Commissaries Get Unexpected $90 Million Boost from Congress A spending bill, expected to be passed by lawmakers, will restore $100 million cut to the Defense Commissary Agency's budget...
Budget Deal Includes 1% Troop Pay Raise, More Funding for Weapons The federal budget deal includes funding for commissaries as well as weapons systems such as the JSF and the A-10 Warthog.
Food Stamp, WIC, Debit Terminals Down at Many Commissaries Some stateside commissaries are unable to process food stamps, and some WIC and debit card payments after the security...
Food Stamps, WIC, Debit Terminals at Most Commissaries Fixed A glitch that blocked commissaries from processing food stamps, electronic WIC transactions or debit card cash back has been...
Shipping Problems Cause Food Shortages at Overseas Commissaries Shipment problems have left many shelves at overseas commissaries bare as DeCA officials scramble to get items restocked.
Commissary to Airlift Items to Fill Empty Shelves Commissaries in Japan and Korea will soon start receiving cold food airlifted from stateside in an effort to end shortages.
Major Commissary Cuts, Price Increases Put in Draft Budget Proposal Commissary officials are planning to raise grocery prices, reduce store hours and cut employees to make up for budget cuts.
Report Recommends Combining Exchange, Commissary Systems The commissary and exchange should be combined into a single agency that would sell some products at cost and others at a...
Pentagon's Budget Proposal Increases Costs to Families A series of changes proposed in the president's annual budget plan looks to drastically change Tricare, increase health care...
Deli and Bakery Counters Close at Nearly Two Dozen Commissaries Deli and bakery counters at almost two dozen commissaries abruptly shuttered late month after the subcontractor operating...
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...
