GUIDELINES FOR USING OPER RATIONS IN OPER DS

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Subject: GUIDELINES FOR USING OPER RATIONS IN OPER DS                    

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Folder Title: HISTORIANS BACKGROUND MATERIALS FILES - ARCENT READING FILES 19 AUG 90                          

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   SIJBJECT:    GUIDELINES FOR USING OPERATIONAL RATIONS IN OPERATION
                DESERT SHIELD
   1. WIDEST DISSEMINATION OF THIS INFORMATION XS REQUIRED. INSURE THAT
   ALL DEPLOYING AND DEPLOYED UNITS RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION AS QUICKLY
   AS POSSIBLE.
   2, THE PURPOSE OF THIS I.'4FORIIATION IS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT
   PROCEDURES TO USE WHEN USING OPERATIONAL RATIONS IN OPERATION DESERT
   SHIELD.
   3, FACTS.
       A. T-RATIONS MAY ONLY BE HEATED TWICEO CANS THAT HAVE BEEN
   OPENED WILL NOT BE REHEATED ANO MUST BE THR04N OUT IMMEDIATELY. ANY



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   T-RATION THAT HAS BEEN HEATED ONCE BUT U14OPENED WILL BE SCRATCHED
   WITH AN X AiiD MAY THEN BE REHEATED FOR THE NEXT MEAL OR AS SOON AS
   POSSIBLE. AFTER THE T-RATIO(4 RAS BEEN HEATED TWICE IT MUST BE THR04N
   OUT WHETHER OR NOT IT HAS BEEN OPENED.
       Bo SHELF LIFE OF T-RATIONS HAS BEEN CERTIFIED TO BE 24 MONTHS AT
   70 DEGREES F, AN INCREASE IN STORAGE TEMPERATURE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED
   TO DECREASE SHELF LIFE DRAMATICALLY. THEREFORE EFFORTS SHOULD BE
   MADE TO KEEP STORAGE TEMPERATURE AS LOW AS POSSIBLET I.E. STORE IN A
   SHADY PLACER ETC,
       C. T-RATIONS SHOULD BE FED A$ SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER BEING
THE PRODUCT DROPS BELOW 140 DEGREES
   F THE POTENTIAL FOR BACTERIAL GROWTH WOULD BE INCREASED. IF IT
   APPEARS THAT IT I-IOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE TO SERVE THE OPEN T-RATIONS
   QUICKLYI THE FOOD SHOULD BE PLACED IN AN INSULATED FOOD CONTAINER
   USING INSERTS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY PREHEATED OR PRECOOLED IAW TB
   MED 530. T-RATIONS HELD FOR MORE THAN 4 HOURS IN THE INSULATED FOOD
   CONTAINER,MUST BE DISCARDED.
       D. T-RATIONSE WITH ESSENTIAL BREAD AND MILK COMPONENTS# ARE
   NUTRITIONALLY ADEQUATE WHEN THE ENTIRE RATION IS CONSUMED. ALSO MRE
   VII AND VIII APE NUTRITIONALLY ADEQUATE IN THE MAJOR NUTRIENTS, IN



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   ORDER TO PROVIDE VARIETY AND ACCEPTABILITYP RATIONS SHOULD BE

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