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"Spouses feel they are unable to advocate effectively for their families."

In what's being billed as the largest expansion of new shoppers in the military commissary system in 65 years, veterans will be allowed back into many of the same retail outlets they had access to while in uniform starting on Jan. 1, 2020, thanks to a measure put in to the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act.

The Army is looking for some fresh body parts — $32.5 million worth, to be precise

Four U.S. special operators along with a British service member and a Malian security guard allegedly broke into Melgar's room to make a video of Melgar being restrained and sexually assaulted.

Well, of course it is.

The Marine Corps is loading up one of its experimental unmanned ground vehicle with a buttload of firepower

"Jason was a noble American serving his nation while deployed as a 609th Air Operations Center civilian intelligence analyst at Al Udeid Air Base."

He was facing up to 70 years behind bars if all the charges stuck, but now he's getting five years probation. How'd that happen?

Colt, one of the nation's largest and best-known gunmakers, will stop producing AR-15s for the civilian market, the company said this week

"I have real concerns about using fifth-generation aircraft to strike a bunch of terrorists hiding in the bushes."

If diamond are a girl's best friend, then pearls may soon be a soldier's — sort of

The U.S. has to make hard choices about whether spending that money is worth it. Unfortunately, our approach has been that of the Yankees great Yogi Berra. "When faced with a fork in the road, take both."

Kathleen Noftle was arrested and charged on Sept. 18 with diluting morphine meant for her dying veteran patients so she could take it for personal use

U.S. Forces Korea announced this week that the curfew would be suspended through Dec. 17. Don't do anything stupid

It's about damn time

"It is extremely painful anytime we lose a member of our Army Special Operations family," said Lt. Col. Loren Bymer, a spokesman for U.S. Army Special Operations Command. "Providing support to their loved ones and honoring their service and sacrifice is a continued priority."

Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition Will Roper stated on Tuesday that the service intends to kick off the Agility Prime program this fall to "look into where commercial innovation is going in flying cars" for potential applications to Pentagon's high-speed vertical lift capabilities

It's not just for operators.

If the Army's Next Generation Squad Weapon program is supposed to produce the iPhone of lethality, then the service is looking for as many killer apps as possible

Army leaders everywhere can breath a sigh of relief.