NATICK, Mass. — An Army lab is testing a beef-jerky stick that looks and tastes just like an average Slim Jim but contains an equivalent of a cup of coffee’s worth of caffeine to give even the ...

A typical U.S. Army Meal, Ready-to-Eat. Christopherlin, via Wikimedia Commons No matter who they’re fighting for, soldiers around the world have something very basic in common: they need to eat.

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FORT BLISS, Texas - America’s Tank Division recently completed a unit-led Army field ration testing mission, becoming the first unit to get a taste of the latest and greatest field rations the Army ...

NATICK, Mass. – A new, lightweight, energy packed, nutrient-dense, individual field ration, called the Close Combat Assault Ration, CCAR, is now available to all U.S. military service branches for ...