MREs because meals are not available is part of business. This sounds like someone is just shortchanging troops who COULD have 3 meals if someone just wanted to make it happen.
I thought breakfast was the best bet at a chow hall, because it is hard to screw it up.
my staff examined ways to reduce our footprint and set the conditions for the reduction of forces,” explained Col. Joe Wawro, an infantry commander for the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat team. (1st Inf Div)
I don't believe in 2nd guessing the commander on the ground, and especially not on something as routine as how best to serve chow while drawing down his number of personnel.