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What Are MREs? MRE stands for “Meals Ready to Eat”. All the contents of these shelf stable foods are fully cooked and can be eaten hot or cold. An MRE will provide good taste and proper nutrition while maintaining a safe, long shelf life. Each MRE replicates the calorie count of a complete meal. There is no need to add water to an MRE. Simply open the pouch and enjoy!  The big breakthrough was the POUCH. Its three special layers allow the food to be fully cooked, sealed and never exposed to the air again. The resulting taste and texture...

Dog Tags are meant to be used as a form of identification when a soldier is wounded or lost in battle, usually in some form where one or part can be left with the soldier while the other is used by those that need to keep track of such things. The set of Dog Tags has become a ubiquitous symbol associated with military service, the metal tags, hanging from chains around a soldier’s neck – or often hung as part of a make-shift memorial. These ID tags come to signify something very personal for the soldier, and unfortunately all too...

The New Hampsire Tactical Emergency Medical Support (NH-TEMS) group has a resource site for New England's Tactical Medic & Navy Corpsmen that provides medical information for the medic and operator. There's a lot of great information throughout the site for anyone looking for some reference material on handling various emergency medical situations - be it while hunting, camping, during some sort of natural disaster or other survival situation. These resources are not going to take the place of actual training, but if you have some basic skills, you can likely pick up a trick or two from the resources available here....

Since we are located close to a couple of local airfields, our Twin Cities locations are able to serve the needs of our local Civil Air Patrol groups, especially when it comes to uniforms, nametapes and other patches and pins. We try keep a supply of “CIVIL AIR PATROL” tapes on hand and are able to do custom nametapes, but we are also able to sew your patches and tapes on to your uniform for you through our Brooklyn Park location (you can drop off at Maplewood too). Sewing is $4 per patch or tape. Or you can download a...