^^^^^ I don't know when MRE's came out (early to mid 80's?) We had LRRP's along with C-rats , late 70's. The long range patrol packet had a main meal , dried, that one would add water to and heat up. I never heated up my chow , but as a 60 gunner, I really liked not having to carry around 5 days worth of cans in my ruck! ( We usually got a re-supply after that....)

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