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NutritionNotes
Don’t Skip Breakfast
D
ecember holidays are a busy time, but a few
simple breakfast ideas with hot breads and fresh
fruit will keep your overnight houseguests cheer-
fully sated. They’ll appreciate a homemade and fresh
touch, and you’ll love these easy, inexpensive meals.
Though summer is considered the fresh fruit season,
citrus ripens in the winter months, allowing for wider
variety, better quality, and lower prices. For breakfast, try
clementines; navel, mandarin, or red blood oranges; ugli
MRAP Ambulance
fruit; tangerines; and other juicy favorites. Frozen rasp-
berries also can be a special morning treat.
T
he success of the mine-resistant ambush- For an exciting bread
protected (MRAP) RG-33L has led DoD to option, fresh-baked bread,
send ambulances of similar design into the fi eld. cinnamon rolls, muffi ns,
These new ambulances are armored heavily against scones, and other great
IEDs, explosive projectiles, and mines, according to Lt. picks are available at a
Col. Gerardo J. Moralez, USA, director of combat and local bakery, but many of
doctrine development at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. these items are easy to
The unique design of the MRAP ambulance makes make at home.
it perfect for urban combat operations. It maneuvers in
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Remember, breads usu-
confi ned spaces and can be deployed with servicemem- ally can be made ahead and
a73 Rear Adm. Joyce Johnson,
bers on convoy operations, transport missions, and ex-
USPHS, D.O., provides break-
frozen, then thawed and
plosive ordnance disposal missions. fast tips and recipes at www reheated. Frozen bread
“Since it has been fi elded, the MRAP ambulance has
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dough and packaged mixes
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allowed the combat medics to save countless lives in the make everything simpler.
battlefi eld by providing immediate life-saving care and
transport of wounded patients,” says Moralez.
The ambulances allow combat medics to leave the
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confi nes of forward operating bases to conduct ground
medical evacuations, where before ambulances were too
light-skinned and vulnerable to attack, Moralez says.
Since 2007, 676 MRAP ambulances have been pro-
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