Story by T'Jae Ellis | Military OneSource | 06.17.2025
The Defense Department released an online toolkit to help military leaders ensure warfighters and their families – particularly junior enlisted members and single-earner households – have access to affordable, nutritious food....
Story by T'Jae Ellis | Military OneSource | 11.26.2024
Spending time with loved ones and sharing cherished traditions are what make holidays special. But seasonal festivities often come with a high price tag, and nothing dampens the holiday spirit like not having enough money to take part in time-honored family activities....
Story by T'Jae Ellis | Military OneSource | 08.12.2024
The Defense Department recognizes how important breast milk is to babies and has established policies to support breastfeeding moms....
Courtesy Story | Defense Commissary Agency | 09.22.2022
Service members and their families will soon see a 3-5 percent decrease in pricing on most grocery items in their commissaries as part of a Department of Defense (DOD) initiative to bolster the economic security and stability of the military community....
Story by 1st Sgt. Mark Hanson | Kansas Adjutant General's Department | 05.27.2020
Soldiers from the 2nd Combined Arms Battalion, 137th Infantry Regiment, Kansas Army National Guard, have been working along with The Outreach Program to package together one million meals to be distributed to food banks across Kansas....
Story by Douglas Holl | Defense Centers for Public Health-Aberdeen | 05.19.2020
Reports of COVID-19 outbreaks in U.S. poultry and meatpacking plants may have concerned some defense commissary shoppers about the continued availability of fresh meat and poultry. Veterinary health officials with the Department of Defense and Army Public Health Center who are charged with monitoring food safety and food supply for the DOD and Army say although there may be localized supply......
Story by Capt. Peter Shinn | 734th Agri-Business Development Team | 07.01.2010
The 734th Agri-Business Development Team left Iowa July 1 after two separate send-off events that highlighted the strength of the community’s support for the ADT. Some 300 people attended the first event, a Family Send-Off Picnic June 30, and around 1,000 were on hand for the Community Send-Off Ceremony the next morning....
Story by Capt. Peter Shinn | 734th Agri-Business Development Team | 06.30.2010
The 734th Agri-Business Development Team left Iowa on July 1 after two separate send-off events that highlighted the strength of the community’s support for the ADT. Some 300 people attended the first event, a Family Send-Off Picnic on June 30, and around 1,000 were on hand for the Community Send-Off Ceremony the next morning....
