Please see the most recent updates in the "Where did the .com name go?" thread. Posts number 16 and 17.
As a Jarhead I have to disagree with #12 There's no "five-second rule" when it comes to dropping food on the ground. If you were really hungry that rule could easily be extended to 10-15 seconds. I know "eww"!
When I was in Ranger School my Ranger buddy and I ate a C-ration we found in the woods....up near Dahlonega
The Army quit using C-Rations in 1983.
This was 1992.......