{"id":38554,"date":"2013-11-22T09:42:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T14:42:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=38554"},"modified":"2013-11-22T09:42:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T14:42:49","slug":"dod-to-close-commissaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=38554","title":{"rendered":"DoD to close commissaries?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief Tango and ohio send us a link from the Military Times<\/a> which speculates on whether the Department of Defense plans to close it’s commissaries, the supermarket for the troops. Apparently DoD has asked the Defense Commissary Agency to submit a plan for closure of all of their stores in the United States, to execute in 2015;<\/p>\n

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the meeting was held within the last few weeks and was part of preparations for the fiscal 2015 DoD budget request that is due out on February.<\/p>\n

That DeCA has been asked to prepare such a draft plan does not mean commissaries would close anytime soon. Even if such a plan was included in the defense budget request for fiscal 2015 \u2014 almost a year away \u2014 it would have to be approved by Congress, where many lawmakers would oppose it.<\/p>\n

The Military Coalition, comprised of more than 30 military and veterans advocacy groups sharing a common agenda, also would fiercely oppose such a plan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I get the feeling that this is nothing more than the pain-redistribution stuff we saw during the government shut-down more than it being a cost-cutting measure.<\/p>\n

DeCA receives nearly $1.4 billion in annual taxpayer subsidies. It has reduced its annual funding requirement by $700 million over the last 20 years, said DeCA Director Joseph Jeu.<\/p>\n

Jeu said DeCA is constantly looking for ways to save money, but added that the agency has no more \u201clow-hanging fruit\u201d to cut.<\/p>\n

But Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev., an Army reservist, said other proposals under consideration include raising the commissary surcharge to 10 percent from the current 5 percent; raising prices by 2 percent to 3 percent to pay for shipping products to overseas stores; and creating an \u201cenhanced\u201d commissary that would sell other products at higher markups.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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