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Cots, MREs, Per Diem: Army Offers New Details for Soldiers Sent to Massive D.C. Military Parade

Soldiers guide an M1A1 Abrams on to a equipment transportation railcar

Thousands of soldiers flying or busing into Washington, D.C., next month from more than a dozen Army divisions across the force will be sleeping on cots, eating mostly MREs (and hot chow for dinner), and showering in contracted trailers during the Army’s multimillion-dollar 250th birthday festivities, service officials said Wednesday. The soldiers — totaling about […]