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MRE
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Meal, Ready-to-Eat
The
Meal, Ready-to-Eat
– commonly known as the
MRE
– is a self-contained, individual
field ration
in lightweight packaging bought by the
United States military
for its service members for use in
combat
or other field conditions where organized food facilities are not available. The MRE replaced the canned MCI, or
Meal, Combat, Individual rations
, in 1981, and is the intended successor to the lighter
LRP ration
developed by the
United States Army
for
Special Forces
and
Ranger
patrol units in
Vietnam
.
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