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...
Tennessee Man Shot Dead After Flipping Middle Finger at War Memorial Albert Sturgill Jr., 63, was confronted by a group while gesturing at the flag and monuments at Cumberland County Veterans...
Chicago Braces for Potential National Guard Deployment Amid Trump Threats Illinois politicians are sounding an alarm and bracing for possible National Guard deployments to Chicago amid President...
9/11 Air Defense Stories You Might Not Know As hijacked planes turned into weapons on September 11, 2001, inside a quiet Air National Guard facility in upstate New York...
Is Trump's Troop Buildup in US Cities a Declaration of War — or Something Else? As President Donald Trump goads Democratic-led cities, Americans are grappling with a fundamental question of American...
Navy Demotion Reversed for GOP Congressman Who Government Watchdog Found Abused Subordinates Jackson was quietly demoted to captain in 2022, three years after his retirement from the Navy, following an inspector...