Hungry individuals don't put much thought into the packaging of their food. When people grab a snack, they generally rip into ...

Kiss your beloved pizza MRE goodbye, service members: the Defense Department is working on a brand new lightweight combat ration designed to keep troops fueled up while inevitably ruining your bowels ...

The U.S. military has always had menu options, although no one expects a five-star buffet. But when your leadership tells you to cut those ties and bust open a Meal, Ready-To-Eat (MRE) box after a ...

NATICK, Mass. (May 30, 2013) -- If you're familiar with the phrase "rock or something," then you've probably used a Flameless Ration Heater to warm up a Meal, Ready-to-Eat. To this day, the phrase ...

A diet of the familiar brown bag was the subject of a recent Army study. (Henry Hargreaves) An Army study has confirmed a belief service members have known in their hearts — and intestines — to be ...

Soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, try the pizza MRE in 2014. After more recent modifications, now it's ready to be packaged into MREs. (David Kamm/U.S. Army Natick ...

Pizza with a three-year shelf life will soon be joining the US Army's field rations menu. These infamous MREs (Meal, Ready to Eat) have a long and checkered history, acquiring such sobriquets over the ...

Army field rations have lacked pizza as an option until now. NPR's Renee Montagne asks food scientist Michelle Richardson how the Army finally produced a palatable pizza for troops in the field. An ...

The Army has been getting requests for a pizza version of its meal, ready-to-eat for decades. Army food scientists began work on it in 2012. Despite some hiccups in the development process, the Army ...