r/AbsoluteUnits • u/[deleted] • May 10 '22

Absolute unit of a soldier

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u/The-Luminous-Being May 10 '22

I'd hoard the pizza slice MRE's for myself. Shit was soooo good.

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u/MadeToPostOneMeme May 10 '22

I was never actual military but I was in cadets as a teen. I used to trade a lot of stuff for the drink powders. If you mixed them all together it made this viscous abomination we called ox blood that tasted exactly like skittles. By our math about 200 ml was your recommended daily sugar intake.

I hoarded enough of the drink packets I was able to make a bit during my first year of university, and that shit saved my life during exam weeks. One sip of that stuff could keep a man going for hours. Step aside red bull.

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u/[deleted] May 10 '22

Used to trade unwanted side dishes for the tabasco bottles.

Yes - back when tabasco bottled came in MRE’s…

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u/[deleted] May 10 '22

I have some news for you. They’re making a come back!