Field Feeding and Hygiene
Highland Engineering delivers proven field feeding and hygiene solutions built on decades of user feedback. From the fifth-generation Joint Air-transportable Containerized Kitchen (JACK) to containerized showers and latrines, HEI provides everything needed to sustain troops in austere environments.
Joint Air-transportable Containerized Kitchen (JACK)
The JACK is unsurpassed in field feeding. There is no other system with our proven feeding capabilities. We took user feedback and are now providing the JACK — a battle-tested field kitchen system designed to keep troops fed in any environment:
- Feeds up to 825 personnel on Unitized Group Rations (UGRs)
- Feeds up to 550 personnel on pure A-rations
- 3 hot meals per day
- Air transportable and rapidly deployable
- Continuously refined through five generations of user-driven improvements
Joint Containerized Airlift Refrigerator (JCAR)
The JCAR is a single pallet space refrigerator designed to support the JACK when feeding A-rations, ensuring proper cold chain management for perishable food items in the field.
Hygiene Systems
Highland Engineering offers a full range of hygiene solutions to support troop welfare in deployed environments:
- Containerized showers — 5-head and 10-head configurations
- Multiple field shower variants
- Latrines
- Combination units
- Additional configurations available to meet specific mission requirements
Key Capabilities:
- Joint Air-transportable Containerized Kitchen (JACK) — Version 5
- NSN: 7360-01-738-0729
- Joint Containerized Airlift Refrigerator (JCAR)
- Containerized shower systems (5-head and 10-head)
- Field showers, latrines, and combination units
- Full field feeding and hygiene infrastructure for deployed operations
