Wednesday, September 10, 2008

What's On the Menu For The American Soldier


Buffalo Chicken, Anyone? (MRE Update) -- Defense Tech

Napoleon famously quipped, "An army marches on its stomach." And anyone who's been hungry in the field knows that few things out there are as big a deal as chow. So when I visited Natick last week, I was especially interested in seeing what was new at the DoD Combat Feeding Directorate.

Well, buffalo chicken, for one thing. That's right, warfighters; come FY '09 you'll have a new menu item in your MREs. And I had a chance to taste the stuff, and I'm happy to report it's really good . . . and I'm a hot wing connoisseur.

Jeremy Whitsitt, Combat Feedings outreach coordinator, explained that the command is conscious of the morale elements along with the nutritional value of menu choices . "An item like buffalo chicken makes a Soldier feel in touch with life back home," Whitsitt said.

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My Comment: I am hungry right now.

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