Unlimited Commissary Privileges For Guardsmen...
Just In Time For The Holidays!

 

Just in time for the holidays...

Forgot that loaf of bread and gallon of milk?  Afraid you don’t have enough visits left at the commissary to stop for only a few items?  Think again.  In 1999 Congress voted to expand the number of commissary visits for National Guard and Reservists from 12 to 24 annually.  Now, effective 24 Nov 03, the 2004 Defense Authorization Act gives these citizen-soldiers unlimited commissary privileges!

In addition to all current members of the National Guard and the reserve branches of all US military, the following members and their dependents will be permitted unlimited access to commissary stores:

  • Members of the Ready Reserve (which includes members of the Selected
    Reserve, Individual Ready Reserve and Inactive National Guard) and members of the Retired Reserve who possess a Uniformed Services Identification Card.
  • Former members eligible for retired pay at age 60 but who have not yet
    attained the age of 60 and who possess a Department of Defense Civilian Identification Card.
  • Dependents of the members described above who have a Uniformed Services
    Identification Card or who have a distinct identification card used as an authorization card for benefits and privileges administered by the Uniformed Services.

There are seven DoD commissaries located in Washington:

  • Bangor Naval Submarine Base
  • Bremerton Naval Station
  • Fairchild Air Force Base
  • Fort LewisMcChord Air Force Base
  • Smokey Point Naval Support Center
  • Whidbey Island Naval Air Station

For more information about the Defense Commissary Agency, see their Web site.

Mr. Patrick Nixon, the deputy director of the Defense Commissary Agency commented, "I want to thank Congress and the Department of Defense for their efforts in bringing the commissary shopping privilege to the total force, thus making full time shopping possible for the men and women who serve their nation in the National Guard and Reserve."

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