Military Members/Commissary Shoppers: Introduce Yourself

Air Force here! Hubby is active duty. I served too, prior to my son's birth.
We're stationed at Offutt AFB, just outside of Omaha.

Adrienne

[saammann49]

Retired Army here; Ft. Knox area

[MrsPinecone]

My stepfather is retired Air Force, so I help my mom with the commissary deals.

[hotcouponmama]

Originally Posted by PrincessSophiesMom You would think there would be more than 7! My Dh "officially" retires on Monday! Yippee! Oh wait, now he has to get a "real" job.......:Nervous:

Congrats!!! You have to be thrilled about that. We have 5 more years to go and I am counting down the days til we separate, and I say "we" cause it is a two-man job when you are the spouse of someone in the service.

[couponlover2005]

I am here. I don't shop at the Commisary too ofter thanks to all the Jewel deals (and I live about 30 min from base) so I am not good at posting deals. I just really lurk here. My husband is Navy for almost 10 years. We are almost half way there.

[zookeepermel]

Coming over from DAGG and formerly FW. DH is USAF retired as of Aug. 1.:BigHandWave:

[beckyr11]

What naval base is your hubby at?? Mine is up for orders in oct. and we are desperately trying to find a base in a location we can both enjoy. In addition to trying to be close to my family, the only other criteria i've told him is the grocery stores must double lol.
Becky

Originally Posted by couponlover2005 I am here. I don't shop at the Commisary too ofter thanks to all the Jewel deals (and I live about 30 min from base) so I am not good at posting deals. I just really lurk here. My husband is Navy for almost 10 years. We are almost half way there.

[kjeffrie]

Husband is retired Navy, retired Boeing and just plain retired. I retired 10 years ago from Civil Service. We are in Oak Harbor, Wa. (A great place to retire) Husband was stationed here in Oak Harbor at NAS Whidbey Island.
Went to the Commissary today but didn't find to many new deals. Was told the new sale will start on Tuesday. (We are closed on Mondays)
Kathy

[hotcouponmama]

Hubby and I were having a conversation about the commissary, and he said a while back that there was a law passed that limited the ability of the commissary to compete with off-post stores, so the deals there aren't near as good as they were in the past. He said some of the sales were just amazing. When we were at Ft. Benning, I never saw these deals - I could always do better at Publix than I could on post. And since there isn't one around us (that and I can never find my ID card) I just never shop in there.

[hotcouponmama]

Originally Posted by kjeffrie Husband is retired Navy, retired Boeing and just plain retired. I retired 10 years ago from Civil Service. We are in Oak Harbor, Wa. (A great place to retire) Husband was stationed here in Oak Harbor at NAS Whidbey Island. Went to the Commissary today but didn't find to many new deals. Was told the new sale will start on Tuesday. (We are closed on Mondays) Kathy

Welcome to the board BTW - I grew up in Seattle and used to routinely skip school and ferry over to Whidbey Island. You guys are in a great spot - I love that part of the NW!