The military shrank the MRE for a future fight. Now it's deploying the new food rations with troops on the ground.

Source: Business Insider

A Marine eats a field ration during a training event in Japan last year. LCpl Weston Brown/US Marine CorpsMarines are deploying a new combat ration built for the first days of war. C-CARs replace three MREs with one lighter daily ration for mobile operations.