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But: 1. in most wars the soldiers are actually fighting a very small proportion of the time. They are eating, drinking and creating waste every day. 2. Those dehydrated rations will need to be rehydrated. So you need to supply in the region of 3 litres of clean (soldiers are not as effective if they are sick) water each day (more in hot climates).

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MREs aren't dehydrated. That's why they're called "ready to eat"; you just open the pouch and chow down.

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in a forward operating base there are firefights every day.

see: restrepo, korengal films.