The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) salutes the Air Force community on their service’s anniversary, which from the start has been served by commissaries worldwide.

Military families have very busy lives and juggling commitments can often come at the expense of family meals at home. Recipes and other resources found on commissaries.com ease the work involved to make those meals happen, which is good since September is National Family Meals Month.

Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Stuart M. Allison will be deploying to Djibouti, Africa, later this month, thus ending his tenure as the Defense Commissary Agency’s senior enlisted advisor.

Commissaries in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia are all open and slowly returning to normal after withstanding Hurricane Florence’s damaging wind, rain and flooding.

The weather will soon turn cooler in many parts of the country, but savings at your commissary are heating up for the fall season.

The Defense Commissary Agency’s new customer portal, MyCommissary, launches Oct. 1, laying the foundation for more ways to shop and offering patrons access to their commissary’s biweekly sales flyer.

Back on Oct. 1, 1991, when the Defense Commissary Agency was activated, some predicted that it wouldn’t last two years. Twenty-seven years later, the agency is still delivering the valued commissary benefit worldwide, and ever-evolving to meet the changing needs of our military members and their families, according to retired Rear Adm. Robert J. Bianchi, DOD special assistant for commissary operations.

Oct. 13 is the 243rd anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. Navy by the Continental Congress in 1775. The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) salutes the Navy community on their anniversary, acknowledging a legacy of valor, sacrifice and distinguished service during conflicts from the American Revolution to the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East.

Sandra Brown, secretary at Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport Commissary, Mississippi, has been named DeCA’s Disabled Employee of the Year for 2018.

Commissaries are offering energy-saving products at extra savings during October in partnership with DOD’s observance of National Energy Action Month.