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	Army Rations-Historical Background
		The Combat ration (later called the C ration) and the emergency D bar were developmental enterprises of the Laboratory during the 1936-41 period.
		Misuse of the D ration as a combat food led to its unpopularity and replacement before the end of the war by the C and K rations.
		This ration was intended to feed the soldier not only in garrison, but on the march, in the field, in combat, and under conditions threatening individual survival.
	www.qmfound.com /army_rations_historical_background.htm (14007 words)

	No. 1324: C Rations
		The Army introduced the C ration, or combat ration, in 1938.
		C rations provided 3800 calories a day in battle conditions when it wasn't possible to set up a mess hall.
		C rations consisted of canned meat and vegetables, packed in preservatives, along with hard biscuits.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1324.htm (596 words)

	Army Rations-Historical Background
		The Combat ration (later called the C ration) and the emergency D bar were developmental enterprises of the Laboratory during the 1936-41 period.
		The ration went through many changes since its formal inception as Field Ration C but basically its progression continued to be guided by the original concept of a full and satisfying ration for one man for one day and one that he could carry on his person.
		The C ration went through an evolution which ultimately produced an outstanding ration for the purpose it was designed to meet-a daily food which the soldier could carry and use when he was cut off from regular food supply sources.
	www.qmfound.com /army_rations_historical_background.htm (14007 words)

	HISTORY OF RATIONS
		The purpose of this ration was to serve as the principle ration for subsistence of troops in all areas in advance of the field kitchen, but prior to engaging in actual combat, for troops isolated in small groups, and for highly mobile troops.
		Ration, small detachment, 5-in-1, is designed for conditions where small groups of men are able to prepare hot meals with rudimentary cooking facilities, or where large groups may be divided into bodies of 5 or 10 men for the purpose of feeding themselves.
		The D ration was intended to allay worst hunger of a single missed meal; the C ration was considered too heavy and bulky for mobile units.
	www.qmfound.com /history_of_rations.htm (5949 words)

	The HISTORY CRIER A Publication by the Indiana Military Org
		The main trouble with the C ration in combat, when you often had to eat it for days on end, was its weight and bulkiness.
		We found the C ration a great improvement over the earlier, standard field ration which usually consisted of a waxed-paper wrapped sandwich of dry bread and a slice of salami, thrown at you by the mess sergeant as you filed by.
		In the first place, the C ration, as most of us knew it in 1942, was a two-can meal; a heavy, main course can, and a lighter, second can of dry biscuits, powdered coffee or cocoa, and a few hard candies.
	www.indianamilitary.org /NEWSLETTER/2003/Feb2003 (3849 words)

	Saving Private Ryan: K ration
		The U.S. Army's K ration was a compact ration design for use by combat troops in the field.
		The K ration was eventually replaced by the C ration, and was officially declared obsolete in 1948.
		Although never intended to be used for more than a few days, many troops were forced to use K rations for extended periods of time, which did not contribute to their popularity.
	www.sproe.com /k/k-ration.html (162 words)

	Latinos & WWII
		First developed at the University of Minnesota by Ancel Keys (note the first letter of the last name), K-rations indeed were an improvement in combat rations for troops aimed at the defeat of the Axis powers (this is a link to Indiana State University's WWII maps).
		A "ration" is a fixed allotment of food that is generally referred to as the food served to armed forces in the field.
		Food rations (this is a link to the Quartermaster's page on rations) have been a part of the U.S. military since the American Revolutionary War.
	www.utexas.edu /projects/latinoarchives/narratives/02K_RATIONS.HTML (425 words)

	Ancel Keys K Ration Inventor Dies
		Ancel Keys, best known for putting the K in K-rations by assembling meals that could be carried into combat during World War II, and dubbed "Mr.
		He tested the 28-ounce, 3,200-calorie meal on six soldiers training nearby at Ft. Snelling, and determined that the rations provided necessary energy and relieved hunger.
		Cholesterol" for demonstrating the relationship between a fatty diet and heart disease, has died.
	www.quanloi.org /NewsFlash%20Items/Ancel%20Keys%20Obituary.htm (1099 words)

