 It's no secret that the military runs on its stomach. And that's why the Army was at the 2013 Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition with some samples of new MREs. Specialist John Tay Randolph knows first hand about the importance of MREs. It's our life out there, pretty much, so I like blood. With the new MREs, the Army is looking to fuel the soldier and make it taste great as well. Probably only eat the main protein and one juice, and that's it. And everything else, I leave out. I don't care. But now, with these, I think I might eat it all.