RE: [really OT]MREs & PA

You wrote: 

>But why does the Chicken with Rice taste like tuna?  I find this 
>disturbing.  At least they give you Tabasco to provide some taste...

I do not find this disturbing in the least.  I trade these revolting 
items to SGT Rico for Frankfurters, Beef.  If he's happy and I'm happy, 
then who am I to ask silly questions?

>As far as PA goes, if things are bad (hot, contaminated, under fire) 
you'd  >probably have a food tube.  But in better conditions, the 

IMHO, if I were under fire, I'd be concentrating on teaching the rude 
individuals who don't know to knock off for lunch some basic etiquette 
rather than consuming sustenance.  But your point re: NBC is quite 
valid.

helmet or some	>part of it probably opens to allow some fresh air and 
access to your mouth.  > Just remember to damp down the strength 
enhancement before brushing your  >teeth...

Visors make sense.  If only for recruiting posters and propaganda 
movies wherein the heroic Digenes Akratai slays entire army of Muslim 
invaders without mussing his hairdo.

John M. Atkinson