MRE Postcard Forms in 2006 MREs
You may have heard how many soldiers in the field cut apart the cardboard boxes that the MRE entrees/sides come in and use the blank side to write postcards home. Here’s an article from USA Today that explains it: Troops use MRE packaging to write home.
Here are a couple of example MRE postcards that I found here (click pictures for larger versions):
Now it looks like they’ve decided to make the postcard writing process easier by including a pre-printed postcard forms on the MRE fruit cartons. These new forms, called “MRE Post Card Labels” are expected to be included in the 2006 MREs. Here’s what it looks like (click for a larger version):
I should scan up a postcard my dad mailed from Vietnam. It’s a letter wishing the folks back home a Happy Thanksgiving, written on the back of a Turkey Loaf C Ration. :)
Comment by Jenn Dolari — 12/12/2004 @ 1:51 am
Man will always overcome and adapt. Glad to see though that the Military is finally helping the fighting man get something to write on.
Comment by DIRTYDAVE — 12/13/2004 @ 12:20 am