Ready To Eat! Thirty Years of the MRE: Field-stripping, First Strike Rations, and the Humanitarian Daily Ration
Thirty years of history, including employment in at least five conflicts, are behind the “Meal, Ready-to-Eat.” So far we’ve outlined …
U.S. Army Materiel Command
Ready To Eat! 30 Years of the MRE: Part Two
Keeping the MRE current and in-step with warfighter needs and preferences is a constant challenge for the relatively small Combat …
Ready To Eat! 30 Years of the MRE: A New Kind of Ration
For the last three decades, and for at least as many generations of warfighters, the individual combat ration known as …
AMC Annual Magazine Debuts at AUSA Annual 2011 Meeting & Exposition
The 2011-2012 edition of U.S. Army Materiel Command: The Army’s Premier Provider of Materiel Readiness debuted at the Association of …
Faircount Media Group Releases Defense Summer 2011 Edition
In the Summer 2011 Edition of Defense
Clarence A. Robinson interviews Rep. Duncan Hunter (R-Calif.) about the defense budget, his …
Nanotech-Biotech-Infotech-Cognitive
Until the 1990s, most science and technology disciplines were fairly distinct, with only occasional overlap or multi-disciplinary projects. That separation …
A Matter of Trust
That the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and Native Americans have, until recent times, had an antagonistic and unfortunately …
Northrop Grumman Board Approves Spin-Off of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) today announced that its board of directors has approved the spin-off of its wholly owned subsidiary, …
Defense Ammunition Center Supports Ammunition Operations in the Field
Within the Joint Munitions Command (JMC), the Defense Ammunition Center (DAC) serves as the ammunition knowledge center that field personnel …
ACWA Program: First-of-a-kind Equipment for a One-of-a-kind Mission
Tasked with a one-of-a-kind mission to destroy chemical weapons using means other than the baseline incineration method, the U.S. Army …