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Snapshots of what’s happening in the Defense Department.

A sports bar wrapped in military-themed packaging.

Performance Bar

The Performance Readiness Bar is a calcium- and vitamin D-fortified snack bar developed under the research guidance of the U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine’s Military Nutrition Division. The new snack was prompted by military health researchers’ realization that basic trainees are doubly vulnerable to bone injury.

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