	Diabetes Forecast: "K-RATION": diabetes and cardiovascular risk. (... @ HighBeam Research
		During World War II, he developed the widely used combat ration which was named the "K-Ration," and he also studied the effects of starvation.
		He saw that heart attacks were very uncommon in Northern European countries during WWII, a period in which fat and meat were rationed.
		He also saw that the farmers and loggers of Finland, who buttered their cheese, had the highest heart attack rates in the world.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:82005423&refid=ink_tptd_mag (888 words)

	U.S. Army Rations Cartons - Intro
		But because there are several types of WWII rations, there are a couple of considerations for how to use them with your model: the specific use of each type of ration, and the relative accuracy of the scale reproduction.
		WWII ration cartons often appear lashed to the surface of a tank or halftrack.
		The field rations of the 1940s were a compromise between caloric and nutritional specifications, suitability for mass production, and need for compact packaging.
	www.usarmymodels.com /ARTICLES/Rations/rationsintro.htm (711 words)

	LEXPRESS.fr - Sports de combat - Gants de velours - L'Express
		Mais, si ce sport est désormais synonyme d'activité physique et beaucoup moins de «castagne», c'est aussi grâce à l'effort des clubs et de la fédération nationale qui ont encouragé l'exercice de la boxe de loisir et de la boxe éducative.
		Et ce n'est pas un hasard si, chez les femmes, la boxe amateur (donc celle où sur le ring se jouent des vrais combats) ne représente que 14% des licenciées, massivement inscrites en boxe de loisir ou éducative.
		LEXPRESS.fr - Sports de combat - Gants de velours - L'Express
	www.lexpress.fr /mag/sports/dossier/boxe/dossier.asp (797 words)

	Grigsby Militaria - Other U.S. Items
		Copies of the more common wartime standard combat ration containers (the "camo"/colored ones did exist, but were actually very uncommon to the regular infantryman).
		Boxes are shipped flat; just fold and glue.
	www.grigsbymilitaria.com /us_misc.htm (187 words)

	The Jeep Owners Club of New Zealand :: View topic - K Ration creator dies
		In 1941, Keys was asked to help develop an Army ration that soldiers could carry in combat.
		MINNEAPOLIS - Ancel Keys, the University of Minnesota scientist who invented the K ration diet used by soldiers in World War II and who linked high cholesterol and fatty diets to heart disease, has died at the age of 100.
		When the Army mass-produced the packages, he was surprised to see them marked with the letter K, for Keys.
	www.jeepownersclub.co.nz /forum/viewtopic.php?t=506&sid=e4ac0cc978efebf4030e26b66f30a39d (744 words)

	Combat Index: Military Recipes
		In addition, an accessory packet with condiments/seasonings, utensils, flameless ration heater and napkin is included in the component bag.
		The purpose of this ration is to provide an alternative operational training meal in lieu of "sack lunches" and catered commercial meals to organizations that engage in inactive duty training (IDT) for usage in situations where employment of traditional operational ration meals is not mandated.
		The Food Packet, Long Range Patrol (LRP), is designed to be an extended life operational ration that will be used to sustain personnel during initial assault, special operations, and long range reconnaissance missions.
	www.combatindex.com /recipes/mre_01.html (744 words)

	War on IRAQ
		Commanders of the combat units are demanding from the coalition command to immediately provide the troops with hot food and to review the entire contents of the combat ration.
		Such a tactical pause in the war, although not a complete halt in combat operations (the coalition command will continue trying to use localized attacks to improve its positions), may last seven to fourteen days and will lead to a full re-evaluation of all coalition battle plans.
		Combat readiness of this division is of strategic importance to the entire coalition force primarily due to the fact that the division operates 290 helicopters of various types, including the 72 Apache attack helicopters.
	iraqonwar.blogspot.com (744 words)

