situations. A completely different approach on food supply for the soldiers is the “ER Bar.” The ER Bar is a 24,000 calorie food bar used in emergencies only, it provides a 72 hour food supply for a single bar. You are permitted and warned to eat 2 bars per day and there are 6 bars in a pack. They have a 5 year shelf life so you don’t have to really worry about expiration. This really answers the part of is the food enough to support the soldiers over seas and the answer is yes. The food rations of WWI are absolutely nothing compared to what they are today. The food of today can supply up to 24,000 calories and a 72 hour food supply to a soldier where the diet of a WWI soldier was around 3,000. I believe that we can get the soldiers the nutrients they need to fight but also bring some flavor into their food; most of the food they eat does not have a great taste whatsoever but provides them with the nutrients they need. Since the cost of a MRE in today’s time is about 8.00 for the government and provides the nutrients they need but not really the taste. There has to be some way to balance out the equation by bringing some flavor to their food instead of the food they eat now which doesn’t have the best taste but still keep the cost fairly low per soldier. The wars that are being fought this day in age are completely different from the battles of WWI and WWII; the technology of today is far more advanced from the technology back in the 1910’s and 1940’s. Back in the 1940’s they were being fed mainly fresh food from field kitchens and that gave the nutritional value they needed and still savored the taste. Why can’t we bring back the style of feeding soldiers from WWII, the soldiers are fighting for freedom and should be given food that doesn’t taste like it’s from a prison where people are punished and not honored.>