On Wednesday, the Minneapolis Fire Department set up the tent – which was obtained from the Department of Defense through a program coordinated by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. And ...

Old, dusty, olive-drab military vehicles sit outside Rugged Earth Sports near the Circle on Mobile Highway. In a lot next to the store, there are large, faded command-sized tents large enough to fit a ...

LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) - At Tent City, the shelter's fabric hangs by a thread, flapping in the wind. "You can't get into your tents and all of your stuff is in there," said resident Cliff Van Loan. Thanks ...

MORVEN, Ga. — Small-town police departments across the country have been gobbling up tons of equipment discarded by a downsizing military — bicycles, bedsheets, bowling pins, French horns, dog collars ...

Three years ago, 1st Lt. Emily Núñez Cavness was the lone ROTC cadet at Middlebury College, in Vermont, headed for a career in the military. "I would put my uniform on, and walk across campus, and ...

SAGINAW — As a proud military wife, Patti Katter worries little about her own sacrifices. Instead, she focuses on her husband, Kenneth Katter, a soldier wounded in Iraq. She helps other military wives ...

Really. I was having lunch Friday at one of my favorite north Asheville spots and got to chatting with two lovely ladies a few years my senior. One made a point to tell me I look better in person than ...

Note: This column originally was published Sept. 12, 2011. A fine crop of questions this week. Keep 'em coming. Let's get right to your queries, my smart-aleck responses and the real deal. Question: ...