Within minutes, officers from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office, the Oregon State Police and the local police were on the scene, some of them wearing military-issue camouflage Kevlar helmets ...

Law enforcement agencies in the state have accumulated more than 47,000 pieces of used military gear and weaponry since 2006 under a Pentagon program that gives surplus equipment to local police.

Andy and Bax, a venerable military surplus and outdoor store in Southeast ... Inside, they find military camo gear, boots, gas masks, combat helmets, military MREs (Meals Ready to Eat), axes ...

(JTA) — A new website quietly launched by the Israeli military lets soldiers anonymously ... to see if a piece of gear is safe. Only helmets, ceramic body armor plates and tactical goggles ...