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What Do You Do With Expired Emergency Rations?

January 24, 2024 by Rachel Ostrander

What Do You Do With Expired Emergency Rations? MRE rations are good for much longer than their best-by dates suggest (see my articles about the expiration date actually being based on subjective opinions by taste testers and my subsequent article describing my enjoyable experience eating a 14-year-old MRE), but these S.O.S. Do SOS rations expire?

Do Soldiers Eat Before Battle?

January 24, 2024 by Maria LaPaige

Do Soldiers Eat Before Battle? Do soldiers eat before battle? As the saying goes, an army marches on its stomach, relying on good and plentiful food to fuel its ability to fight. For contemporary U.S. armed forces in combat, that usually means Meals, Ready-to-Eat, or MREs. What did soldiers eat before battle? The standard for