	HISTORY OF RATIONS
		The purpose of this ration was to serve as the principle ration for subsistence of troops in all areas in advance of the field kitchen, but prior to engaging in actual combat, for troops isolated in small groups, and for highly mobile troops.
		Ration, small detachment, 5-in-1, is designed for conditions where small groups of men are able to prepare hot meals with rudimentary cooking facilities, or where large groups may be divided into bodies of 5 or 10 men for the purpose of feeding themselves.
		The emergency ration which in 1922 had been replaced by the reserve ration, was incorporated in the field ration, and later it became field ration D. AR 30-2210, 15 March 1940, lists in place of the reserve ration, the Filipino ration.
	www.qmfound.com /history_of_rations.htm (5949 words)

	Army Rations-Historical Background
		A "new" ration, "Ration, Type E, Complete (Combat)," (CQD 398), in which canned bread was substituted for biscuits or crackers, was proposed and a specification was published on 27 August 1946.
		The ration went through many changes since its formal inception as Field Ration C but basically its progression continued to be guided by the original concept of a full and satisfying ration for one man for one day and one that he could carry on his person.
		Field Ration C was defined as a complete food-for-a-day packaged ration to be carried and utilized by the individual soldier.
	www.qmfound.com /army_rations_historical_background.htm (14007 words)

	Operational Rations Current and Future 1963
		Typical of the ration modernization program designed to improve the individual feeding situation is the development of the Meal, Combat Individual as a replacement for the C Ration (Ration, Individual, Combat).
		The Standard B Ration is the field ration which is used for mass feeding in areas where kitchen facilities, with the exception of refrigeration, are available.
		The need for an "operational" ration for the subsistence of the military man operating away from conventional field ration supply lines was recognized as early as pre-Revolutionary War days when our military action consisted principally of a guerrilla type of warfare on both the land and sea.
	www.qmfound.com /operational_rations_current_future_1963.htm (14007 words)

	HISTORY OF RATIONS
		The purpose of this ration was to serve as the principle ration for subsistence of troops in all areas in advance of the field kitchen, but prior to engaging in actual combat, for troops isolated in small groups, and for highly mobile troops.
		The emergency ration which in 1922 had been replaced by the reserve ration, was incorporated in the field ration, and later it became field ration D. AR 30-2210, 15 March 1940, lists in place of the reserve ration, the Filipino ration.
		Ration, small detachment, 5-in-1, is designed for conditions where small groups of men are able to prepare hot meals with rudimentary cooking facilities, or where large groups may be divided into bodies of 5 or 10 men for the purpose of feeding themselves.
	www.qmfound.com /history_of_rations.htm (14007 words)

	Army Rations-Historical Background
		This ration was intended to feed the soldier not only in garrison, but on the march, in the field, in combat, and under conditions threatening individual survival.
		A small-group field ration [shall be] composed of components of the standard field ration type B (modified to reduce bulk and weight) packed in basic packages of five complete rations each.
		Field Ration C was defined as a complete food-for-a-day packaged ration to be carried and utilized by the individual soldier.
	www.qmfound.com /army_rations_historical_background.htm (14007 words)

	Army Rations-Historical Background
		The Combat ration (later called the C ration) and the emergency D bar were developmental enterprises of the Laboratory during the 1936-41 period.
		While the trench ration died a natural death and the emergency ration became obsolete, some attention was given by the Quartermaster Corps to further development of the reserve ration.
		The ration went through many changes since its formal inception as Field Ration C but basically its progression continued to be guided by the original concept of a full and satisfying ration for one man for one day and one that he could carry on his person.
	www.qmfound.com /army_rations_historical_background.htm (14007 words)

	NUTRITION
		Field tests of the suitability of standard operational rations for combat troops in Europe were planned and directed, an activity of especial importance in the case of the new ten-in-one ration which had not previously been subjected to trial under field conditions.
		A troop ration was described in terms of groups of foodstuffs, in accordance with their nutritive significance, for the first time in a theater of operations of the United States Army; and, for the first time, hospitals were issued a type A patients' ration which did not require an added monetary allowance.
		The components of the authorized type A field ration were the same as those of the garrison ration except that 4 ounces of wheat flour and 8 ounces of bread replaced 12 ounces of wheat flour.
	history.amedd.army.mil /booksdocs/wwii/PrsnlHlthMsrs/chapter4.htm (16804 words)

