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According to the following article, DOD officials have told the agency responsible for operating military commissaries – stores where active and retired military families buy their groceries – to prepare a plan to close all stores in the United States!
A major slap in the face for those who serve and have served this nation!
Fortunately, Congress would have to approve it and it's not planned until the 2015 budget when, hopefully, the GOP will have kept and gained control there to put stop to this.
Veterans – remember this when you go to the voting booth in 2014 – your future depends on it.
Moderator cut: Title of the thread changed "Another Plan by Obama to Screw the Troops" to "DoD seeks plan to shut all U.S. commissaries".
There is no mention of Obama in the article.
This proposal was thrown out by the DOD on purpose, to get a shock value from people or budget cuts.
The DOD has plenty of waste to cut, but they do not want to, so they are going to try/threaten to make cuts where it hurts so they can get all the money they ask for.
Obama has nothing to do with this, this is a DOD decision, so you should be asking yourself "why is the DOD requesting this?" Well, the reason is as I already stated.
The DOD is perhaps the most arogant department when it comes to cuts. They will do anything not to get even a penny cut, and will cry and scream over a nickle. The only way to actually cut the DOD is to implement mandatory across the board cuts.
So, instead of blaming Obama, blame the DOD, they are the ones making these decisions.
We have been a Costco and Sam's club member for probably over 15 years. They have been more convenient for us over the Commissary. If they were five miles away or if my wife still worked on a base we might use the Commissary more often.
I would not consider that "Source" as valid. A few people (11 posts)jabbering over eight years ago... Read through this thread, where Commissary use posts should be, for some actual comparisons: How Many Of You Use The Commissary System?
Last edited by Poncho_NM; 11-22-2013 at 08:10 PM..
This is part of a much larger DOD review. Ina addition to the closings, they are looking at exclusive retailers such as Walmart, Target, Costco, Safeway, etc. being contracted to operate the commissaries and other base retail operations.
They are also looking at systems similar to what some foreign military have, eligible members receive a card that discounts their purchase as a specific retailer. So you have a special card for let’s say Target that automatically discount your purchases by a set percentage at any of their locations and online. This essentially will shutter commissaries and turn all locations of the selected retailer into a commissary.
The DOD is under intense pressure to reduce spending and just about any and everything that will save money is being looked at. Some ideas are considered and tossed; others are set aside for further review. So, if you hear something, remember it may just be the next option being reviewed. As a military person or veteran, I’m hoping you are all mature enough to not jump to the ridiculous, sky is falling conclusions civilians jump to whenever they hear some tidbit of talk... or am I wrong?
The prices at Costco are usually better anyway, with higher quality. No loss here. Not impressed with the PX at Nellis.
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