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Originally Posted by x SF med
I was chosen to be on a "Rations, Lightweight 30 Day" test for Natick (there were other things going on with the test, but that was the name) while at Devens - luckily, I was on the 'control' team - we got 1st gen MRE's, the batch with the bad crackers (remember those? TS, TR, PigPen, et al...) and the 'test' team got these LRRP things, only not anywhere near as good, needed more water than LRRPs , and well, they nearly killed one guy on the test team. They were never adopted.
Do not trust the Natick guys to come up with any foodstuffs that will meet the needs of the soldier in combat - they are braintrusters, not soldiers and will give every scientific reason why these meals will work.
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I remember well getting ahold of a few of those "LRRP" rations at Ft. Bragg.
IIRC it was a dehydrated main course. Just add water and stir with the plastic spoon. I specifically remember one of the rations being a "Rice and Chicken" With warm canteen water.