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Meal Entitlement Maintenance

Monday, September 17, 2018

What is it?

The U.S. Army has developed an automated meal accountability system, called Meal Entitlement Maintenance (MEM). This system will track and maintain accurate Army-wide accountability of meal entitlements, and the meal cardholders.

What has the Army done/is doing?

In keeping with the U.S. Army’s modernization goals, the Army G-1 and G-4 are working together to update current business practices and processes to ensure they are good stewards of Army resources.

The new system, developed by the Army’s Software Engineering Center, allows for the reading of a meal entitlement code, installed on the CAC, by a military personnel office. Soldiers will be able to swipe their CACs with the new meal authorization codes at any Army dining facility to purchase their meals easily and in a more efficient manner.

MEM will streamline the meal card management process, allowing Human Resource Officers (S-1s) to build unit databases, develop reports and process meal payments more efficiently, especially when Soldiers participates in field duty.

Implementation of MEM is currently underway, and the Army is requiring that all Soldiers will have their CACs updated with meal entitlement codes by Sept. 30, 2018. The Military Personnel Offices can provide more information, on this requirement, to Soldiers.

What continued efforts does the Army have planned?

The Army will continue to use current technology to modernize and standardize its programs to better serve Soldiers and ensure readiness.

Why is this important to the Army?

MEM will standardize the meal entitlement process Army-wide. Automating meal entitlements is strategically imperative to deliver support to Soldiers in a timely manner. MEM allows for a smoother dining experience that help Soldiers to focus on missions and training.

The modernization of the Army’s Meal Entitlement Management process leverages commercial innovations, warfighter feedback, prototyping, and innovative science and technology. This allows the Army to maintain technical and tactical advantages.

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