where can I buy the genuine MREs used by the US military? (to eat on no-meal flights)
Sep 20, 2005, 8:31 pm
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MRE= Meals Rejected by Everyone
Supposedly they have 2000-3000 calories each. Enough to sustain 1 soldier for 1 day. However, I don't really recommend eating those on a regular as they do have a shelf life of years.
Sep 20, 2005, 8:46 pm
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As an active-duty airman, I can verify these aren't the best airline food...I would rather have an energy bar then eat them cold, and they produce a lot of trash and variety of smells likely to make your seatmates and flight attendents very happy.
Sep 21, 2005, 12:48 am
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I don't know if they are a good option for airline consumption, but everyone should have a home supply for use in event of emergency. Unless by some luck you live in an area that is not subject to natural disasters, power outages, terrorism or other event that might cause a prolonged loss of electric power.
Sep 21, 2005, 3:36 am
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Might be more advisable to stack basic stuff like rice, flour, noodles/pasta, water and the like for emergencies? And personally I would rather enjoy a diet of ready-to-boil noodle soup or cup ramen than MREs.
Weren't there stories in 2003 when GIs in Iraq would risk their lives in unsafe territory just to have a Kebap sandwich at the next corner joint instead of MREs?
Weren't there stories in 2003 when GIs in Iraq would risk their lives in unsafe territory just to have a Kebap sandwich at the next corner joint instead of MREs?
Last edited by mosburger; Sep 21, 2005 at 3:38 am