MRE in Afghanistan
 

What our troops in Afghanistan are eating.
Here's the US and Canadian chow, you can see the other dozen countries here.

Cool link Bruce.

Do you have a dayjob?

No, I'm retired. Why, got a job for me? :yum:

I was expecting a photo of a goat on a rope ...

Goat on a rope becomes a MRE after it has been successfully used as an IED detector.

Can you gyprock?

Matches are a nice touch.

Yeah, as a matter of fact I have some right here, I'm avoiding arduously.:o

Those Canadians are tough - US soldiers get toilet paper while the Canadians just get a toothpick and some matches.

MREs , Not the Tasteyest thing aound But tthe aint bad , AND they will keep you alive , fat even , unless you Use all the calories .

Much beter Now then when they were first introduced


We have like 7 cases from the ice storm a while back

You get musk flavor candy in the Aussie MRE? Is that something other than what it sounds like? :greenface

Had to go on French MRE for a week during my time in the French Navy some 20 years ago.

Well, they keep you alive, they're not bad tasting.

But, they do pack you a lot... Worst case of constipation I ever had... ;)

I read up a li'l bit...Yep, that's what it is, musk flavored candy, in sticks, and, LifeSavers.

While reading up on this, I came across this gem of a comment: "It seems like an awful lot of Australian food is based on a dare.":sweat:

The British MRE includes something called "isotonic powder", so, I looked it up: :lol2:

Well, someone has to find all those cool image of the day pics and start all those new threads, don't they?

And a million other excuses, but I know, and acknowledge, the truth... only to myself though.;)

Isotonic drinks are beloved of sportsmen.
And students; in their case as a hangover cure.
The original Lucozade - an orange fizzy glucose drink, usually served warm (retch, not in our house) - was the staple of many a child's sickbed experience.

When Sarge was overseas, I did ask if there was anything I could send him, given the basics Brit troops asked for (toothpaste, boiled sweets to reduce thirst, wetwipes, shaving gel, deodorant etc) but he told me they were pretty much sorted. I don't think this really shows how much better off US troops are provisioned, just being a rations pack.

It's a really good IOTD - I'm just saying outside of this there are further shortages for overseas troops.

Stop me if you've heard this one:

Three quartermasters are discussing the daily rations allotted for their troops. The Russian (feel free to update the nationalities) Q'master announces proudly, "We give all our troops 2,500 calories per day!"
The German snorts with laughter and replies, "HA, all our troops get 3,500 calories per day."
The American looks at them both, kind of chuckling and says, "Each of our troops gets 5,000 calories per day."

The Russian shouts, "Impossible! No one could ever eat that many potatoes in a single day."