Congress first created the military surplus program in 1990, authorizing the Department of Defense to send "excess" equipment to state and local law enforcement agencies for counter-narcotics efforts.

It’s an overpowering mix of leather and plastic from the rows and rows of affordable baseball gloves made from synthetic ... Big 5 mostly sold surplus army equipment from World War II along ...

For the rest of us, there is Federal Army & Navy Surplus in Belltown. 4 or 5: Number of Army and Navy surplus stores in Seattle in the 1970s, according to the Schaloums, the brothers who own ...

A growing number of law enforcement agencies are taking advantage of a program that gives them free surplus military equipment left over from U.S. military campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan and ...

MONROEVILLE, Pa. — From outerwear to military tactical pants to boots, Ralph’s Army Surplus in Monroeville has been offering these specialty items for decades. Next month, the owner will close ...

SINCE 1955. AFTER NEARLY 70 YEARS. THIS IS ONE OF THE FINAL DAYS. RALPH’S ARMY SURPLUS HERE IN MONROEVILLE WILL BE OPEN. THE OWNER TELLS ME HE IS HOPING TO SELL ALL OF HIS ITEMS BY THE END OF ...

Ralph's on film There's no telling what business might occupy Ralph's Army Surplus someday. But for posterity, it is preserved on film in Kevin Smith's 2008 comedy "Zack and Miri." Much of the ...

“His periodic threats to reduce US military support in the region also ... to the US and had a US$90 billion (S$119 billion) trade surplus with Washington as at September, the fourth largest ...

ALBANY ‒ Over the past decade, the popularity of the Armalite Rifle-15 in its many variants has not only become the most popular rifle sold in the United States but a topic of heated debate.

CALGARY - Cher, Anthony Hopkins, Heath Ledger, Alec Baldwin and Tom Hardy are just a few of the celebrities John Cumming met while growing up in his family’s military surplus store. After ...

Military surplus auctions are wild. There are new auctions every week. You can buy everything from uniform items to aviation maintenance supplies -- even operational vehicles. A quick search will ...