The Army is expanding flexible, technology-enabled food options to give soldiers greater access, choice and convenience.

At Fort Hood’s 42 Bistro, alcohol is now available for purchase, with beer, wine, hard seltzers and ciders sold separately from meal entitlements.

ALA President Steve Rossetti visited the new FEED program at Fort Stewart and saw firsthand how the model can improve soldiers’ access to food.

Industry has an opportunity to join hands with the military to make a real difference.

ALA is advocating for modern on-base food, technology and payment solutions, and greater use of Soldiers’ earned meal benefits.

For American consumer product and service corporations, investing in the on-base military retail and grocery system is not just the right patriotic and compassionate thing to do, it’s the smart business thing to do.

Like it or not, global retail has evolved to a framework with just-in-time manufacturing and delivery, the mass shipment of raw materials and use of cheap foreign labor. It depends on the rapid and free flow of products. America’s military makes sure these arteries are not clogged.

This means giving priority to the on-base retail system directly feeds a company's long-term sales pipeline.

American business leaders must recognize that their operational success relies on national defense, and they must align their corporate strategies to support the system that has their back.

The world as we know it changed on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, when the al-Qaida terrorist network launched an attack against the United States.

In response, the United States launched the global war on terror, with the goal of eliminating terrorist organizations and the governments that supported them, an effort that has continued in various forms to this day.

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the following recollections highlight how military resale organizations were there when the nation needed them most.