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Scholarships for Military Children application deadline of Feb. 14 is fast approaching
February 12, 2024 — The Feb. 14 deadline to submit applications to the Scholarships for Military Children program, administered by the nonprofit Fisher House Foundation, is almost here. A total of 500 scholarship grants, each for $2,000, will be awarded for the 2024-25 school year with at least one recipient selected at every military commissary store location where qualified applications are received... MORE

Commissaries remind former POWs, Purple Heart recipients, disabled veterans, certified caregivers of their shopping privileges
April 4, 2023 — Knowledge is power, and the Defense Commissary Agency is on a mission to boost the economic security of every eligible patron with information about their commissary benefit. That outreach includes the millions of disabled veterans, certified caregivers, Purple Heart recipients and former prisoners of war who were granted commissary, exchange and MWR retail shopping privileges on Jan. 1, 2020, under the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act of 2018... MORE

DeCA ‘purples up’ in April for military children with drawing contest, exclusive savings on products
March 30, 2023 — April is celebrated as the Month of the Military Child, and this year’s theme, “Taking Care of Our Military Children,” promotes the variety of support available from the Defense Commissary Agency to help military children thrive... MORE

April is celebrated as the Month of the Military Child, and this year’s theme, “Taking Care of Our Military Children,” promotes the variety of support available from the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) to help military children thrive.

Department of Defense action lowers prices on most commissary items
October 14, 2022 — The Department of Defense recently announced that it will fully fund the nearly 240 commissaires around the world operated by the Defense Commissary Agency, allowing savings to be passed on to commissary patrons... MORE

Military customers worldwide will be able to evaluate their stores through the annual Commissary Customer Service Survey, or CCSS, starting Aug. 22.

DOD invests extra funding in commissary benefit to help reduce prices, strengthen economic security of military families
September 27, 2022 — Service members and their families will soon see a 3% to 5% decrease in pricing on most grocery items in their commissaries as part of a Department of Defense initiative to bolster the economic security and stability of the military community... MORE

DeCA asks 'How are we doing?'
August 18, 2022 — Military customers worldwide will have the opportunity to evaluate their stores through the annual Commissary Customer Service Survey, or CCSS, starting Aug. 22... MORE

Commissaries work with distributors to address baby formula availability, implement shopping limits to ensure equal access
May 24, 2022 — The Defense Commissary Agency, or DeCA, is implementing shopping limits on select specialty baby formula items as the agency works with its distributors to increase supply levels... MORE

Commissaries work with distributors to address baby formula availability and implement shopping limits to ensure equal access
May 18, 2022 — The Defense Commissary Agency, or DeCA, is implementing shopping limits on select specialty baby formula items as the agency works with its distributors to increase supply levels... MORE

Facemasks required at all military commissaries
December 3, 2021 — The Defense Commissary Agency requires patrons and employees at all commissary and DeCA facilities to wear a mask/face covering. This includes all DeCA facilities across Joint Base San Antonio... MORE

The Defense Commissary Agency requires patrons and employees at all commissary and DeCA facilities to wear a mask/face covering. This includes all DeCA facilities across Joint Base San Antonio.

Commissary, AAFES offer convenient new choices for customers
August 30, 2021 — Customers of the commissary and Army and Air Force Exchange Service food concessions at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston now have new choices to help make their lives a little easier and more convenient... MORE

JBSA-Randolph residents ensure commissary opens during winter storm
March 5, 2021 — Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph residents volunteered to stock and replenish food items at the base commissary after winter storms caused record low temperatures, interrupted services and increased demand for grocery items, Feb. 17, 18, and 22, 2021... MORE

Commissary customers wait to enter the store following winter storms at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Feb. 19, 2021.

DeCA nominates FSH commissary worker for DOD 2020 Outstanding Disabled Employee of the Year
September 18, 2020 — The legally blind Marcus Montague, who has worked at the Fort Sam Houston commissary for six years, was nominated in May for the 2020 Annual Secretary of Defense Awards for Components and Individuals... MORE

The legally blind Marcus Montague, who has worked at the Fort Sam Houston commissary for six years, was nominated in May for the 2020 Annual Secretary of Defense Awards for Components and Individuals.

Food safety month: Commissaries reinforce customers' awareness of foodborne illnesses
August 28, 2020 — Although the COVID-19 pandemic has upped our public safety awareness, consumers cannot afford to lose track of the precautions recommended to help protect against foodborne illnesses... MORE

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has upped our public safety awareness, consumers cannot afford to lose track of the precautions recommended to help protect against foodborne illnesses.

Commissaries worldwide selling reusable, disposable protective masks
July 10, 2020 — Commissaries worldwide are now selling reusable and disposable protective masks, the Defense Commissary Agency’s director of sales announced... MORE

Commissaries worldwide are now selling reusable and disposable protective masks.

Officials forecast no meat, produce shortages in commissaries
May 20, 2020 — Veterinary health officials with the Department of Defense and Army Public Health Center who are charged with monitoring food safety and food supply for the DOD and Army say although there may be localized supply issues outside of the continental United States, there are no forecasted shortages of meat, poultry or produce... MORE

Some commissaries place shopping limits on fresh beef, poultry, pork
May 6, 2020 — Commissaries in the continental United States, along with Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, have placed shopping limits on fresh beef, poultry and pork effective May 1. The Defense Commissary Agency, or DeCA, is implementing these shopping limits in response to anticipated shortages in the supply chain impacted by the closures of various U.S. beef/pork/poultry processing plants, said retired Rear Adm. Robert J. Bianchi, Department of Defense special assistant for commissary operations. ... MORE

Commissaries in the continental United States, along with Alaska, Hawaii and Puerto Rico, have placed shopping limits on fresh beef, poultry and pork effective May 1.

JBSA Commissaries, Exchanges require patrons to wear face covers
April 10, 2020 — Commissaries and Army and Air Force Exchange Service facilities on Joint Base San Antonio now require all store employees and customers to wear some form of face covering in order to enter the store as of April 10... MORE

Commissaries and Army and Air Force Exchange Service facilities on Joint Base San Antonio now require all store employees and customers to wear some form of face covering in order to enter the store as of April 10.

Commissaries, support facilities designated mission-critical as part of DOD’s COVID-19 response
March 30, 2020 — The Defense Commissary Agency’s stores, central distribution centers and its central meat processing plant have been designated mission-critical in DOD’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic... MORE