Each month, the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) brings commissary products and prices to locations that are geographically separated from their regular stores. Properly called Guard and Reserve Sales because they tend to cater to National Guard and military reserve families, they are open to any eligible commissary patron. The dates and locations for November 2012 include:
November 1 – 3
Kekaha, Hawai'i
Pacific Missile Range Facility
November 2 – 3
Charlotte, North Carolina
4930 Minuteman Lane
November 2 – 3
Evansville, Indiana
Indiana Army National Guard Armory
3300 East Division Street
November 2 – 3
Grenada, Mississippi
Camp McCain
3162 James Biddy Road Bldg S220
November 2 – 4
Helena, Montana
Fort Harrison
1956 Mt Majo Street
November 3
Terre Haute, Indiana
955 S Petercheff St
November 3 – 4
Chicopee, Massachusetts
Westover ARB
650 Hangar Avenue
November 3 – 4
Colchester, Vermont
Camp Johnson
Bldg. 6, National Guard Road
November 3 – 4
Fort Smith, Arkansas
Fort Chaffee Maneuver Training Center
Building 7047, Gate 19 Road
November 3 – 4
Redhouse, West Virginia
Eleanor Reserve Center
106 Army-Navy Road
November 8 – 10
Mobile, Alabama
1620 S Broad Street, Box B7
November 9 – 10
Fresno, California
Hammer Field Armory
5575 E Airway Blvd
November 15 – 16
Alameda, California
Coast Guard Island
Bldg. 16, MWR
November 16 – 18
Portland, Oregon
Jackson Armory
6255 NE Cornfoot Drive
November 30
Jackson, Mississippi
Charles L. Sullivan ANG Base
141 Military Dr, Bldg 237
The blue link in each event will take you to the contact information for the sponsoring commissary. Be sure to call to verify dates, times, and locations, as these events are subject to world events just like everything else. I'd hate for you to travel to discover that a detail had changed.
Have any of you ever attended one of these remote location sales? What was it like? Did you purchase things? Did they seem like a good deal to you? As you can tell, I'm very curious!