If a situation requires that my only sustenance comes from MRE's I will most likely have more to concern myself with then flossing.

Next month coming to an MRE near you: a complete mini hygiene kit. :rolleyes:

Pete

Can you live with pine flavored mauve? :D


RF 1

Well . . . Here are the results of the AKO Survey so far

Question: Flossing is key in maintaining healthy teeth and gums, and having food stuck in your teeth can be downright painful ! What do you think about adding a piece of floss to the MRE for use after eating?
Sounds great, I'd use it nearly every time! -- 1267 votes (69%)
I'd use it fairly often (a couple of times a week) -- 351 votes (19%)
I would use it sometimes (about once a week) -- 89 votes (4%)
I rarely use floss, only when I have something stuck between my teeth (a couple of times a month or so) -- 93 votes (5%)
I would never use it. I never floss, even when something hurts -- 27 votes (1%)

Allah be praised for the American dental corps! We can smell the Americans when they are coming in the night by their minty flossed breath. :rolleyes:

We used to try to smell like the local odors to avoid detection as long as possible. What's next, a deodorant stick and cologne strip in the MRE packet? :p

Richard's $.02 :munchin

Fifty to a hundred yards per MRE! Think of the many gill nets you could make as you waited for your supply of meals to run out. Us FOGs remember getting rid of those short little black laces in Jungle Boots and replacing them with really, REALLY long strands of 550 cord. That way if you went into "survival-mode" you could strip out the interior white threads and weave a gill net to catch little-bitty fishes. Unfortunately, no CSM will let you wear green strings in your tan boots today. I think weaving gill nets during the survival portion of Phase 1 was a nod to LTC Rowe. (Or maybe they just wanted us to keep busy.)

Sewing
 

Dental Floss makes good thread for sewing. Sew a button on with dental floss and it stays put.

Research shows that flossing daily will add 4yrs to your life.

as for being a priority in MREs, I feel that there is better things a field grade should/could be doing.


another use for floss as read in some back woods survival magazine besides those mentioned is as a snare

Yes, but only for Legs!

Yeah, but those are the really "sucky" years at the end... with adult diapers, baby food, and a "rascal"!

Coyote and Desert Tan 550 Cord is available.;) I wonder if they can put the appropriate AO colored floss?