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Here I am back in the day enjoying my MRE. The scan is not that deep so I can't actually make out contents other than the apple sauce on ground.

Photo: Ft. Bragg, N.C.

Cool pic - thanks for sharing. It almost looks like this was taken for one of those official MRE pictures you see on Natick's web site.

man that brings back memories. good picture i have a couple of me in the field at 18 that i will get scanned and uploaded. thanks for the memories.

Ahhhhhh......the hated M.I.L.E.S. system! Those things ALWAYS lied......right?!


(of course, the only thing hated more was that teeny, tiny, incredably short original MRE spoon!)

jfko6 wrote:Here I am back in the day enjoying my MRE. The scan is not that deep so I can't actually make out contents other than the apple sauce on ground.

Photo: Ft. Bragg, N.C.

You had a M16A1 still in use in 1993?!
Didn´t you got the A2 in 1986 too?

MILES gear
Trying to simulate combat by wearing these sensors often presented technical problems. It was probably heavier than it needed to be and mine never went off. So I figured I was ready for combat!

M16A1/A2
At Ft. Bragg there was a mix of A1 and A2's on the shelf that were issued in 1993. It was a luck of the draw if you had any preference. I liked the A2's hand guard; it felt more comfortable. But that A1 was ready to Rock n Roll on full auto i.e. if it didn't jam.

You fellas had some good commentary on the photo with one BIG oversight.

It's circa June 1993 and the temperature was way up in the 90-100+ range. We were absolutely required to wear the Kevlar most of the time on a lane, no exceptions, though obviously this photo does not show me wearing it. But boy those are real genuine Winter BDU's. Ouch!

We, to my knowledge, had no Bulbs that would tell us to Stop training if it got too Hot. There were plenty of heat casualties but Thank God I was not one of them, especially in my Winter weight BDU's. Hooah!