So Jow Forums, why aren't you just basing your diet on what soldiers get...

So Jow Forums, why aren't you just basing your diet on what soldiers get? I don't doubt that a first world country with some history behind them know how to make sure their troops get their daily dose of well balanced foods and proteines.
The army has to make sure their troops are fit and ready for warfare. Anyone that has replaced bread with crackers and shit?

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I’ve heard the American version taste sweet.

These are field rations, they provide enough nutrition to kick ass and stave off death, but not enough to progress in a structured strength training program, long term.

>hermetically sealed microwave food and 3 lbs of chocolate

yeah its great if you're carrying 50 lbs of gear and walking 10 miles each day. Eating REAL FOOD is 5x cheaper.

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Because I don't want to eat ground beef anuses. Army doesn't care about the quality of the food. As long as troops don't die from it and get enough nutrition to be in a fighting shape, it's fine. That's why defense contract bidding is a thing.

So what is stopping you from making the REAL FOOD based upon these MRE's?
So just eat more yo
America got a ton of shit, they even got pizza in these forms

No thanks

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You started this thread just to post this, didn't you? Worth it.

I used to eat MRE all the time. Even at school. It's like a big kid lunchable. One time I accidentally ate the chemical that heats up and I had a warm belly for a while. I didn't get any more MRE after that.
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My dogs of war how are you getting in your Pound Of (whole) Wheat A Day?

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you dumb fuck, soldier food is not designed to be a nutritious and healthy complete diet. It's just about what's the smallest, most efficient, and keeps the longest

It's shit food and fucks your stomach up over time; litrelly full on constipation. You also get over the taste rather quick.

The chocolate from the German MREs is nice though

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American MREs come with fucking Skittles, fake cheese, and shitty preserved fruit cobblers. Only based MRE is chicken pesto and the breakfast hashbrown one.

Also. No one eats MREs unless you're on a scarce deployment, or you're doing field training for hours, or days on end. If you're smart you'll just got up the dfac for some ice cream and burgers or order/buy/cook your own God damn food.

>Was that kid in basic who got in trouble every time for trading MREs with other trainees

American mre is basically chocolate and cheese in a can. Good luck with that.

>implying

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Kek

>talks about soldiers eating them on a "scarce deployment"
>relates to when he was in basic training

Go to work private

Not him but during BCT you usually don’t have an option it’s MREs or nothing. After that you rarely eat them unless it’s a necessity like a week in the field or deployment.

You will get fat from MREs
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MRE's make you constipated. They're great for shorter missions, but not a substitute for real wholesome food.

the portions are tiny even if you get enough calories in a pack for a decent amount of physical activity

plus, meal prep at home is essentially MREs, if you wanted to larp, just look into dehydrators or drying food at home, plus buy tinned tuna cans, cooking chocolate bars, and make yourself little baggies of protons to reconstitute into drinks at work or wherever

Eat nothing but MREs for three days and then when you finally take a shit five days later that looks like green playdough worms tell me you want to base your diet on them.

Doesn't soldiers get their food from field kitchens and only rely on MREs in missions ?

You should consider that the people developing these rations probably due under
the assumption that they will only be used temporary so long term health for someone subsisting on rations probably didn't figure heavily into the design process also
These are meant to be eaten by young Americans from poot family's in high stress situations wich also lead to prioritizing taste somewhat it's easier to get people to stuff their face if you give them something they recognize from home and the perfect meal won't do shit if can't get your troops to eat it.
Also
Calorie denisty might also have been more important then having na balanced meal since these need to be transported to places that are hard to reach (otherwise they would set up a decent messhall)
And last but not least the stuff needs to have an insane shelf life

Do you see while the Army may be perfectly capable of designing a world class nutritional program for you to base your diet on MRIs are not and where never intended to be that program

Where can I get em?

Need me a chili Mac mre

Le civilian larper referring to anyone who served by presumed rank has arrived. How goes civvy life user who's never served anything but Arby's
Lol this guy gets it. In basic 70% of my meals were MREs, in AIT, only if I went to sick call or had any appointments. Only reason I've even tried the majority of all the MREs is thanks to basic. After training they were few and far between. Now im out, have a job I enjoy and wouldn't waste my time with another MRE other than possible death bed nostalgia.

Lol stfu you only want sour skittles user. I'll trade you my skittles for ur jalapeno cheese spread and drink mix :')

Those sour skittles have so much trade value. Might be able to get a kippered beef and cheese spread.

Should I base my programming on army fitness tests too? It used to be dumb cardio shit, now it's dumb crossfit shit.

oh my mistake private. you probably put that on your resume while you walk around decked out in grunt style tshirts and thank me for my service bumper stickers telling everybody youre a veteran for completing ait

Hell yeah bro 38B here, you?

Jody, pls go

When did you join the marine corps?