Executive Agencies

The mission of the DoD Nutrition RDT & E program is to provide biomedical research, test and evaluation support to ration developers and the DoD feeding program under the auspices of the Food and Nutrition Research Evaluation Board (FNREB). This is a critical mission that was once thought to be expendable, when the nutrition research mission was disbanded within the Army program and then required DCSLOG involvement to restore so that the new MRE could be properly evaluated before widespread fielding. It was determined to be important enough for DCSLOG to provide 18 new personnel authorizations to recreate the biomedical capability at USARIEM.

Relationship to readiness: Soldier metabolism and hydration is critical to health and performance in field environments, playing a critical role in readiness; research from this program has continually reified this concept and more precisely guided strategies to get the right fuel energy into Soldiers and to better sustain appropriate hydration status.