foodage per day confusion.... Re: [at-l] is 4300 cu. in. bigenough?

[JRHicks@US.MED.NAVY.MIL (Hicks, Joseph R., HM3, NMCL Annapolis)]

The New MRE's (Meal Ready to Eat) consist of approx. 1200-1400 calories per
and the average is 3 MRE's per day per person, so it is approx. 3600-4200
calories per day. Each MRE is approx. 1 pound. This is what the US Navy is
recommending for a average day work in the field. I am going to look up what
the caloric intake for both hot and cold weather MRE are. If there are any
other questions please email me at the above email address. I would be very
happy to help.

Joseph R Hicks
HM3 (FMF/NP) USN

-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Hicks [mailto:daveh@psknet.com]
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 6:42 PM
To: 'AT-L [list]'
Cc: Hicks, Joseph R., HN, NMCL Annapolis
Subject: Re: foodage per day confusion.... Re: [at-l] is 4300 cu. in.
big enough?


I know they are heavy because water content.

I was looking for what daily calorie content they have.  I also know they
have different ones for artic and normal.  I was wondering if there were
other calorie variations for various scenarios.

Chainsaw

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bryan Kramer" <jbkramer@afn.org>
To: "'Dave Hicks'" <daveh@psknet.com>; "'AT-L [list]'"
<at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 5:25 PM
Subject: RE: foodage per day confusion.... Re: [at-l] is 4300 cu. in. big
enough?


I saw something that said that 3000 cals in MRE weighs 5 pounds because
of the high water content. I have no idea how corect that is though.

Bryan


> He also sites the US Army's allowance of 4400 cals for heavy
> work, 3600 for normal work, and 2800 for sedentary jobs.
> [Anyone out there know the current MRE cal content?]
>
> Bottom line, IMHO, is that with good food management the 1
> 1/2 to 2 pound rule of thumb is a good one.