Commissary Curbs Couponing After Budget Proposal Commissary officials will be cracking down on bulk coupon purchases in a move designed to "protect the commissary benefit."
Troops Have Used Fewer Food Stamps in 2014 Food stamp usage at military commissaries plummeted over the first quarter of fiscal 2014, the first such drop since before...
Senators Present Bill to Save Commissaries Several U.S. Senators have introduced new legislation to save funding for military commissaries in light of massive cuts to...
Navy Reportedly Mulling Ban On Tobacco Sales The U.S. Navy is considering a ban on tobacco sales on all its bases and ships, the Military Times reported Monday, citing...
Commissary Tests Club Section to Challenge Chains A new Defense Commissary Agency pilot program aims to lure shoppers who prefer buying in bulk into shopping exclusively at...
House Panel Moves to Block Cuts to Troop Benefits A House subcommittee offered legislation to reject proposed cuts to benefits including housing allowances and Tricare.
Commissary Donates 30,000 Lbs. to Food Bank The Cherry Point Commissary joined local agencies early this year to donate more than 30,000 pounds supplies to feed...
Tobacco Prices on Base Go Up Under Defense Spending Bill On base tobacco product prices will likely increase thanks to a measure in the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act.
Commissaries Could Soon Carry Generic Items In a rule reversal, commissaries will soon be permitted to sell generic products thanks to a measure included in the 2015...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
