MREs, or Meal, Ready-to-Eat, were first issued in 1981. They replaced the MCI or Meal, Combat, Individual that soldiers had been using since 1958. The MCI itself replaced the earlier C-Rations. Each ...

The MRE promise is right there in the name: it's a meal, ready to eat. Although they generally taste better heated up, they are designed to be eaten cold as well, just in case you find yourself behind ...

Thousands of soldiers flying or busing into Washington, D.C., next month from more than a dozen Army divisions across the force will be sleeping on cots, eating mostly MREs (and hot chow for dinner), ...

On Thursday morning, Cape Girardeau County emergency operations manager David Hitt will head to Jefferson City on a mission to pick up 200 cases of food he hopes will never have to be used. The ...

There’s an old military adage that an army runs on its stomach, meaning troops need to be well-supplied with food to survive harsh battlefield conditions. In modern times, the US military stockpiles ...

The Arkansas National Guard contributed this week to the ongoing relief efforts in the Southeast United States in the wake of Hurricane Helene. The Guard shipped more than 25,300 "Meals, Ready to Eat" ...

Using technology to transform the U.S. military, thus keeping soldiers safe and well equipped to handle every situation, also extends to feeding those soldiers. This means that Meals Ready-to-Eat, or ...

PORT EWEN — The Meals Ready-to-Eat (MREs) that U.S. military service members are provided when food service is not readily available are not typically known as culinary masterpieces. Nevertheless, ...