The Antioch Police Department’s armored rescue vehicle — originally produced to help troops survive explosives set off in Iraq and Afghanistan — will stay on the force until an alternative ...

Well, In the case of the Department of Defense's military surplus give-away program, the treasure is going to local law enforcement, while federal tax dollars are getting trashed.

One of them is our federal surplus program that allows us to take military surplus vehicles and allocate them out to fire departments all across Texas,” Matt says. The program could be a huge benefit ...

Through grants from the Texas Forest Service and other sources, military surplus has been a help to numerous Texas departments, big and small. From two-and-a-half ton vehicles to Humvees, they can be ...