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Yeah, I remember those....
The people at the Smoking Gun got their hands on the soldier comments about some new MRE's being fielded by the Army.
Some highlights:
It sounds marginally better than the stuff I ate 20 years ago, though. Anybody remember the dehydrated pork patty? Yeccch.
The people at the Smoking Gun got their hands on the soldier comments about some new MRE's being fielded by the Army.
Some highlights:
"Don't ever give the stuffed cabbage to a soldier again, even POWs deserve better."
"The vanilla pudding is so good that I ripped it open. Licked the inside and rolled around on top of it like a dog."
It sounds marginally better than the stuff I ate 20 years ago, though. Anybody remember the dehydrated pork patty? Yeccch.
Price less:
Most capable Army, Navy & Air Force in the history of Civilization: Priceless.
- 1,200 additional Category I (CAT I) Mine Resistance Ambush Protected (MRAP) Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) vehicles: $623 Million.
- Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT): $20 Million.
- Long lead items in support of the production of Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (VTUAV): $13.6 Million.
- Repair of up to 250 AGM-88 High Speed Anti-Radiation Missile (HARM) guidance and control sections: $8.6 Million.
- Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) for Phase II of the T-45 Hot Section Reliability Improvement Program: $7.2 Million.
- Supplies in support of the Navy's Ships Stores Program: $33 Million.
- Eight Universal Modular Mast (UMM) Systems: $6.5 Million.
- Maintenance, repair, and operations supplies: $107 Million.
- AH-64D Apache Longbow Fire Control Radar Programs: $28.8 Million.
- PATRIOT engineering services: $13.8 Million.
- Construction of Permanent Party Barracks: $13.5 Million.
- System technical support for the Abrams Tank Program: $11.5 Million.
- Contract to upgrade, fabricate, assemble, integrate, test, and deliver the Air and Missile Defense Planning Control Systems to the 32nd Army Air and Missile Defense Command: $8 Million.
- Chameleon Phase VI Program: $5.4 Million.
- C-17 Automated Test Equipment : $12.5 Million.
- Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) Launch Capability (ELC) contract: $9.5 Million.
- Global Broadcast Service (GBS) program: $7.5 Million.
- 74 embedded Global Positioning/Inertial Production Units (Installs) for the CH-47F (700 and MH-47 (4) platforms, 4 Mounts for the MH-47 platform, 3 Spares for the F/A-18 platform, and 167 Contractor Depot Repairs (CDRs) for the H-1W (67), CH-47F (25), HH-60J (5), and F-15/F-16 (70) platforms: $7.4 Million.
- Form-fit-function for obsolete subassemblies in the F-15 Avionics Intermediate Shop (AIS) Antenna Test Station (ATS) and Enhanced Aircraft Radar Test Station (EARTS): $5.5 Million.
- LHA 6 Amphibious Assault Ship: $2.4 Billion.
- Long-term contract for support of 44 weapons systems of the T/AV8B Harrier aircraft: $258 Million.
- P-3C sustainment, modification and installation program: $133 Million.
- Nine Extremely High Frequency (EHF) Satellite Communications Follow-On Terminal Communication Groups and 17 ship Antenna Groups: $27 Million.
- Supply and distribution of food and non-food products: $2.8 Billion.
- Sole source items on engine lines: $10.9 Million.
- Fuel: $6.5 Million.
- Wide area surveillance platform: $12.2 Million.
- Light Aircraft Missile Protection (CELAMP) system: $9.8 Million.
Most capable Army, Navy & Air Force in the history of Civilization: Priceless.
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