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  2. Flameless ration heater - Wikipedia

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    The instructions advise that the heater should rest against a "rock or something" The flameless ration heater is issued in a plastic bag with instructions printed on it. Inside the bag is a small quantity of metallic powders, which does the actual heating. To heat a meal, the bag is first torn open, and a sealed food pouch is placed inside.

  3. Ready-to-assemble furniture - Wikipedia

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    An unassembled IKEA flat-pack stool. Ready-to-assemble furniture (RTA), also known as knock-down furniture (KD), flat-pack furniture, or kit furniture, is a form of furniture that requires customer assembly. The separate components are packed for sale in cartons which also contain assembly instructions and sometimes hardware.

  4. Shelf-ready packaging - Wikipedia

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    Many large retailers ask for items to remain on pallets rather than use shelves. Retailers often require products to come in retail-ready packaging to reduce stocking costs by saving labor expenses. Ready-to-go display stands and end caps are put in the retail sales location by forklift trucks without assembly or manual handling of unit packs ...

  5. Field ration - Wikipedia

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    Names used for field rations vary by military and type, and include combat ration, food packet, ration pack, battle ration, iron ration, or meal ready-to-eat (MRE); the latter is widely used but informal, and more accurately describes a specific U.S. field ration, the design and configuration of which has been used worldwide since its introduction.

  6. Self-heating food packaging - Wikipedia

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    Self-heating rice with quicklime and water as heating source, taken before adding water to quicklime. The source of the heat for the self-heated can is an exothermic reaction that the user initiates by pressing on the bottom of the can.

  7. Self-contained breathing apparatus - Wikipedia

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    Z88.2–2015 notes that "open-circuit SCBA are equipped with a full facepiece or tight-fitting hood", and, like closed-circuit SCBAs, can be configured in pressure-demand or demand mode. Air is not recirculated in an open-circuit SCBA. [12] Z88.2 notes that these SCBAs normally use compressed air, but can also use cryogenic air or compressed ...

  8. Individual Ready Reserve - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Army's IRR SSI worn by Army Reservists in the IRR that are not formally assigned to a particular unit or cadre personnel that run the IRR program.. The Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) is a category of the Ready Reserve of the Reserve Component of the Armed Forces of the United States composed of former active duty or reserve military personnel.

  9. Duluth pack - Wikipedia

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    The packs are a traditional portage pack which are nearly square in order to fit easily in the bottom of a canoe. [1] The simplest and most traditional Duluth pack comprises a single large envelope which is closed by straps and roller buckles. The pack is carried by two shoulder straps, and sometimes a tumpline worn over the top of the head. [2 ...