What do soldier eat?

Answer 1

For the United States soldier, modern day combatants in the field usually eat MRE's or Meals, Ready to Eat. They are partially dehydrated meals that have a shelf-life of ten years or more.

Before the MRE, US Military men ate MCI's or Meal Combat Individual. These were unofficially known as C-Rats by servicemen, so named for the standard issue C-Rations that the MCI's replaced. C-Rations were part of a system of food grades developed during WWII: A-rations being freshly prepared food, B-rations for unprepared food, C-rations for prepared canned food and D- or K-rations being emergency dried food bars.

Why the different names for D- and K-rations? That's a weird one, because they didn't actually change the food itself. Military people like to speak quickly, shortening the names of stuff to one syllable -- the modern day "Jeep" is an example, short for "G-body P-wheelbase vehicle" to "GP" to "Jeep" -- so the military used this to their advantage during supply shortages.

Instead of saying "C-Rats" (pronounced /see-rats/) most military personnel would shorten it to "crats" (pronounced /krats/). An unnamed high-ranking military official, faced with food shortages but having an abundance of nasty-tasting D-ration food bars, changed the designation to "K-rations" which could be conveniently "mistaken" for the correct order when someone ordered a shipment of "crats." Ah, your tax dollars and bureaucracy at work!

During WWI, the field meal was known as the Reserve Ration which contained a tin of canned meat similar to Spam, a bit of chocolate, and hardtack bread. Mmmmm yummy! This was much preferred over the previous version of emergency meal known as the Iron Ration, which were three cakes made of dehydrated wheat and beef bullion power, salt and pepper, and a packet of sugar.

Today's MRE's are actually pretty tasty, and a lot of recreational campers bring them as full meals during camping trips.

Answer 2

fake food,in little wrappings