page_title: A-ration
hierarchical_section_title: A-ration
caption_attribution_description: English: USMC-issued A-ration, colloquially known as a bag nasty.
context_page_description: A-ration is a term used in the United States armed forces for a meal provided to troops prepared using fresh, refrigerated, or frozen foods. The use of fresh, refrigerated or frozen foods distinguish 'A' rations from 'B' rations, which use canned or preserved ingredients to enable them to be served without adequate refrigeration or freezer facilities.
  'A' ration meals may be served in dining facilities, prepared in the field by the use of field kitchens, or prepared at a fixed facility and transported to field locations in containers.
context_section_description: A-ration is a term used in the United States armed forces for a meal provided to troops prepared using fresh, refrigerated, or frozen foods.  The use of fresh, refrigerated or frozen foods distinguish 'A' rations from 'B' rations, which use canned or preserved ingredients to enable them to be served without adequate refrigeration or freezer facilities.
  'A' ration meals may be served in dining facilities  ("DFAC"), prepared in the field by the use of field kitchens, or prepared at a fixed facility and transported to field locations in containers.
caption: Marine Corps-issued A-ration, colloquially known as a "bag nasty" or "box nasty." In this case the box held two sandwiches, cereal, fresh fruit, crackers, peanut butter, jam, a muffin, salt, pepper, and a drink.
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