OCS Tips and Tricks: Field-stripping an MRE Video

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1 min readAug 27, 2012

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How to reduce weight and bulk before a hump or field exercise by field-stripping an MRE.

Awesome MRE Nicknames

Courtesy Wikipedia (MRE)

“Mr. E” (mystery)
“Meals Rejected by Everyone”
“Meals, Rarely Edible”
“Meals Rejected by the Enemy”
“Morsels, Regurgitated, Eviscerated”
“Mentally Retarded Edibles”
“Meal Ready to Expel”
“Meal, Ready to Excrete”
“Materials Resembling Edibles”
“Morale Reducing Elements”
“Meals Rejected by Ethiopians”.

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