Case date and meal question

[[ex-Member1]]

Why 2003 and not 2013 ?

[housil]

Why 2003 and not 2013 ?

Because insepc. date say´s "06" and not "16".
Menu 12 in 2003 was Bean & Rice Burrito like shown on picture, 2013 #12 was Spicy Penne Pasta

[housil]

He gave me two cases
Here is a photo of the second case.
SOPAKCO

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I noticed the M 16 and U.S. government property stamp

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If it´s from a case, why does it have #12 & #14?
And #14 2003 suppose to be Manicotti w/Vegetables but picture shows a Pasta w/Vegetables in Alfredo Sauce, that was #14 in 2002.

[elandil]

I wonder if you're gonna find like Steve did that freezing held the quality up over the years. Let us know how these turned out...

[Norton]

He gave me two cases
Here is a photo of the second case.
SOPAKCO

IMG_0826 (640x480).jpg

I noticed the M 16 and U.S. government property stamp

IMG_0825 (640x480).jpg

If it´s from a case, why does it have #12 & #14?
And #14 2003 suppose to be Manicotti w/Vegetables but picture shows a Pasta w/Vegetables in Alfredo Sauce, that was #14 in 2002.

Housil when I dumped this case out I found my friend had mixed the case up with various meals.
Here they are SOPAKCO with small picture of soldier with M 16 in the corner and U.S. property Marking
He told me he put these in the freezer years ago. I think he collected these meals and mixed them with others to fill out the case
Tan Bag
Menu #1 Unmarked bag
Menu # 3 Beef Teriyaki
Menu # 4 Unmarked bag
menu # 5 Grilled Chicken
Menu # 12 Bean and Rice Burrito
menu #14 Pasta Alfredo

Under these were
Brown bags
#2 Hash Brown
#5 Beef Stew
#7 Turkey diced with gravy
# 8 Ham Slices
#10 Tuna
# 12 Ground beef spiced

The Menu C Americaqual was frozen also

Menu # 1 Buffalo Chicken
Menu # 2 Chicken Breast
Menu # 3 Chicken and Dumplings (ate this meal)
Menu # 4 Beef Stew
Menu # 5 Pasta with Vegetable Sausage
Menu # 6 Chicken with Noodles
Menu # 7 Sloppy Joe
Menu # 8 Beef Patty BBQ
Menu # 9 Beef Enchilada
Menu # 10 Spaghetti
Menu #11 Beef Brisket and Gravy
Menu # 12 Pork Sausage Maple

[noderaser]

Good call, cavguy. I'd not seen those "Case C" MREs before, but there I noticed enough variances to raise a red flag in my head.

Did NG units purchase their own MREs for stateside CONUS use?

Every time I come across them, they're the genuine article... Usually rotated out of the state emergency stockpile. I've never seen a TOTM in person, but then again I only get MREs issued maybe once a year if we're lucky enough to go on an actual field exercise. Also, buying commercial requires a bunch of extra paperwork and hoops to jump through, so unless there's a huge savings I doubt anyone would go through the trouble of making a GPC purchase with unit funds.

And a small pedantic note, ANG = Air National Guard, Army National Guard = ARNG