As of this date, MREMarketplace. Where do you get them? It all depends on what type you want to buy. In the government started posting the following notice on all MRE boxes:.
You can sometimes find them less and you can always find someone trying to sell them for more. Curious as to what the government charges for them? Remember, this is what they charge internally — not what they actually pay for them from suppliers. Unfortunately, these are also where the MREs are the most expensive. Gun shows: you can usually find MREs at a local gun show. Even the best MRE are going to be affected by the harsh heat of the desert.
The U. They found that when exposed to heat over degrees they lasted less than two years while MRE stored at around 70 degrees were good for at least months. Quality Issue s: The quality of everything the military gets is usually dependent on how some special interest group who won a no-bid contract for that item.
In fact, the quality of a lot of equipment and military gear has gotten so bad over the years that many service members have been forced to buy their own gear. The sad truth is the government treats the military like crap. Counterfeit MRE: Much of what you find online is complete garbage, and many of the so-called military MRE that are sold online are actually bad counterfeits from China.
The average military MRE gives the soldier an average of 1, calories. For instance, a Chili with Beans MRE is about 1, calories 36 Grams of protein, 83 percent fat, and Grams of carbohydrates and about half of the Military Recommended Daily Allowance of vitamins and minerals. This can make trying to figure out shelf life a little tricky. Most of the time you can determine the manufactured date by looking for a series of numbers on the package.
The first looking at the first number represents the last number of the year it was packaged. As long as your MRE supplies are not damaged in any way swelling, punctured, ripped, etc… then they should last for quite awhile. Any fluctuation in storage temperature can and will affect the shelf life of your MRE. For instance, the same MRE stored at degrees has a shelf life of about 6 months. For years I had no overt symptoms other than chronic fatigue, and seizures until last year when I developed edema, pellagra and a goiter all at the same time.
Guess what? Just about every MRE or packaged emergency food item will basically kill me — sometimes just from the labels and packaging where starch was used to size the paper. Starch, like that used on military uniforms, might be transfered from the packaging directly to the food or to my hands and then to the food. And NO!!!! Books kill people! I too am gluten sensitive. We must be ready. Spiritually for the Lord and physically so that we can help others in need.
God Bless, thank you for any info. You need to ask the suppliers of these kinds of survival food storage items about which ones are for gluten sensitive people and which ones are not. God bless, Andrew. Sat in a warehouse for years. The LRRPS out of the jungle at Dak To would trade their freeze dried with us and we would trade just about anything for them because they were great.
Just add water. There were no MREs in Vietnam. We had canned rations. And they were very good food, if you did not have to live on the same ones every day. We met in grad school in after we both got out. They were not in production. People are very spoiled and mothers of america run stupid liberals on this page have not used these mres in any place other than there kitchen. MREs are used on convoys or as a last resort. Your wrong. I am a sergeant in the infantry and I have been to iraq and afghanistan.
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Sophie-Claire Hoeller. MREs are basically instant meals that soldiers get when they're in training or in the field. They're usually super processed, canned, or freeze-dried, and can last around three years. These meals provide soldiers with calories and energy, but Hong says he also sees them as "a morale booster to remind them of the countries they serve.
David Hong has reviewed a number of ready-to-eat military rations MREs, or "meal, ready to eat" , like this one from the Canadian Army, which has baked beans as its main course. The British Army hour ration pack includes, as the name implies, breakfast, lunch, and dinner. China's MRE keeps things simple with sausage, sticky rice, hot sauce, cake, sliced pineapple, a juice drink, a spoon, and napkins.
The Italian combat ration features breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Hong said it might be the largest MRE he's come across. Hong was not super impressed with this Lithuanian Army field ration, which he called "bland. This Kazakh MRE includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and comes in one large bag with three perforated sections. This Norwegian Army field ration includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner in separate packages. While Hong wasn't impressed with the breakfast, he said lunch and dinner were great, and that this MRE might even be one of his favorites.
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