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...
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...
Lawmaker Seeks Investigation into Commissary Produce Price Hikes A lawmaker has asked the Defense Department to investigate changes to the produce pricing structure in Asia and Guam.
Military Star Card Rollout Starts at Commissaries Commissary shoppers will be able to use the Military Star credit card at stores systemwide by Nov. 9, officials announced...
Military Brass Slashes Commissary Budget by $1B Commissary funding will be slashed by $1 billion over the next three years, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel confirmed Monday --...
Military Moves Ships, Aircraft to Middle East as Senator Seeks to Stop US Action Against Iran The U.S. military has moved additional ships and tanker aircraft into the Middle East and hurried a carrier to the region...
‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then, ICE Deported His Wife. For tens of thousands of U.S. service members with undocumented family members, there’s no guaranteed protection from...
Air Force's Bunker-Buster Bomb Could Take Out Iran Nuclear Facility, But Israel Hints at Other Options The Israeli campaign to prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons will be considered a failure if the centrifuges deep...
The Army Parade Was Marked by Quiet Crowds, Trump-Linked Sponsors. But Soldiers Kept Politics at Bay. Despite the mixed feelings, the Army birthday parade was also an overdue opportunity to engage with the public and highlight...
Supreme Court Rules Unanimously Against Time Limits on Combat-Related Disability Pay Attorneys for a class-action suit representing 9,000 veterans argued that a legal interpretation limiting retroactive Combat...
