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You are assisting a Brigade Task Force in preparing for a field exercise. The Task Force will spend 14 days
in the field. Their ration cycle M-M-M for 2 days and U(H&S)-M-U(A) for 12 days. The Task Force has a
head count of 1400 personnel to feed for each meal.
1) How many modules of group rations and cases of MREs will be needed for the duration of the FTX? If
you get a partial case or module round up to a whole case/module. - ✔✔Total MRE cases = 2,100 cases
UGR (H&S) = 336 Mods
UGR (A) = 336 Mods
You are assisting a Brigade Task Force in preparing for a field exercise. The Task Force will spend 14 days
in the field. Their ration cycle M-M-M for 2 days and U(H&S)-M-U(A) for 12 days. The Task Force has a
head count of 1400 personnel to feed for each meal.
2) How many total pallet positions are needed to pick up the food all at once? Calculate for U(H&S),
MREs, and U(A). If you get a partial pallet round up to a whole pallet. - ✔✔MRE: 43.75 pallets round to
44 pallets
U (H&S): 42 pallets
U (A):
Perishable Pallets: 14 perishable pallets
Semi-Perishable Pallets: 28 semi-perishable pallets
Answer is 128 pallets
You are assisting a Brigade Task Force in preparing for a field exercise. The Task Force will spend 14 days
in the field. Their ration cycle M-M-M for 2 days and U(H&S)-M-U(A) for 12 days. The Task Force has a
head count of 1400 personnel to feed for each meal.
3) How many crops will be required to move the rations - ✔✔128 total pallets (44 MRE Pallets + 42 H&S
Pallets + 42 UGR(A) pallets)/8 pallet positions per crop = 16 total crops
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