MRE makeover: Army unveils a new menu for soldiers (AP/CNN) [View All]

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Don Egolf remembers what Army chow looked like when he served in Germany in World War II: A tin of scrambled eggs and bacon bits that he pried open with a tiny can opener.

On Wednesday at the Pentagon the 102nd Infantry Division vet pocketed one of those irksome little openers, the P-38, as a souvenir.

Then he dug into the latest in combat cuisine, a plate of blackened catfish, teriyaki chicken, little french toast squares and pumpkin cake -- no opener needed.

The Army offered up samples of the food as it rolled out its newest innovation -- special packets of easy-to-eat, high-nutrition, high-calorie foods designed for mobile forces.

The chow, mostly bagged finger-type foods that soldiers can just tear open and eat on the run, will be available in the field next month.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/05/combat.cuisine.ap/index.html

One tiny little spot of good news for our men in uniform. Now will someone tell me this wasn't in any way to the Bu**sh** maladministration's credit? I'm sure they would have killed the budget for this to buy more bombs if they'd had more notice.