Pentagon Turns Focus to Potentially Privatizing Commissaries, Military Exchanges The Pentagon’s newest push to trim its workforce and spending could mean that on-base grocery stores and shops designed to...
Civilian Defense Department Employees Can Now Shop at Some Commissaries Under Pilot Program The program, which began Dec. 5, is being conducted at 16 bases nationwide.
Effort Underway to Give Eligible Veterans Easier Access to Military Installations Under the new program, veterans who enroll at an installation will be able to show their identification at the gate to get...
All US Commissaries Plan to Offer Home Delivery of Groceries Starting in Late Summer The home deliveries, set to begin in late summer, are planned as an expansion of the agency's COVID-19 pandemic-era...
Commissaries Begin to Phase Out Single-Use Shopping Bags, Starting in Guam, Hawaii The stores in Guam and Hawaii likely won't be the last. California, Colorado, New York and Washington are among the other...
Commissaries Limit Toilet Paper, Other Sales as Shoppers Hoard Supplies Limitations will change from store to store, but directors are authorized to place restrictions on certain products.
The Army Is Going All-In on Food Kiosks as Base Dining Facilities Struggle The kiosks are generally designed to serve 1,000 soldiers a day and offer an alternative or a supplemental food source apart...
How a Government Shutdown Impacts Military Pay, Benefits These are the details from the military on what a government shutdown means for military pay and benefits.
Commissaries Bringing Healthier, Fresh Food Closer to Home for Army Soldiers The Defense Commissary Agency is hoping to expand the new program to the other U.S. military services, officials said last...
New Commissary Chief Eyes Store Improvements, Expansion of Delivery Services Getting the word out on shopping eligibility is one of the ways Defense Commissary Agency Director John Hall plans to draw...
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...
