I freeze-dried roasted sirloin, lemon grass chicken, and fruit for this batch. I will be keeping these homemade MREs in my Jeep for emergency situations.

Curiosity about military field rations led to a taste test of the Portuguese MRE, a compact meal designed to keep soldiers fed in demanding conditions. Inside the olive-green package are balanced ...

Air National Guardsmen pull candy from an MRE in South Burlington, Vermont. (Airman Raymond LaChance/Air Force) New options are coming to troops’ rations, and some less popular items will disappear ...

While beef tacos and some other widely disliked flavors will go away, new MREs are coming next year and might include ...