Food Stamp Formula Shouldn't Factor in Housing Allowances: Advocates Many struggling military families can't access federal food assistance due to the way their income is calculated on the...
Commissary Changes Would Cut Savings, Drive Away Shoppers: Advocates Proposed changes to the military commissary system such as price increases or the addition of a private brand could result in...
Reformers Urged Not to Redefine Commissary 'Savings' Advocates for preserving the commissary benefit warned a House subcommittee Wednesday to avoid reforms that promise to...
Commissary's Senior Enlisted Adviser Makes Guam Trip The commissary's senior enlisted adviser made a bvisit to Guam early this month to examine the produce situation, officials...
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...
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...
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.
Commissary Agency Passes Audit as Lawmakers Seek to Curb Funding The assessment comes despite multiple proposals from some lawmakers and the Defense Department to cut the agency's budget.
2.1% Pay Raise, More Troops, Commissary Changes in Draft Defense Bill Troops would receive a 2.1 percent pay raise in 2017 under a plan released by House lawmakers this week.
Senators Move to Block Plan to Privatize Commissaries A bipartisan group of 31 senators want to block a plan that would privatize some commissaries and likely raise prices.
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...
