Military stores prepare for tariffs, aiming to keep costs down
Military store officials expect tariffs to affect exchanges, including the availability and cost of certain items.
By Karen Jowers
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What troops need to know about commissaries and exchanges in 2025
Two benefits that continue to help those in the military community stretch their dollars are commissaries and exchanges.
By Karen Jowers
Approval expected soon for DoD civilians to shop in military exchanges
Nearly 600,000 DoD civilians would get new shopping privileges.
By Karen Jowers
Ex-Guantanamo commander gets 2-year prison sentence for lying in man’s death
Capt. John R. Nettleton was convicted in January of interfering in the investigation of the death of a civilian whose wife he had an affair with.
Outgoing director says commissaries are proving their worth during COVID
Will changes in the commissary benefit over the last three years bring customers back?
By Karen Jowers
New app connects military community to what they need on Army garrisons
Army installations first. AAFES is talking to Air Force officials about a similar app.
By Karen Jowers
Check out back-to-school deals, dental clinics, face masks and more at your military stores
Two more dental clinics have opened on bases, through AAFES partnership; five more to come. Back-to-school savings.
By Karen Jowers
Military exchange, MWR operations hit hard by effects of pandemic
MWR employees are facing an immediate risk of furlough, without COVID assistance, comptroller says.
By Karen Jowers
Taliban in Kabul to discuss prisoner releases under US peace deal
A five-member Taliban team was in Kabul on Thursday to follow up on this week’s prisoner release by the Afghan government that saw hundreds of insurgents freed. It was the single largest such release since a U.S.-Taliban deal earlier this year spelling an exchange of detainees between the warring sides.
UN probe: North and South Korea violated armistice in gunfire exchange
A U.N. investigation into a recent exchange of gunfire between the two Koreas has determined that both countries violated the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, the American-led U.N. Command said Tuesday.
AAFES orders vendors to remove ‘Medicated Vet’ ball caps after combat veteran raised concerns
"Honestly, is this intended to be funny?"
By Karen Jowers