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Defense Management: Estimating Impact of Changes to Commissary Access Policy

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Dec. 20, 1996
Report No. NSIAD-97-45
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Summary:

Commissaries are stores that sell groceries and household supplies to members of the military, retirees, and their dependents. The Defense Commissary Agency manages all service commissaries worldwide and has received an average of about $1 billion in federal support annually during the past five years. The Defense Department (DOD) has proposed allowing reservists unlimited access to commissaries three times in the recent past. DOD officials view this policy change as a low- or no-cost way to increase military service benefits. This report discusses the (1) evolution of the policy on military reservists' access to the commissaries and proposals to change that policy, (2) sources of the Defense Commissary Agency's funding, and (3) information needed to analyze the impact on appropriated funds of granting military reservists unlimited access to the commissary system.

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