sauce Gang) and their least favorite. Everyone speculates about what secret additives are in the chewing gum and of course the debate over whether its best to eat the “main” or just the snacks. While Soldiers and Marines may see MREs as part of life, some people on […]
Meal Kit Supply | Evolution of a Meal
Plenty of you reading this have served in the US Armed Forces and are all too familiar with the old MRE’s (meal, ready to eat).  Plenty more have run into them during disaster operations or when someone pulls one out of a bag when out camping.  The content of these sealed pouches has changed quite a bit […]
Watch: The Things Marines Do When Deployed
I remember back in the 90’s I spent a month in South Korea training with the Korean ROK Marines at their Mountain Warfare School. We didn’t have much with us in the way of comfort items, so when we had downtime we improvised ways of having fun. When we were not out in the field […]
Meal Kit Supply | An Army And It’s Stomach
MRE’s are the pinnacle of “ready when you are” grub for the door kicker on the move. Â After decades of refinement, we’re finally at a place where the food in the brown bag rivals that of what you’d find in a chow hall (Maybe not an Air Force chow hall, but the rest of ’em […]
Loadout Room Tips and Tricks | Rain Water Collection using an MRE Sleeve
One of my fond memories of the Marine Corps were the MREs we fought over in the field. Yeah you heard me right, we fought over them. It got to the point that we all had our favorites and when it came time for chow, it was like a pack of wolves descending on an […]
Everyday Carry | A Ranger’s Daily Carry
You hear a text jingle from your pocket. Â You pull your phone out but there’s no longer cell service despite being in the middle of a city. Something is seriously wrong and you figure that out faster than most. Â It’s time to get by based on what you carry with you every day. Â Doesn’t matter […]
AlpineAire Freeze-Dried, Dehydrated and Instant Foods: Review
We review AlpineAire freeze-dried, dehydrated and instant foods. Do we like their Southwestern beef and nachos, Chicken burrito bowl and Bandito scramble?
