However, that does not mean nutrition is not important. The new online combat rations database, or ComRaD, formally launched earlier this month by the Department of Defense's Human Performance ...

Kiss your beloved pizza Meal, Ready to Eat goodbye, service members: the Defense Department is working on a brand new lightweight combat ration designed to keep troops fueled up while inevitably ...

Scientists are prototyping a "close combat assault ration'' containing an assortment of nutrient-dense energy bars that may augment the standard-issue meals, ready to eat -- MREs -- or even ...

Anyway, let’s talk about science! Much of my day was spent learning about the Close Combat Assault Ration. Soldiers have always needed portable rations because, well, humans eat food ...

U.S. military nutrition experts hope to start testing a new assault ration, known as the Close Combat Assault Ration, that is drastically lighter than existing field rations by 2020. Ten years ...

NATICK, Mass. — The U.S. military calls its combat field rations MREs, for Meals, Ready to Eat, since they require no cooking. But the troops long ago decided that those initials stood for Meals ...

“The Combat Ration” is part of the Historical Museum Commission’s annual theme, “The Land of Penn and Plenty:Bringing History to the Table.” The exhibit mainly focuses on what our U.S ...

the IDF provides soldiers with combat rations. These rations come in cartons designed to feed four soldiers for a day and consist of non-perishable food items that can be easily carried in ...

French army officials claim to have the best quality combat ration packs. Top British chef Chris Galvin and his French general manager Fred Sirieix taste-test their respective army's ration packs ...