MRE

End of an era.

You give some, you get some. The some, in this case, being a year’s supply of sausage, egg and cheese....

Stuck in traffic for eight hours? How about some Jimmy Deans.

If it was between MRE toilet paper and sandpaper, I’d strongly consider using sandpaper. At least it won’t rip.

A rigorous scientific study found out what any grunt knows after just two weeks in the field: MREs make it hard to take a shit.

Here are 6 things you see in the military where less really is more.

The Army won't field its much-anticipated Meal, Ready to Eat pizza until 2019, but a few soldiers deployed to Afghanistan managed to...

For all those troops who get the munchies in a war zone, the Army is about to deliver. After years...

Editor’s Note: This article by Matthew Cox originally appeared on Military.com, the premier source of information for the military and veteran community. The pepperoni...

The Tetris-style packing prowess of the American infantryman is unparalleled, enabling a grunt to cram weeks’ worth of supplies into...

Hey bro, did you hear about that new pizza joint a couple blocks from the gate? Dude, it's awesome. They...

There are few foodstuffs more American than the good old-fashioned MRE, that bland, tasteless swill meticulously engineered by the eggheads...

Did you ever crack open your lunchbox as a kid at school on a Monday and find yourself wondering how...

Tear open any MRE and you’ll find a vacuumed-sealed meal, utensils, coffee, gum, salt, pepper, and sugar. But the holy...

Task & Purpose’s veterans have been fighting for years over who can create the best masterpiece from some of the...

There are always differences between service members’ experiences. You’ve got soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors, and coasties; grunts and POGs; officers...

If you got your hands on a U.S. Army K-ration from 1943, would you peel back the box top, dump...

The standard Meal, Ready to Eat is far from a delicacy, and even the best options need a hefty dose...

The Marine Corps Military Occupational Specialty schools, where the careers of of young Marines are minted, are facing an extreme...

So you’re stuck in the field, it’s raining — because why the hell wouldn’t it be? — and you’re famished....

Judging by the havoc MREs wreak on service members from beginning to end, you might guess that the military doesn’t...

In the field, the act of picking over a box Meals Ready-to-Eat is a ritual of sorts. Called rat-fucking —...

Sometimes MREs are a lifesaver. Like when you’re on Day 10 of a field op, or stuck in the middle...

The Marine Corps is considering a grunt-specific option for Meals Ready to Eat. Considering the fact that infantrymen typically have...

It all started as a joke.