	Army Rations-Historical Background
		This ration was intended to feed the soldier not only in garrison, but on the march, in the field, in combat, and under conditions threatening individual survival.
		The Army quickly noted the success of the new ration with the paratroops and in 1942 the item was adopted for all-service use as Field Ration, Type K. The instantaneous success of the ration with attendant popular publicity, was a source of amazement to the developers.
		Field Ration C was defined as a complete food-for-a-day packaged ration to be carried and utilized by the individual soldier.
	www.qmfound.com /army_rations_historical_background.htm (16804 words)

	T-Ration and MRE Development - Dec 1988 Quartermaster Professional Bulletin
		The MRE was adopted as the DOD combat ration in 1975.
		Further, whereas the MCI had been designed for only "infrequent use", the MRE was required to pass the test of acceptability without monotony when eaten as the sole diet for seven consecutive days - a then most unusual "up-front" requirement for a combat ration!
		When "Final" user/technical testing took place in 1974-75, the MRE was so significantly preferred to the MCI as to warrant the new ration's use as a sole diet for 10 consecutive days.
	www.qmfound.com /mre_tration.htm (1513 words)

	Army Rations-Historical Background
		The Army quickly noted the success of the new ration with the paratroops and in 1942 the item was adopted for all-service use as Field Ration, Type K. The instantaneous success of the ration with attendant popular publicity, was a source of amazement to the developers.
		In postwar 1946, an Army Food Conference recommended that the K be discontinued and in 1948 the ration was declared obsolete by the Quartermaster Corps Technical Committee.
		Moreover, it was intended to serve them in organized messes, in isolated groups, and in individual situations of combat and survival.
	www.qmfound.com /army_rations_historical_background.htm (1513 words)

	Combat Support in Korea: PART VII Quartermaster Corps
		This ration is a combat ration, and one of its characteristics is its capability of being consumed hot or cold.
		In addition to the use of the 5-in-1 as a B ration, and because there was a surplus on hand, Eighth Army at present is making some forced issues of 5-in-1 to the troops, and is also utilizing it as the ration to feed troops on trains.
		Rations were coming to us direct from Pusan, but carloads of supplies from Pohang-dong, which had been delayed or misshipped, were still arriving.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/korea/22_1_7.htm (1513 words)

	No. 1324: C Rations
		The Army introduced the C ration, or combat ration, in 1938.
		But the lemonade powder in the K ration was so acidic that it was reported to work better as a floor cleaner than as a drink.
		C rations provided 3800 calories a day in battle conditions when it wasn't possible to set up a mess hall.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1324.htm (596 words)

	Virtual upgrade
		The IUSS is a constructive force-on-force model for assessing the combat worth of systems and subsystems for both individual and small unit dismounted warriors in high-resolution combat operations.
		The Modeling and Analysis Team also supports the Department of Defense Combat Feeding Program with the Dynamic Nutrition Model and Ration Selection Program, and is developing the Integrated Casualty Estimation Methodology with the Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity to help build better weapons and protection against weapons.
		The new IUSS will enable the forces to operate autonomously and choose their path and actions based on a dynamic battlefield, said Malabarba.
	www.natick.army.mil /about/pao/pubs/warrior/02/mayjune/virtupgr.htm (596 words)

	Meal, Ready to Eat, Individual - MRE
		The standard military ration for the individual warfighter is the MRE which replaced the Meal, Combat Individual (C Ration) in the early 1980's.
		However, the "MRE" designation is popularly expanded as "Meals Rejected by Ethiopians" or "Meals Rejected by Everyone." As a result of consumer feedback from Operation Desert Shield/Storm, major customer focus improvements have been implemented to expand variety and improve acceptability, consumption, and nutritional intake to enhance performance on the battlefield.
		MRE XIII/IV began an intense period of improvements; two new entrees replaced older entrees, and new snack foods, pound cake and flameless ration heaters were added.
	www.fas.org /man/dod-101/sys/land/mre.htm (571 words)

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