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    A field ration is a type of prepackaged military ration designed to be easily and quickly prepared and consumed in the field, in combat, at the front line...
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    The C-ration (officially Field Ration, Type C) was a United States military ration consisting of prepared, canned wet foods. They were intended to be served...
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    The K-ration was a United States military ration consisting of three separately boxed meal units: breakfast, dinner, and supper. It was originally intended...
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    The field ration eating device (FRED) is an Australian eating utensil and multi-tool that serves as a combination of a can opener, bottle opener, and spoon...
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    field kitchen, serving as a field ration and a garrison ration. It is the modern successor to several older alphabetized rations—namely the A-ration,...
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    The B-ration (officially Field Ration, Type B) was a United States military ration consisting of packaged and preserved food intended to be prepared in...
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    The A-ration (officially Field Ration, Type A) is a United States military ration consisting of fresh, refrigerated, or frozen foods. A-rations may be...
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    offered, the amount of food each ration should contain, and the exact specifications of each meal and ingredient. A field ration (known under a variety of other...
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    cheese sauce. The Ração Operacional de Combate – R2 is the current field & combat ration for the Brazilian Army. It is based on the earlier, but similar...
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    was a United States military ration of canned and preserved food, issued from 1958 to 1980. It replaced the earlier C-ration, to which it was so similar...
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  • without refrigeration for long periods of time. Typically each ration was served in the field in canned food boxes, and cooked near the battlefield. The mess...
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    The Combat Ration One Person (CR1P), formerly known as the Combat Ration One Man (CR1M) is a self-contained individual field ration in lightweight packaging...
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    A garrison ration (or mess ration for food rations of this type) is a type of military ration. Usually distinct from field rations, the term has varying...
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    military rations since the original D-ration bar of 1937. Today, military chocolate is issued to troops as part of basic field rations and sundry packs. Chocolate...
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    pronounced "lurp") was a freeze-dried dehydrated United States military ration used by the Department of Defense. Developed in 1964 and intended for wide...
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  • The Jungle Ration (or "J-Ration") was a dry, lightweight United States military ration developed by the U.S. Army during World War II for soldiers on...
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    States military ration refers to the military rations provided to sustain United States Armed Forces service members, including field rations and garrison...
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  • The 5-in-1 ration was a United States military ration issued from 1942 to the end of World War II. As its name implies, the 5-in-1 provided the needs of...
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    The Individual Meal Pack or IMP is one type of field ration used by the Canadian Forces. The IMP is designed so that a continuous diet provides all the...
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  • set typically given out by shops and eateries. The FRED (short for the field ration eating device, or humorously the "fucking ridiculous eating device")...
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    military ration used by the United States Armed Forces and Department of Defense. It is intended for use by American service members in combat or field conditions...
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    to the end of canned ration issuance in the 1980s. Originally distributed in the K-ration, it was later included in the C-ration. A larger later variant...
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    2025-04-30. "Kuivalihakundi Beef Jerky Field Ration - Varusteleka.com". Kuivalihakundi Beef Jerky Field Ration - Varusteleka.com. Retrieved 2025-04-30...
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    amounts of condensed milk as a field ration for Union soldiers during the war. This was an extraordinary field ration for the nineteenth century: a typical...
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  • following 1943 definition: "A small-group field ration [shall be] composed of components of the standard field ration type B (modified to reduce bulk and weight)...
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    iron, and table salt, actuated by adding water, as in an MRE flameless ration heater. Some newer formulations use a Thermite-like reaction between a more...
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    military personnel packaged within a field ration, such as the Meal, Ready-to-Eat, Meal Cold Weather, or First Strike Ration. The name comes from the word "hooah"...
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    environmental temperature. BP-5 Compact Food Humanitarian daily ration Field ration Military rations Ninja diet Whittingham, D. G. V. (March 1954). "Royal...
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    meat was rationed. Corned beef remains popular worldwide as an ingredient in a variety of regional dishes and as a common part in modern field rations...
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    need for a compact, lightweight field ration was essential; unfortunately, the best solution, the dry Jungle ration, at 4,000 calories per day, had been...
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