1957 Ration Combat Individual - Review and Taste test

[crimethink]

I actually came across a discussion about this topic a few hours ago, it seems that it's illegal if you are in the services to sell your rations or get US mil rations - military assets and sell for private profit. It seems you can trade in them if you are not in the service. I think it was the MREinfo forum where I was reading it.

I just found this:

http://www.mreinfo.com/mres/us-govt-vs-ebay-auctions/

No actual statute (US Code) is cited, and, DLA is using different tactics to get them off eBay, leading one to believe the "illegality" is more hype than reality.

The US Postal Service claims "misuse" of their free Priority Mail boxes is illegal, too, but I've asked for a statute, and none is forthcoming.

So, it's a gray area. I wouldn't want to be a test subject in Federal "court," but I imagine quiet sales are no real problem. Getting caught as a soldier/sailor selling them is quite another problem, indeed.

The military personnel prohibition apparently stems from the great personal profits made during Katrina of pallets of MREs "liberated" from military stocks and sold privately.

[Hitch]

My neighbor across the street was in the Army in the very early 80's and says he was eating canned goods from WW2, depending on where he was at.

A buddy of mine brought MRE's on a backpacking trip years ago and gave me one to try. It was steak in tomato sauce, and actually quite tasty. He told me after I ate it, it was from the Vietnam war. An old vet gave him a bunch of them. Apparently, since we didn't get sick, they last a long time.

[crimethink]

A buddy of mine brought MRE's on a backpacking trip years ago and gave me one to try. It was steak in tomato sauce, and actually quite tasty. He told me after I ate it, it was from the Vietnam war. An old vet gave him a bunch of them. Apparently, since we didn't get sick, they last a long time.

Were they actual MREs, or something else? Meals Rejected by the Enemy (MREs) were introduced in 1981, 6 years after Vietnam officially ended. During the actual conflict, canned "MCIs" were issued, with "LRPs" supplementing them for special forces.

MREs are microbiologically safe indefinitely, provided they are not punctured or otherwise compromised, but as for nutritional value, that's quite another story.

MREs are electron beam irradiated: www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a273506.pdf

[Hitch]

Were they actual MREs, or something else?

Well, they must have been MCI's since we ate them from a can. I could have sworn he said MRE though, hell it's been 20 years maybe.

Damn I feel old. When you can't remember details from 20 years ago...

[Glass]

Well, they must have been MCI's since we ate them from a can. I could have sworn he said MRE though, hell it's been 20 years maybe.

Damn I feel old. When you can't remember details from 20 years ago...

Just wait until you can't remember details from yesterday...or when that pretty young filly calls you Sir. Anyway, it's not the feeling old, because I'm not convinced we ever do feel old from the inside. Its' the looking old from the outside. thats the bummer of it all.