Lots of AAFES shops getting the boot in Afghanistan

Military Times’s staff writer Karen Jowers is reporting that Gen, Stanley McChrystal has dropped the hammer on mall crawling in Afghanistan.

“MWR programs across the theater should be limited in scope and tailored for an expeditionary force,” McChrystal said in his Feb. 5th, 2010 FRAGO. “MWR should never be the distracter that changes the focus of the mission.”

It could be hard times for guys on the Red Alert and Pringles diet. More than 50 AAFES concessions would close under the order, including popular fast-food outlets like Burger King, Popeyes and Taco Bell, as well as jewelry stores, souvenir stores and new car sales outlets.

Read all the details what’s getting shut down and when over at Military Times.