Congress, DoD Step Toward Expanding Access to Commissaries, Exchanges The House version of the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (FY2019 NDAA) includes a provision to allow more veterans...
Exchanges Resist Plan To Merge With Faltering Commissaries The goal is to make the commissaries profitable, reducing taxpayer subsidies for services most U.S. customers get off base
The Exchange Retiree Board Just Got a Family-Focused Member This members of this council focus on a variety of issues. Now one focuses just on families.
New DOD Task Force Eyed For Merging Exchange Services, DECA Plan is to merge the commissary and exchange systems into one retail entity.
Exchange MWR Payout Up 5 Percent as Military Retail Debate Continues The services' morale, welfare and recreation programs rely on the annual dividend to fund the bulk of their expenses.
Commissaries Offer Back to School Savings Commissaries are offering significant savings on back-to-school products to help parents prepare children for the classroom.
Study: AAFES Tied With Walmart for Lowest Customer Satisfaction A new customer satisfaction report ranks the Army and Air Force Exchange Service as lowest in the nation for customer...
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...
