We also got to eat (I only tasted) an MRE, or Meal Ready to Eat, which is what the troops eat in the field. It was rather nasty and although it had a ton of sodium in it (yes, they come with nutritional breakdowns), the lack of salt was all too evident. Ours was chicken with black beans and rice with a too-dry chocolate chip cookie and a brown sugar pop tart with peanut butter and crackers.
I am more impressed with our men and women who defend our country if this is what we give them to eat.