It is the God-given right of any soldier in any armed force in history to complain about their food, especially when it comes to field rations -- and they will, no matter how good it might be.

The team was at Fort Carson Sept. 16-25 due to the need to test new field rations outside of a lab environment. To help ensure success, ... the food was better than normal field meals.

Since 1981, the American Army has eaten “Meals Ready to Eat” better known as MREs or rations. These easy-to-prepare meals ...

Introduced in the early 1980s, the MREs replaced C rations. Those small tins of food, including Spam, sustained troops in the field during World War II, Korea and Vietnam. Advertisement.

Army field rations have lacked pizza as an option until now. NPR's Renee Montagne asks food scientist Michelle Richardson how the Army finally produced a palatable pizza for troops in the field.

NATICK, MASS. — When Navy Lt. Dave Moore visited infantry units in the remote, rugged mountains of Afghanistan late last year, the medical officer was surprised to learn that many soldiers and ...

Members of the U.S. Army’s Consumer Research Team ask for feedback from Marines at Camp Pendleton, Calif., about new enhancement packs to their Meal, Ready to Eat field rations, in an undated photo.

“I have enjoyed spicing up my own rations with your pepper sauce for many years.” In 1992, the Department of Defense officially added the ⅛ ounce bottles to the MREs.