Soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, try the pizza MRE in 2014. After more recent modifications, now it's ready to be packaged into MREs. (David Kamm/U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center)
Washington Examiner: Honey, I shrunk the MRE: Troops say the Army's new tiny meals could yield big benefits
Army scientists have developed a method to shrink down a soldier's portable rations to one-third their normal size, which troops say could yield big benefits.
The new vacuum microwave dryer technology can compress the normally bulky Meals, Ready-to-Eat, better known as MREs, into tiny food bars. Not only are some of these bars more nutritious, their smaller size could save both time and space for companies on the move.
"Probably a good idea. Speaking as a quartermaster officer, it will probably reduce overall mass of MRE bulk shipment and may reduce the unfortunate tendency of air-filled MRE elements to 'pop' when dropped with force," Capt. Nick Smith, an Army reservist, told the Washington Examiner.
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WNU Editor: But will they taste better?
4 comments:
MRE n. Meals Refused by Ethiopians.
The breakfast meals are quite good.
If I could take them on a camping trip, it would be awesome.
I'd suggest doubling one's liquid intake to keep things moving. For desert add an X-lax bar. King size.
AKA: Cliff Bar.
(which are delicious)
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