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Tag: Military Compensation and Entitlements

Automated meal entitlement system, food trucks to improve Soldier dining experience
August 14, 2018 — The Army is phasing out its manual meal card system after decades of use, as the service fully transitions to its new automated meal entitlement code system. Some installations have been testing the new system since January, but the deadline for all posts worldwide to transition to the new system is Oct. 1... MORE

Spc. Mary Calkin, a member of the Washington State National Guard, takes a plate of food at the Freedom Inn Dining Facility at Fort Meade, Maryland. The Army will transition from the old paper meal card system to an automated meal entitlement code system by Oct. 1, 2018.