Adding creativity and spice (literally) to your tried and true holiday decorations can be as easy as visiting your local commissary and looking at the items on the shelves in a whole new way.

On Dec. 13, 1636, the Massachusetts Colony created an organized militia that would eventually become today’s National Guard. “We want our customers in the Guard to know we celebrate them every day by delivering the commissary benefit they’ve earned,” said Marine Corps Sgt.Maj. Michael R. Saucedo, senior enlisted advisor to the DeCA director.

Chandra Ramey has been named the Defense Commissary Agency’s general counsel effective Nov. 29.

Ramey, previously principal deputy general counsel since August 2018, fills a position left vacant April 11 when Ralph J. Tremaglio III accepted a position as general counsel for the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA). Ramey had been serving as acting general counsel since Tremaglio’s departure.

Applications are now open for the Scholarships for Military Children Program for academic year 2022 – 2023. The program, now entering its 22nd year, recognizes the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and celebrates the commissary’s role in enhancing military quality of life. It’s administered by Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping service members, veterans and their families.

On Dec. 20, 2019, Congress established the U.S. Space Force within the Department of the Air Force. The Defense Commissary Agency is honored to deliver the commissary benefit to Space Force’s service members and their family members, said Marine Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Saucedo, senior enlisted advisor to the DeCA director.

The Department of Defense has initiated a recall on Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Margherita Pepperoni Stick products because a sample has tested positive for Bacillus cereus, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent Dec. 10.

Flowers Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 3,000 loaves of Nature's Own Honey Wheat bread sold in six states due to the presence of undeclared milk, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent Dec. 17.

The Procter & Gamble Company is voluntarily recalling aerosol dry conditioner and shampoo spray products and from Pantene, Aussie, Herbal Essences and Waterless produced in the U.S., in addition to previously discontinued aerosol dry shampoo products from Old Spice and Hair Food, due to the p

The Defense Commissary Agency is pulling Fresh Express Sweethearts Packaged Salad Mix products from its shelves in cooperation with a Food & Drug Administration investigation of Listeria monocytogenes, according to agency health and safety officials.