Current
Currently, the following food is available to troops:
- A-ration: fresh food prepared on-site (or nearby and transported)
- B-ration: a unit-sized packaged/preserved ration, most commonly found in tray rations (nicknamed T-rat) heated by immersion.
- Meal, Ready-to-Eat: the standard individual field ration
- First Strike Ration: an individual ration designed to be edible while on the move
- HOOAH! Bar: energy bar (the spiritual successor to the D-ration), found in some menus of MREs
Read more about this topic: United States Military Ration
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