History 120: Annotated Bibliography
Books:
Kutz, Gregory. Investigation : Military Meals, Ready to Eat Sold on EBay. Washington D.C.: U.S. Government Accountability Office, 2006.
I found this book in the library at Fenwick. I’m not sure exactly how it will be beneficial right, but it was one of the only books I found regarding Meals-Ready-To Eat. From what I have read so far it talks in large part about some of the MRE’s that are available to civilian consumers today.
Sommers, Richard. Military History Research Collection. Carlisle Barracks:U.S. Army Military History Research Collection, 1972.
This book too was found in Fenwick’s stacks. I did a publish date and topic search and found this historic collection’s book. It was published around the time when MRE’s were first introduced and has some brief information on the formation and characteristics of MRE’s.
External Websites:
“Full Moister Pouches-Meals Ready to Eat.” Long Life Food Depot. 28 Mar.2008 <http://www.longlifefood.com/>.
This is a great website. LLFD is a government-contracted company that produces MRE’s for today’s soldiers on the field. It gives great information about how they started producing them and how demands and characteristics have changed since their inception. Everything from menu changes to the technology needed to warm these bad boys up, they do it all.
“MRE History.”MRE Info. 28 Sept. 2007. 27 Mar.2008 <http://www.mreinfo.com/us/mre/mre-history.html>.
I found this website through a google search. It’s probably one of the best pieces of information I have found so far. It goes into great detail about when, why, and how the MRE’s came into existence. It’s a website solely dedicated to the Meal-Ready-To-Eat. From everything from pictures to ingredients this website seems to have it all.
Wikipedia Articles
“The Evolution of the MRE.” Whole Latte Love. 28 Mar. 2008 <http://www.wholelattelove.com/articles/evolution_of_mre.cfm>.
This website talks about the evolution of the MRE. It references back to the 1800’s and progresses to what has become of the MRE today. I think this will be useful because it talks about President Jackson who first initiated soldier rations and talks about what we have today in the MRE.
“Flameless Ration Heater.” Wikipedia. 9 Mar. 2008. 27 Mar. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flameless_ration_heater>.
This talks about the innovation behind warming up the MRE’s. It’s a really interesting technology called Flameless Ration Heater(FRH) that uses exothermic chemical reactions to generate an intense, flameless source of heat. That has been the technology for about the past fifteen years, and I am not sure whether it has changed or not. So more research should indicate whether this method is still currently in use or outdated.
“Meal, Ready-to-Eat.” Wikipedia. 25 Mar. 2008. 27 Mar. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRE>.
This article provides a brief introduction as to what the MRE is and where it has come from. It will be helpful because it provides a starting point for a lot of potential topics I can research. It’s also interesting because it list about forty of the current available MRE that soldiers are consuming today.
“Rochester Institute of Technology.” Wikipedia. 29 Mar. 2008. 28 Mar. 2008 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester_Institute_of_Technology>.
The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) is responsible for developing the technology used to heat up MRE’s known as FRH. They developed this technology and it was actually added as an MRE component in May of 1990. I am not sure when they actually started developing this technology, but does say they are accredited with its development.
