Troops can say goodbye to some gelatinous meat cubes soon and will at least three new varieties of MREs next year.

U.S. troops in the Persian Gulf region are not only putting new combat equipment to the test, they`re also fielding the latest in military food technology: MREs, the modern version of the C-ration.

2003-02-23 04:00:00 PDT Evansville, Ind.-- That isn't mom up there in the helicopter, making meat loaf and enchiladas, tucking in a magnesium pad to heat them up, adding vitamin-laced peanut butter, a ...

2003-04-07 04:00:00 PDT Natick, Mass.-- There is a seriousness of purpose here in the Department of Defense test kitchen these days. In a sprawling, 1960s-style building set alongside a lake in this ...

NO PIECE OF American military equipment in the Persian Gulf war seemed to take more of a pounding than MREs, the new generation of field rations. They were an easy target — good for a laugh in dismal ...

HOPKINTON, Mass. (Jan. 28, 2013) -- Veterans from the small town of Hopkinton recently got a taste of new military rations technology at their monthly veterans breakfast, courtesy of the U.S. Army ...