Don't miss out on the headlines from National. Followed categories will be added to My News. Defence has recommended more caffeine in combat ration packs to ensure optimum performance, while also ...

The incumbent supplier, New Zealand-based Prepack Ltd, has clinched the contract, estimated to be worth about $250m, in a tender process that gave Australian suppliers no chance to showcase their ...

U.S. military nutrition experts hope to start testing a new assault ration, known as the Close Combat Assault Ration, that is drastically lighter than existing field rations by 2020. Ten years ago, ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Japanese man ate a pack of Taiwan military combat rations he found on the Okinawa coast and his "review" has caused a buzz on the internet. Okuyama Futaro, who lives in Tokyo, ...

The Army News – the organisation’s official newspaper – reported that standard ration packs, traditionally referred to as “combat-ration-one-man” will be ­referred to as “combat-ration-one-person” ...

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 ...

Cans of minestrone and ravioli, sticks of bubblegum and freeze-dried packets of chicken rogan josh are just some of the essential foods eaten by soldiers in the field around the globe. Italian ...

Defence has recommended more caffeine in combat ration packs to ensure optimum performance, while also ordering a “commander’s guide to caffeine” to train troops annually on most effective hits. The ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Japanese man ate a pack of Taiwan military combat rations he found on the Okinawa coast and his "review" has caused a buzz on the internet. Okuyama Futaro, who lives in Tokyo, ...