MREs from a Marine!

[Soviet_Kazimir]

Hey gents I have done business on here before and been a member of the community for quite some time. Anyway I joined the Marine Corps and recently got back from a field drill. Anyway a majority of our MREs were not eaten and we were allowed to take the surplus home. Not sure about dates but they are all new menus probably 2012(have the boxes where do I find the date?). I will get pics up tomorrow for those interested.

I think $ 7 per MRE is fair. Also willing to sell them as case deals.

Also interested in international rations/MREs.

Thanks again!

-Kaz

[Ruleryak]

Hey Kaz - thanks for posting.

$7 each isn't that bad of a price for singles - you shouldn't have trouble unloading them.

They might be 2012 issue, but are probably 2010 or 11. With a case, the way to tell is Date Pkd/Lot line on the side of the case. The format can vary - sometimes you'll see mm/dd/yy, sometimes mm/dd/yyyy and sometimes yddd. The Insp/Test date is NOT the date they were produced - it is three years down the road from the production date.

When you're just selling loose MREs, the way to tell their age is to look for a stamped four digit number on the package. The first digit is the last digit of the year, and the next three digits are the day of the year it was produced. For example if you brought back MREs from an FTX you just had and they say something like 1255 that means they're packed on the 255th day of 2011. The code could technically mean the 255th day of 2001 or 1991 as well, but the package style and the fact that you just got them in the field will prove they're more recent.

I'd suggest listing the pack dates for what you have available and just double checking that the TTI indicator on the package is still fine. There's also this page with even more dating info in case I didn't make sense

[Soviet_Kazimir]

Thank you for the response. I finally got some time to take pictures. Left them a bit big so you guys could see what your getting. Also I believe they are from August 2010 mostly but I have mixed boxes so the dates vary but probably no older then 2010.







I have more in my truck so if you want I certain meal I probably have it. Thanks again!

- Kaz

[Soviet_Kazimir]

Just got a mint box of Menu A unopened!