Full Time Retired Military

deltamaster wrote:

Larryzv7 wrote:
Roy & Lynne, the commissaries did take a big hit with that so-called “sequester,” and most of them have already stopped having “case sales,” which I used to look forward to for stocking up on things at a reasonable price. It would not surprise me, with all of the budget cutbacks and the commissary being part of the DOD budget, if some commissaries did close.

I’m told that Sam’s Club has discount membership for military veterans, and if the commissaries close I probably will be going more to Costco and Sam’s Club. It is my understanding that BX/PX’s are for profit organizations and are run under a different budget than the commissaries. I recently learned that BX/PX’s started out as on base trading posts back in the 1800’s.

I thought the commissary was a self supporting agency as well... not so much for profit as break even, hence the five percent surcharge that is supposed to be used for facility upgrades and such.

Right, the 5% surcharge pays the way - plus baggers work for tips, no pay ... but someone in the budget hearings must have figured out it could "look like" a budget cut if the commissaries close. It always comes down to what it looks like and not what it really is. Believe it, if the commissary closes it will be a disguised pay cut for AD and retired.