LOL,.... OK, I made that part up. I read some time back that they are about to release a new generation of MRE'* in vacuumed foil packs that are sent through a machine that exposes food to a small pellet of plutonium radiation. It sterilizes so completely they are going to be able to package thing like steak, roast beef, and grilled chicken. Sounds cool.

If you ever get a chance, pick up Minestrone!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minestrone

https://svn.origo.ethz.ch/origo/web/...Minestrone.jpg

Here'* some pictures of my delicious one meal for the day.

I apologize for the quality it'* from a camera phone..

Mmm.. Nutrafruit...


Cracka Jackas


Waiting to be heated up (gotta put it in the box now)


Is being heated up, needs to be slanted (It got pretty hot)


Boxes are fun!


Heated up finally and is ready to be consumed.


Yum, yum!

MREs arnt that bad. i lived on them for about a year to. its nice they are comming out with new ones. som of them have m&ms in them. to the OP where you going to basic and whats your mos. you really dont eat to many mres in basic anyway. only when you are doing field exercises.

I know that I just wanted to learn how to "cook" one, anyways, I haven't gone to MEPS yet, so I don't know, I'm trying to go for the MP mos, so if I get it then maybe Fort Leo

That'* - Leonardwood fyi

i went there and it wasnt bad i wanted benning. im a 21B combat engineer

Awesome, my friend is a explosives specialist, not sure the actual name, but he works with bombs lol, another one is a combat medic, idk what the other ones are though.

I'm going to begin working with my recruiter in May.

just remember not to believe everything your recruiter says. if he tells you anything you dont like just ask me and i can give you the real run down. mine lied pretty bad to me

lol thanks, but I trust my recruiter, I'm not that stupid. I know 95% of national guard recruiters lie, but my Reserves recruiter is different. I can't explain it to you, but I know he'* not an idiot. Plus I have a roommate who knows everything there is to know about what to know! My recruiter (SFC) hasn't lied to me yet, and the only reason I know it'* true is because he hasn't told me: You won't be deployed, you'll get what MOS you want, or any of the other stupid lies they try to sell.

I appreciate your concern on this, but I've talked to National Guard Recruiters before and you can identify their lies pretty easy. Especially if you've done your research like a good boy.

Some of the MREs were nasty. I always hated the ham and turkey loaf.... It looked like the slime form the little green ghost in Ghostbusters... Still, some weren't too bad. I was in in the 80'* and the pics you showed look like the fare has improved a bit.

I remember in one of the old Reforger exercises in Germany, we had some of the nationals attached to us and they called us all manner of evil in an article in their papers because of how those early MREs tasted.