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.
House Rejects Proposed Overhaul to Commissary and Tricare The House rejected proposed Tricare and commissary cuts, and will not be included in its version of the defense spending bill...
Some Commissary Price Increases Likely Next Year: Lawmaker Congress will seek to raise commissary prices as part of upcoming 2017 legislation governing the Defense Department, one...
More Paternity Leave, Higher Commissary Prices Proposed Military fathers would receive up to 21 days of leave after a birth or adoption under the compromise defense bill.
SecNav Nominee Eyes Tough Choices on Troop Benefits The nominee for secretary of the Navy hinted that tough choices may be ahead for the military when it comes to benefits.
Survey: Most Enlistees Don't Value Commissaries Most active duty troops, especially enlistees, don't value the commissaries as much as the government pays to operate them.
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...
Senators Decry Plan to Change Status of Commissary Employees A group of Democrat Senators sent a letter to the DoD decrying a proposal that would change the employment status of...
Commissary Won't Release Food Stamp Info Sold to Firms, Attorney Says It remains unclear why the FOIA request for information about the WIC and SNAP programs was denied.
Marine Corps Moves Newspaper to Back of Stores The U.S. Marine Corps has moved an independent weekly newspaper to the back of exchange stores on bases around the world, a...
Trump Reportedly Weighs Immediate Discharge of All Transgender Troops. Here's What That Would Mean. The proposed plan, as first reported by the Times of London, would entail signing an order within days of Trump taking office...
The Best Amazon Black Friday Week 2024 Deals for Service Members, Veterans and Their Families America’s favorite shopping holiday isn’t just a single day, or even a weekend, anymore. Here’s how U.S. service members...
Overseas Troops to See Fewer Sweets, More Sweet Potatoes on Their Holiday Tables This Year For some unexplained reason, the Defense Logistics Agency is shipping 800% more sweet potatoes overseas than it did last...
For Soldiers at Fort Carson, Food Is Scarce As Americans gather for Thanksgiving feasts, soldiers at Fort Carson, Colorado, are contending with a far less festive...
Musk, Ramaswamy Proposal to Slash Spending Could Include VA Medical Services Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes...