User:Andris

I am a Wikipedian since February 29, 2004 and an administrator since July 29, 2004.

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A field ration is a type of prepackaged military ration designed to be easily and quickly prepared and consumed on the battlefield, in combat, at the front line, or where eating facilities are otherwise unavailable. Field rations are primarily used by military forces, though they are also sometimes distributed to civilians as part of humanitarian aid and emergency management. They consist principally of dried and nonperishable foods, including among others preserved and nonperishable precooked meat, vegetables, grains and rice, dehydrated soup, side dishes, desserts and drinks. They took their modern form from the 19th century onwards, with the invention of airtight food preservation, canned food, and pasteurization. Field rations are designed with a long shelf life and can be eaten at any temperature, but they are heated or cooked where possible. This photograph shows the arranged contents of an Einmannpackung Typ 1 field ration issued to the German Bundeswehr in 1974, on display at the Museum of Hamburg History in Hamburg, Germany. It includes, from left to right and top to bottom: an instant-rice ready meal, scrambled eggs with ham and spaghetti, hardtack, a condiment, semi-sweet chocolate, and coffee creamer; liverwurst, strawberry jam, melted cheese, four water-purification tablets, and salt; tea-extract powder, a damp towel, coffee extract, orange drink powder, a matchbook, refined sugar, and spearmint chewing gum.Photograph credit: Sergej Medvedev

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lvŠim lietotājam latviešu valoda ir dzimtā valoda.

en-3This user can contribute with an advanced level of English.

ru-3Этот участник свободно владеет русским языком.

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Some pages that I have written or contributed large part of content:

Yan Rudzutak, Uljana Semjonova, Latvian riflemen, Latvian national ice hockey team, Russian national ice hockey team, Darius Kasparaitis, Tom Barrasso, Janis Dalins, Chris Drury, Subset sum problem, Janis Lusis, Holidays in Latvia, List of political parties in Latvia, For Human Rights in United Latvia, Latvian Socialist Party, Deutsch-Jozsa algorithm, Category:Latvia and subcategories, Category:Chess and subcategories, Young tableau, Brendan Morrison, Latvian National Independence Movement (LNNK), Eliyahu Rips, Sandra Kalniete, San Jose Sharks, Polynomial time approximation scheme, Arthur-Merlin protocol, Advice (complexity theory), International Congress of Mathematicians, ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, PP (complexity class), Helmuts Balderis, Kremerata Baltica, Displaced person, Nikolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky, Gödel Prize, Alexander Mogilny, Salaspils, Vladimir Petrov,United Hockey League, Janis Cakste, Gustavs Zemgals, Alberts Kviesis, Karlis Ulmanis, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, Einars Repse, Toffoli gate, Economy of Latvia, Rolandas Paksas, Arturas Paulauskas, De Boor algorithm, Bellman-Ford algorithm, Arturs Irbe, Sandis Ozolinsh, Karlis Skrastins, Chronicle of Henry of Livonia, Steiner tree, Extremal graph theory