JOINT CULINARY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (JCCoE)

2. JOINT CULINARY CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (JCCoE) " Quality Assurance Update"

3. AGENDA Directorate of Operations • Joint Services Operational Ration Forum (JSORF) Update • Soldier Fueling Nutritional Update • UGR-A Short Order Concept Feeding Update • Questions ?

4. JSORF Update Meal, Cold Weather/Long Range Patrol™ : 12 new items IN / 3 old items OUT Breakfast Skillet Pasta w/ Cream Sauce, Chicken & Asparagus, Low Sodium Beef & Chicken Flavored Noodle Soups, Freeze Dried Strawberries & Bananas, Hazelnut Hot Cocoa, Beverage Base w/ Fiber & Vitamin D, Filled French Toast, Cornbread, Raisin Nut Mix w/ Chocolate Disks, Trans Fat Free Fudge Brownie, Spicy Cheese & Vegetable Spread, Granola with Bananas. Western Style Scrambled Eggs ( from one meal only), Beef Stroganoff , Regular Sodium Soups Tan Packaging White Packaging

5. JSORF Update Modular Operational Ration Enhancement™ (MORE™) Approval of Three MORE™ Hot Weather Packs

6. JSORF Update Meal, Ready to Eat™ (MRE™): 11 new items IN / 3 old items OUT Jalapeno Pepper Jack Beef Pattie, Beef Taco Filling, White Wheat Snack Bread, Oatmeal Chocolate Chunk Cookie, Chocolate Pound Cake w/ Chocolate Filling, Barbecue Almonds, Fruit Flavored Hard Candy, Trans Fat Free Dairy Shake, Lemon Iced Tea, Ketchup, Yellow Mustard Beef Pot Roast w/ Vegetables, Sloppy Joe Filling, Cornbread Stuffing Maintain current Flameless Ration Heater w/ overwrapping as needed Hot Beverage Bag (from 8 menus)

7. JSORF Update Unitized Group Ration- Heat & Serve™ (UGR-H&S™): 5 new items IN / 2 old items OUT Thai Chicken Curry, Meatballs & Pasta, Sweet Potato Praline Cake, Carrot Cake, Gingerbread Cake Golden Barbeque Turkey Riblet, Chicken Stir Fry Boil-in-Bag Breakfast Skillet

8. JSORF Update Low Cholesterol Eggs in 3 of the 7 Breakfast Menus Unitized Group Ration-A™ (UGR-A™): 25 new items IN / 7 old items OUT Meat Lovers Enchiladas, Sausage, Steak Egg & Cheese Taquitto, Sausage & Egg Pita Pocket, Sweet & Spicy Hand Roll, Monkey Bites, Whole Wheat Apple Danish, & Honey Bun, Low fat Cinnamon Coffee Cake, Sliced Jalapenos, Hazelnut & French Vanilla Coffee Creamer, Beef Provencal, Tuscan Pork Loin, Chili Pepper Beef, Andouille Macaroni & Cheese, Jambalaya, Broccoli & Cheese Casserole, Roasted Red Peppers, Ooey Gooey Chocolate Bar, Cookies & Cream Cake, S 'mores Cake, Red Velvet Cake, Whoopi Pie, Variety Sugar Free Beverages & Teas, Apple Jelly & Peanut Butter, Blackberry Jam & Peanut Butter. Ranchero Beef Steak, Egg Quesadilla, Ranchero Beef Taquitto, Chorizo Breakfast, Chinese Beef w/ Vegetables, Tomatillo Pork, Poblano Corn Chowder

9. Soldier Fueling Implemented 1 Feb 2011 What? Setting a training table with focus on: • Baking instead of frying • Seeking nutrient-dense menu options • Whole Grains • Orange Juice with Calcium • Iron-Rich Sources • Replacing “kid friendly” menu items with performance oriented options: • Yogurt, Cereals, Hydration Stations • Item Placement Providing Performance Nutrition education in: • Basic Combat Training • Drill Sergeant School • Leadership Development Courses • Dining Facilities Why? To educate our Soldier Athletes and our communities, and create a greater opportunity for all to succeed. • National Youth Risk Survey of 9th-12th Graders – 2009 • 29% drank at least a can of soda per day • 23% did not participate in at least 60 minutes of physical activity on any of the 30 days prior to the survey • 25% used a computer 3 or more hours/day • 33% watched TV 3 or more hours/day • 26% used tobacco at least 1 day in the 30 days prior to the survey Who? Representatives from Initial Military Training (IMT), Joint Culinary Center of Excellence (JCCoE), Medical Command (MEDCOM), Army Air force Exchange System (AAFES), and Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) form the Soldier Fueling Tiger Team.

10. UGR-A™ Short Order Test Update • Initiated a six-month concept test at Forts Carson and Stewart, 1 FEB 2011, with additions of Forts Bragg and Irwin, beginning 1 JUN 2011 • Data collection will assess composition of module selection, Cook friendliness, Soldier acceptance and Contract assembly • Results/Recommendations will be presented to the UGR-A™ Integrated Product Team (IPT) – AUG 2011 • Approved Short Order menus will transition to UGR-A™ menu cycle FY12 • Expect an expansion of full Short Order Menus and Reduction in Mainline Menus • Short Order menu changes/improvements will be conducted by Natick under the Fielded Group Ration Improvement Program • Next scheduled testing Aug/Sept 12

11. Contact Information Mr. Alphonzo “Rick” Byrd, Chief, Quality Assurance Division, Alphonzo.byrd@us.army.mil, (804) 734-3366 or DSN 687-3366 Ms. Beverly Hamlette, Army Field Feeding Specialist, beverly.hamlette@us.army.mil, (804) 734-4584 Ms. Renita Frazier, Registered Dietitian, renita.c.frazier@us.army.mil, (804) 734-3005 Ms. Priscilla Dolloff-Crane, Food Economist, priscilladolloffcrane@us.army.mil, (804) 734-3071 CW4 Sean Lonnecker, Food Safety Officer, sean.lonnecker@us.army.mil, (804) 734-4286 Visit our Website at http://www.quartermaster.army.mil/jccoe 11

12. One in every five Quartermasters is a Foodservice Soldier