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1. The act of June 5, 1942 (56 Stat. 308) provides that officers, enlisted personnel, and civil employees of the Navy and Marine Corps, while actually engaged in flight operations, may be furnished an aircraft flight ration in kind, chargeable to the proper Navy or Marine Corps appropriation, which flight ration will be supplementary to any ration or subsistence allowance now granted to such personnel. No part of an aircraft flight ration is to be furnished without cost to any person in a travel status or to any person to whom a per diem allowance is granted in lieu of actual subsistence.

2. A flight ration is an allowance of provisions provided daily for officers, enlisted personnel, and civil employees of the Navy and Marine Corps, while engaged in flight operations; on duty traveling aboard aircraft; or on watch in an airplane at anchor during regular meal hours and to whom regular messing facilities are not accessible because of such conditions. The value of a flight ration may not exceed $1.80 for each three meals served when composed of regular and authorized special items of provisions.

3. Flight rations may be issued in the form of prepared meals, ration components, frozen precooked meals, or box lunches. Figure 51-1 properly filled out as indicated, contains all the information required for the issuing of and receipt of flight rations.

4. When officers in a travel status entitling them to actual and necessary expenses or a per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence and officers entitled to air transport service per diem allowance in lieu of subsistence are furnished flight rations, cash payment for each meal so provided will be required at the rate of $0.40 for breakfast, $0.80 for dinner and $0.60 for supper when meals are composed of regular and authorized special items of provisions; $0.85 for each meal when meals served are in the form of frozen precooked meals; and $0.60 for each box lunch served in lieu of meals.

5. Officers in a leave status traveling via aircraft will pay cash for flight rations. 6. When flight rations are furnished enlisted personnel on any day in which air travel

11. All cash received in excess of $50. by the squadron commander or his designated officer representative, must be turned over daily to the issuing commissary officer. All cash received in excess of $50. by the commissary officer may be turned over daily to a disbursing officer but must be so turned over at least twice a week. On the last day of the month, or on the date of detachment of the supply (commissary) officer or squadron commander (or his designated officer representative responsible for the collection of cash), necessary forwarding of all cash on hand will be made so that all cash collected

for flight rations during that month will be deposited with a disbursing officer. In all cases of forwarding of funds, the receiving officer will furnish the forwarding officer with a receipt for such funds.

12. When stops are made en route at suitable hours, it may be desirable for the crew and passengers to have a hot meal in the general mess. The supply officer at the air station where stops are to be made will be informed in advance, usually from the departure report, as to the number of persons on board and time of arrival, so that a meal can be ready upon the arrival of the plane. The prices to be charged passengers and others not entitled to subsistence at Government expense for meals issued from the general mess will be at the rate per meal prescribed in paragraph 51015.

13. The items listed below are authorized for use in flight rations. This list of items includes provisions available for issue from the general mess in the container sizes given, as well as certain special items considered desirable for use in the flight ration. Such other items as are available in general messes and are suitable for use in aircraft may also be utilized. The special items of provisions listed may be procured in accordance with Part C.

Item

Soups, assorted canned

Meats (canned):

Bacon, sliced

Beef and vegetables

Size (ounces)

10

24

30

Beef, corned

12

51010

12

Beef, roast and gravy-

30

Chicken and vegetables

12

Chicken, boned

35

Fish, flaked

16

Ham chunks

30

Ham with candied sweetpotatoes

34

Ham with raisin sauce

34

Hash, corned beef

16

Luncheon meat--

12

Meat and rice dehydrated --

16

Meat and noodles -

12

Meat balls and spaghetti

30

Salmon-

Meat, ground and spaghetti

12

16

16

16

30

30

8

35

18-26

16

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1. The sale of cooked rations, when authorized by the commanding officer, is for the convenience of the Government and not the individual. The food will be the same as that furnished the general mess, and no distinction will be made in favor of meals furnished officers or others as to preparation, quality, or kind.

2. Except as authorized by subparagraphs 3 and 4 below, no meals will be sold to a person in a nonmilitary status without proper authority from the Commandant of the Marine Corps. Request for such authority will state the number and status of persons to whom it is desired to extend the privilege of purchasing cooked rations, the period to be covered, the availability of eating places, other than