MREs, or Meal, Ready-to-Eat, were first issued in 1981. They replaced the MCI or Meal, Combat, Individual that soldiers had been using since 1958. The MCI itself replaced the earlier C-Rations. Each ...
If you find anything with the word "military-grade" tacked onto it, odds are good that it could survive anything. Sure, veterans often joke that anything military-grade is made by the lowest bidder, ...