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 ...

LARGO, FL (WFLA) – Largo’s Armed Forces History Museum is having a sale and everything must go at the museum’s two-day weekend Military Surplus Flea Market. The history museum’s Cindy Bosselmann gave ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the last five years, the Covina Police Department obtained millions of dollars in military surplus equipment through a federal program often criticized for contributing to the militarization of law ...

The Canadian government spent $1.6 million to ship $5 million worth of surplus tents, sleeping bags and other military goods last August to Ukraine, according to figures obtained by the Ottawa Citizen ...

Since debuting their first collaboration last year, Todd Snyder and L.L. Bean have gone on to release full collections with a variety of classic apparel, footwear and accessories. They’ve now added ...

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: ...