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Assault/Special Purpose Ration Improvement Project

Vicki A. Loveridge Individual Combat Ration Team Combat Feeding Directorate R&DA Fall 2008. Assault/Special Purpose Ration Improvement Project. Assault/Special Purpose Ration Improvement Project. Special Purpose Rations: Meal, Cold Weather (MCW) Food Packet, Long Range Patrol (LRP)

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Assault/Special Purpose Ration Improvement Project

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  1. Vicki A. Loveridge Individual Combat Ration Team Combat Feeding Directorate R&DA Fall 2008 Assault/Special Purpose Ration Improvement Project

  2. Assault/Special Purpose Ration Improvement Project Special Purpose Rations: • Meal, Cold Weather (MCW) • Food Packet, Long Range Patrol (LRP) • First Strike Ration™ (FSR) • Food Packet, General Purpose Survival (GPS) • Food Packet, Carbohydrate • Food Packet, Abandon Ship • Food Packet, Aircraft, Life Raft FY08 New Starts: • MORE – Modular Operational Ration Enhancements

  3. MCW/LRP Update MCW/LRP: • Planned buy minimums 228,000 MCWs and 68,000 LRPs • Obtained Surgeon General approval of new MCW/LRP menus • Completed documentation for MCW/LRP delivery to DSCP June 08 • Provide technical and engineering support to procurement of new menus of MCW/LRP • Initiate product development for new items for a MCW test winter 2010

  4. Survival Products Update • Survival Rations: • Support procurement of 36K GPS • Award 9 April 08 • Wintergreen tablet production support • Support procurement of Food Packet, Aircraft, Life Raft-40K units • Award May 08 • Packaging size and type change • Support procurement for emergency drinking water • Sensory and rough handling evaluation of two prototypes Evaluation of GPS bars

  5. Survival Products update • Survival, Abandon Ship–award May 08, 45K units • Navy requirement for 7 year shelf life • Commercial product deficiencies • 1st Prototype developed and delivered • Request for Quality Assurance and Packaging document updates – May 08 • Evaluations of product and package Product Demonstration Models • Procurement of shortbread bars from Survival, General Purpose • Evaluations with Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory testing escape immersion equipment in Doriot Chambers Doriot Chambers test Sept 08 Date: : 01102008 JSN 03-11

  6. First Strike Ration™ Update • Support to procurement of First Strike Ration™ • Award to SOPAKCO 18 March 08 Base year-96K cases • Ongoing support to procurement • On site visits • Engineering support cases • Coordination with AMS USDA • Nutritional database updates coordination with USARIEM • Potential component producibility tests • Choice soup/spreads (oxygen scavenger package) • Bagels, Blueberry and Cherry turnovers, Cinnamon rolls • In house producibility • Two Zapplesauce flavors, caffeinated pudding Date: : 01102008 JSN 03-11

  7. First Strike Ration™ Update First Strike Ration™ 1st Procurement in Iraq- 2008 Date: : 01102008 JSN 03-11

  8. First Strike Ration™ Update • Storage studies • Completion of two year FSR™ studies from FY06 • Initiation of FY07 Component Storage: Energy Gels, Protein shakes, Tortilla Wraps, Soup/spreads, caffeinated pudding • Development of test menus for First Strike Ration™ menu expansion field studies • Small contracts for component procurement and test meal assembly • Coordination of field study, questionnaire development and test protocol Date: : 01102008 JSN 03-11

  9. First Strike Ration™ Update • Field evaluations for First Strike Ration™ • Sept & Oct 2008, 75th Ranger Regiment Pre-Ranger Course • 4 day tests, 50 soldiers • Control ration - 2008 FSR™ procurement • 50 new components incorporated into 4 test menus • Army Technology Objective program with US Army Institute of Environmental Medicine & Performance Enhancement/Food Safety Team • Field testing for nutritional profile optimization • Two tests at Quantico, VA • International Mountain Guide informal evaluations Date: : 01102008 JSN 03-11

  10. First Strike™ Ration Update • FSR test components • Tortilla wraps (Beef Taco and Pork BBQ) • BBQ Chicken Sandwich, Beef Stick Sandwich • NDI Chicken breast, Flavored Tuna, Spam, Salmon • Energy Gels (mixed berry and lemon lime) • Meat snacks (smoked turkey and cranberry beef) • Soup/spreads (Spicy cheese vegetable and Potato cheddar bacon) • Cinnamon Rolls and Bagels • Turnovers (cherry and blueberry) • Wheat snack bread (two piece) • Chunky Zapplesauce and Cinnamon Zapplesauce • Caffeinated pudding • Caffeinated mints and mint caffeinated gum

  11. Modular Operational Ration Enhancement (MORE) • Augmentation of Operational Rations with scenario specific products • Extreme exertion, altitude, cold weather, sleep deprivation • Target approved Nutraceuticals, functional foods, phytonutrients • FY08 focus on high altitude enhancement pack • Focus groups -10th Mountain Division (Nov 07, Feb & June 08) • July 08 Ethan Allen Mountain Warfare School • Questionnaire to down select components • 67 Soldiers • 20 products identified • Prototypes Assembled • October 2008 - 14 day test • Mountaineering group Nepal, India

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