[MRCA] H-250 Modification/Repair

[Tim]

Yep - We all called them C Rats back in my day but they were technically
MCI's.  Old ways die hard!
I actually liked most of them - better than the early MRE's.  In my unit
the tradition was to open the new case and turn it upside down and dump the
boxes, face down so you could not read the contents. Everybody grabs one,
then the trading begins.  Avoids the "food fights"!  haha
We also had freeze dried LURPS (Long Range Patrol Rations?) on occasion,
Chicken and Rice was a staple and good for back packing. The good ol' daze..
Tim
N6CC

On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 8:33 AM Jack Antonio <scr287 at att.net> wrote:

> Did C rations, and the later Meal, Combat, Individual have expiration
> dates? How long
> of a shelf life did they have?
>
> I have a reason for asking, as in thinking about my experiences with
> these things, some
> thing isn't making sense.
>
> When my dad was stationed at Ladd AFB in 59, the family was issued what
> everybody
> called C rations. To be turned in when transferring out. We left in 60,
> and the Air Force
> just said keep 'em, they are close to the expiration date.
>
> So we did. And we ate them. I liked the white bread.
>
> But, Wikipedia says white bread was not in the C rations, but in the
> MCIs, and that MCIs started being issued in 1958. Hence my confusion.
> Only a 1 or 2 year shelf life, or is Wikipedia wrong?
>
> As an addendum to this. In 67 or 68, I was working at NAD Hawthorne, NV,
> on a survey crew to mark the "Naval Reservation Boundary". This was
> in the mountain range just west of the base,  which the Marines used for
> training. We came across one of their sites, and in the bushes, were lots
> of cans of white bread, just tossed away.
>
> Apparenty, the Marines did not like the white bread. And yes, I did pick
> them up, and snacked on them for weeks afterward.
>
> Jack Antonio
> WA7DIA
>
> PS And now, both Ladd AFB and NAD Hawthone are both Army installations.
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