Yes, they say that american MRE's have been spotted on internet marketplace for 120 hryvna (ca. 10 USD) each - which is damn expensive for Ukraine. My impression is that this is not a widespread corruption scheme or sth - just someone sold few MRE's he got on the internet asking high prices for them...

Catching up with discussion on the forum: as a proud owner of Polish passport i was quite curious how polish rations compare to other nations. I must say i was quite surprised with their quality. In a typical way of polish thinking i expected a culinary disaster (complaining is part of polish cultur...

OK, understanding Russian and Polish i had no problem in understanding this video. To answer your questions: the problem Ukrainians have with MRE is that it is highly processed food with lots of chemical preservatives, and they prefer more traditional conserved food. "Dog test" is being used to adve...

donaldjcheek wrote:from sundown Friday until sundown Saturday, no leavened bread is allowed because of religious restrictions

This is just not true. Only once in a year leavened bread is forbidden: during Pesach holiday. In fact, it is crucial that during Shabes dinner two braided yeast challah are served.

Polish Ministry of Defense simply didn't answered my email. According to our law next step is to take them to "administrative court", but this will be costly and will take a lot of time...

Great article on Sirius Patrol (which is probably the most extreme kind of military service in the world): http://ftp.rta.nato.int/public//PubFulltext/RTO/MP/RTO-MP-042///MP-042-09.pdf Below are best parts on food. "The patrolled coastline thus expands to about 40.000 km. The weather during winter i...

cutsman wrote:If there's a storebrand version of that cheese that someone could point me to, I'd be all ears. Thanks!

You have 6 hours to bid:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/14-day-supply-o ... 1206907335

you keep your SERVICE RIFLE at home with ammo With ammo sealed, and it is a serious crime to break the seal. You never shoot those rifles actually. This makes a difference. Also, Switzerland is a country of very special culture. Basically, people there feel responsible, understandand and obey the l...

Basically less guns means more safety. All statistics show that. USA is for regular citizens the most dangerous country in the world because guns are easily available for everyone. I happen to live in a country where ordinary citizen (not law enforcement etc.) is very unlikely to get gun permit. As ...

Still hunting for the latest version of the STANAG itself, but here's what appears to be an interesting NATO tech paper from March 2010 with all sorts of meeting details and tech details & appendices (LOADS of compare/contrast tables of different NATO rations) http://bit.ly/ZKJ9mi Thank you, this i...