The Pentagon is shrinking the Army to its pre-World War II size. The brunt of overall Defense cuts is being felt by military families. Housing allowance and pay raise cuts only make it worse. 5 military wives share their stories, in their own words, edited for clarity.
A military family could see grocery bills go up by $3,000 a year under the latest Pentagon budget proposal.
The Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Wednesday to restore military pension increases, which is good news for 750,000 military retirees who had tens of thousands of dollars at stake.
With billions in budget cuts hitting the Department of Defense, some say it's affecting military readiness while others say there's plenty of frivolous spending.
More military families used food stamps to buy milk, cheese, meat and bread at military grocers last year.
