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list of military rations organized by country and region. A majority of the military rations listed here are present-issue field rations. The Armed Forces...

consisting of military chocolate; and emergency rations, intended for emergencies when other food or rations are unavailable. In 1941, Ancel Keys, a University...

Military rations, operational rations, or military provisions are goods issued to sustain the needs of military personnel. As their name suggests, military...

served when fresh or packaged unprepared food was unavailable, and survival rations were insufficient. It was replaced by the similar Meal, Combat, Individual...

to the military rations provided to sustain United States Armed Forces service members, including field rations and garrison rations, and the military...

versatile skills that are in great demand, and he is generally well-respected. Rations are meager – prisoners only receive them on the basis of how productive...

legion. Playing Gerry Conlon in In the Name of the Father, Day-Lewis lived on prison rations to lose 30 lb, spent extended periods in the jail cell on...

multiple types of rations, including the B-ration, under one unified system. The B-ration differs from other American alphabetized rations such as the A-ration...

Japanese rations were the field rations issued by Imperial Japan in World War II, and which reflected the culture of the Japanese military. Rations had to...

long-lasting types of food or rations such as emergency rations, humanitarian daily rations, and camping food. Names used for field rations vary by military and...

ration (or mess ration for food rations of this type) is a type of military ration. Usually distinct from field rations, the term has varying meanings...

and received permission to continue the siege. On 4 June, with one day's rations remaining, Masséna's negotiator finally agreed to evacuate the French...

strength was weakening. The most recent prisoners taken had only one day's rations or none at all. Interrogation of these captives revealed that local...

3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance. The troopers carried their day's rations, while rations for 26 and 27 March were to be transported forward during the...

available. MREs have also been distributed to civilians as humanitarian daily rations during natural disasters and wars. The MRE replaced the canned Meal, Combat...

1900 white adults received the same food rations as soldiers while children received half that. Food rations for Indian people and black people were significantly...

and additional wages for fortification construction, aside from "a day's rations," remain subjects of scholarly inquiry. Union officer petitions for...

During the French and Indian War, British military rations contained enough food energy to sustain the soldier in garrison but suffered from a lack of...

its weight, although for its caloric content a day's ration was lighter than alternative canned C rations, and it had nearly 2,000 kilocalories (8,400 kJ)...

jungle regions, it was determined that standard heavy canned or 'wet' rations were unsuited to soldiers on foot carrying out extended missions in jungle...