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  • After being canceled last year because of the pandemic, commissary sidewalk sales are back. Pictured here is a scene from the Fort Lee, Va., commissary in spring 2016. (Jessica Rouse/Defense Commissary Agency)
    They’re back: Commissary sidewalk sales set for May

    Most of the sales will be held over two or three days in May.

    Karen Jowers
    8 hours ago
  • Michelle Farley of Lincoln, an Air Guard spouse, receives her first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine March 6, at the Nebraska National Guard Joint Force Headquarters in Lincoln. (Maj. Scott Ingalsbe/Nebraska National Guard)
    Troops and families report mixed results in COVID vaccine availability

    Some bases are making it easy to get shots for those eligible; others are scouring availability in the civilian community.

    Karen Jowers
    6 days ago
  • First lady Jill Biden speaks at a virtual event with military families from around the world as part of the White House initiative to support military and veteran families Wednesday. (Andrew Harnik/AP)
    First lady to focus on military spouse employment, child care, children’s education

    Efforts will focus on decades-old challenges of military families.

    Karen Jowers
    6 days ago
  • Movers at a housing area on Fort Benning, Ga., load the household goods of an Army family. (Markeith Horace/Fort Benning)
    Senior military leaders considering increasing household goods weight allowances for troops

    The Army has also taken steps to improve this year's moving experience, such as giving more lead time for orders.

    Karen Jowers
    March 23
  • DoD is providing grants to help address the issue of portability of professional licenses between states for military spouses. In this 2018 photo, spouses at Dover Air Force Base, Del., talk with local employers at a career information fair. (Staff Sgt. Aaron J. Jenne/Air Force)
    New push aims to ease burden for military spouses transferring professional licenses

    Funds will help address license reciprocity in the fields of teaching, social work, cosmetology, massage therapy and dentistry/dental hygiene.

    Karen Jowers
    March 19
  • Dona Schulte, an IRS-trained volunteer, helps an airman with taxes at the tax center at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. (Senior Airman Alexi Bosarge/Air Force)
    You have an extra month to file your federal tax returns

    IRS gives you until May 17 to file your taxes.

    Karen Jowers
    March 18
  • A Navy Exchange associate delivers merchandise to a customer at the designated curbside pickup parking lot at the Pearl Harbor Navy Exchange. (Courtesy photo by Stephanie Lau-Abdul, NEX Pearl Harbor)
    Here’s how military stores are increasing your shopping options

    Military stores are increasing their online ordering/in-store pickup options, like commercial stores have done during the pandemic.

    Karen Jowers
    March 16
  • Senators want answers from DoD and HUD about their enforcement of housing rights for military families with disabilities. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
    Landlords may not be providing enough housing for military families with disabilities: senators

    Are privatized housing landlords following the law? Senators want to know.

    Karen Jowers
    March 12
  • U.S. officials have worked out an agreement with European Union officials to temporarily resolve an issue with shipments to commissaries in Europe. Here, a cashier rings up a customer's purchases at the Ramstein Air Base commissary in Germany. (DeCA photo)
    Agreement prevents near-term shortages on commissary shelves in Europe, officials say

    There will be enough stock of these dry food items like baby formula and pet food to support commissary customers in Europe at least through mid-June.

    Karen Jowers
    March 12
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