The U.S. Defense Department has divided the world into six geographic unified combatant commands – Europe (EUCOM), Africa (AFRICOM), Central (CENTCOM – basically, the Middle East), North America (NORCOM), South …
In the final installment of our series on the Meal, Ready to Eat and its 30 years of history we look to the future to see what’s in store in …
In part five of our series on the 30th anniversary of the MRE we come to one of the most intriguing aspects of this very American ration – how it …
It turns out that the three previous installments in our series on the 30th anniversary of the “Meal, Ready To Eat” were not enough to get our arms around this …
Thirty years of history, including employment in at least five conflicts, are behind the “Meal, Ready-to-Eat.” So far we’ve outlined a few of the many challenges that the Combat Feeding …
Keeping the MRE current and in-step with warfighter needs and preferences is a constant challenge for the relatively small Combat Feeding Directorate. Based in Natick, Mass., at the U.S. Army’s …
For the last three decades, and for at least as many generations of warfighters, the individual combat ration known as the “Meal, Ready-to-Eat” or MRE has been a staple of …
In the half century since the creation of the Defense Logistics Agency (called the Defense Supply Agency from 1961-1977), a great many pre-existing Department of Defense (DoD) services and agencies …
When the first paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division hit the ground in Saudi Arabia, the first thing they noticed was the heat, the unrelenting 120-degree heat. There was little …
As they have with commercial logistics operations across the globe, commercial “shipping containers” have revolutionized military logistics. Today, nearly four decades after the International Standards Organization (ISO) brought size standards …
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