What types of food were provided for you by the military when you were in the field?

Answer 1

C-rations, which were not nearly as tasty as MRE's! Canned fruit cocktail was a favorite because it needed no prep. Most entrees were designed to be heated first, this was difficult at times, so we ate them cold, grease and all. Pork and beans were also a favorite because you could eat it either way without having to gag it down. Beef patties were difficult because when you opened a can of this slop, the grease was all coagulated. Man, if you didn't heat em up first, you sure didn't have need for stool softeners for the next week or so.

This was before easy opening cans, so everything had to be opened with your special GI can opener. Most of us carried this silly little thing in the lapel of our utility shirt. You didn't want to loose this thing or you wound up beating the can over rocks or stabbing it with your K-bar. Boy, that was no fun!

C-rations were good for barter. The natives thought it was a feast. Hell, they would trade some of their sought after wares for c-rations. Machetes, watermelon, goose eggs, even San Miguel beer were items they would surrender for C-rations or mosquito nets. Yes sir, those were the days!

Answer 2

You mean in the "field". The one thing the military does is feed people.... without that nobody is happy. Usually if its training they truck out some really good basic food. Really out in the field? When I started it was C-rations, food in a can. Now with MREs food is 10 times better. But you know anything is tasty after walking for 30 miles.

Answer 3

While I myself was never in the military, my little sister was. I've asked her about this before and it seems that there is some question as to whether or not one could actually refer to it as food.
She once suggested that the MRE's were little more than vitamin-soaked newspaper packed tight with dirt as filler then shrinkwrapped. Or something along those lines.
Although, I must admit that I once tried one and was not at all offended.
With regards to food in non-combat situations some of my friends inform me that it is usually fresh and quite good, apparently not much different than a home-cooked meal on most days.

Answer 4

We had about the best Mess kitchen the military ever had on our fire base in Nam. That man could make chicken salid out of chicken sh!t. The one thing we ALWAS looked forward to when comming in was that he would have a half a water buffalo going on a spit (40 some years later I still start to salavate at the thaught)

It isn't the food, it's the man behind the stove.

Answer 5

When I served as a officer in the army we were issued C-rations when in the field. Some were dated as being made in the 1960's and served in the early to mid-'70's. Yummy......

Answer 6

I was Air Force, I slept in a bed and ate in the chow hall which was critiqued monthly to ensure we kept the quality high for the enlisted folks. It was rather quite good, and the navy, army, and marines were quite happy with our food too.

Answer 7

c-rats mostly. then they were discontinued and it was mres. in the field we got at least 1 decent meal a day from the mess tent. if you consider dehydated scambled eggs and soggy toast a decent meal.

Answer 8

either an MRE or your dfas will set up a mobile kitchen at your field site

Answer 9

Meals Ready to Eat (MRE), good selection with dessert and gum or candy

Answer 10

we had mre's and other meals the dining facility set up their mobile kitchen and cooked hot food. we even had shrimp and steak on fridays. very good meals.