Shop your commissary for game-time treats

Just as post-holiday recovery begins, we find ourselves in the throes of the final days of football fever. January is loaded with championships, playoffs and wild cards which means a lot of party food, snacks and dips.

Having put 2017 in the rear view mirror, some military families are turning to the first big deadline of 2018: finalizing their Scholarships for Military Children applications in time for the program’s Feb. 16 application cutoff.

FORT LEE, Va. – Commissaries overseas and in certain remote stateside locations will be open during the government shutdown, the Defense Commissary Agency announced today.

Stateside military commissaries will remain open effective today, with the continuing resolution that ends the government shutdown, said the interim director and CEO of the Defense Commissary Agency.

Commissary patrons have plenty of opportunities for extra savings with February promotions focusing on heart health awareness, the Super Bowl, the Winter Olympics, Valentine’s Day and more.

The Defense Commissary Agency’s new Camp Humphreys Commissary came to life Feb. 7, as hundreds of service members and their families lined up in the bitter cold for the doors to open.

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

The Defense Commissary Agency is rolling out acceptance of the MILITARY STAR card in all its stores to offer greater convenience to service members and their families and further strengthen funding of critical military quality-of-life programs, said Command Chief Master Sgt. Stuart Allison, DeCA senior enlisted advisor.

Oct. 13 is the 242nd anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. Navy by the Continental Congress in 1775.

The Defense Commissary Agency said farewell to a number of employees who recently retired from federal service, many of them known agency-wide for their valuable contributions to the strength of the commissary benefit, said Acting DeCA Director and CEO Michael J. Dowling.