US/Roman Numerals/MRE

DangerousDave · Post by **DangerousDave** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:34 am

I don't know if anyone ever brought this up before, but it just occured to me, that the U.S. Gov't. uses Roman Numerals for year/menu info. for MRE's. I learned Roman Numerals in the 3rd. grade(Public School), but it was just for History of civilation purposes. Whats with this? Even on the DSCP site. Whats with this?

Post by **kman** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:36 am

Good question - and I don't think I've ever heard an explanation for that.

YouTube · Post by **housil** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:33 am

The German EPas have them also:
I
II
III
IV (untill 1990th)

but as Roman numbers are still (very) common in Europa - I never thought about...

dirtbag · Post by **dirtbag** » Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:56 am

This years production is marked :
Ianuarius MMIIX
Inspection date:
Ianuarius MMXI

The menu is a bit.....tedious,
Bread, Cheese, Wine, Vinegar.....
Repeat.