I was just done." Luckily, Bellavia didn’t have to rely on an MRE spoon. And while Gerber’s Rex Applegate tactical folding knife has been discontinued for years, you can still pick up variants ...

True to his Marine nature, he once used his Ka-Bar knife to open up his MRE and it connected with his left index finger, leaving a scar over the knuckle that he still has as a reminder.