http://www.militarytimes.com/story/mili ... /76302160/But finalizing the annual defense authorization bill is a significant step forward in that larger process, and gives Pentagon planners a host of other policy updates as well:
Allowing personal firearms on stateside bases — Lawmakers are requiring Defense Secretary Ash Carter to develop a plan by the end of this year that would allow stateside base commanders to decide whether to allow their service members to carry personal firearms on duty, or in areas where that is currently restricted by the military. Any such plan would not supercede local laws.
As a military retiree and DoD employee, I hope this will allow us (wife and I)to start carrying to and from work, to and from BX/PX and commissary and maybe even while at work.