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      ASSUMING ALL AD DOD PERSONNEL IN AOR USE MREs; 71,000,000
       MREs = ENOUGH FOR 51 DAYS  X 3 MREs PER DAY  (IT'S NOT KNOWN 
WHETHER OR NOT GOAL OF  OF 71,00,000 WAS ACHIEVED PRIOR TO ONSET
OF HOSTILITIES.

     -- GREATEST PRIORITY FOR USE OE LIMITED SUPPLY OF MREs IS PROBABLY
       FOR FORWARD DEPLOYED GROUND TROOPS (ESPECIALLY AS THEY ADVANCE).

    -- FUTURE DEMAND EOR FOOD SERVICES WILL PR0BABLY INCREASE GREATLY, TO
       PROVIDE FOR ANTICIPATED POWS AND REFUGEES.
 
    -- EOOD SERVICE CAPABILITIES OF OTHER ALLIES (E.G., FOR ADVANCING
       EGYPTIAN TROOPS) MAY BE A FACTOR (?).
 
    -- SHORTAGE OF MREs IS EKING ADDRESSED BY DEFENSE PERSONNEL
       SUPPORT CENTER (DPSC) BY INCREASING PRODUCTION AND BY
       SUBSTITUTING WITH SIMILAR COMMERCIAL "TOP SHELE" BRAND MEALS.
 
    -- MREs ARE FAIRLY STABLE PRODUCTS BUT SHELE LIFE REDUCED (HALVED)
       FOR EVERY 12-18 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT INCREASE IN STORAGE TEMP.
       SOME MEAL COMPONMENTS ARE DETERIORATING IN QUALITY IN DESERT
       CONDITIONS.
 
    SOURCES OF MEAL PREPARATION IN AOR.
 
    -- FIELD - ESPECIALLY CONTRACTED FOOD HARSLES UNDER
SUPERVISION OF DOD PERSONNEL AND WITH EH PUBLIC HEALTH
SURVEILLANCE. (NOTE: THESE FOOD HANDLERS ARE GENERALLY
       REQUIRED TO WEAR PLASTIC GLOVES).
 
    --- ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL/CULTURAL SENSITIVITIES ARE A FACTOR TO
       CONSIDER		[(b)(1)sec3.4(b)(6)]

       -- MOBILE KITCHEN TRAILERS
 
   FOOD USED IN ADDITION TO MREs.
 
    -- MEDICALLY APPROVED LOCAL FRESH FOODS.
 
    -- HEAT STABLIZED (CANNED) TRAY PACKS.
 
 CONCLUSIONS
 
   FOODBORNE ILLNESSES (ESPECIALLY BIG OUTBREAKS) CAN HAVE A
   DEVASTATING EFFECT UPON MISSION, BUT CONSIDERING THE NUMBER OF
   DOD PERSONNEL LIVING UNDER FIELD MESSING CONDITIONS FOR EXTENDED
   PERIOD OF TIME, THE NUMBER AND IMPACT OE FOODBORNE ILLNESSES (TO
   DATE) HAD NOT EXCEEDED WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED. ISOLATED
   OUTBREAKS HAVE OCCURRED.
 

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