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Military commissaries are offering sales promotions in February just in time for customers to observe Valentine’s Day, Heart Healthy Month and plan their watch parties for events such as pro football’s big game and the Winter Olympics.
From tank platoon leader in the Army to member of the Senior Executive Service with the Defense Commissary Agency, there have been many highlights in Rogers E. Campbell’s government career. However, for him none of his achievements stand out more than the time he’s spent as executive director, leading the Store Operations Group through the COVID-19 pandemic.
For hundreds of years, getting fresh food to the troops was a complicated undertaking for military supply chains, especially for fruits and vegetables. In the early nineteenth century, the food industry solved the problem with the invention of the canning process, an innovation that has led to some of the packaging enjoyed today by troops in the field and customers at home.
The new year is always an exciting time of review and recommitment, especially when it comes to wellness. Whatever health goals you have resolved to meet in 2022, the commissary is here to help steer you in the right direction with tips, ideas and resources to improve nutrition.
Rogers E. Campbell, executive director of DeCA’s Store Operations Group and member of the Senior Executive Service (SES), will retire Jan. 31, announced Bill Moore, DeCA director and CEO.
Commissary shoppers who resolve to save more and eat healthier in 2022 can greatly help themselves by taking advantage of special in-store promotions and coupons, according to the Defense Commissary Agency’s director of sales.
The Defense Commissary Agency is pulling Fresh Express Sweethearts Packaged Salad Mix products from its shelves in cooperation with a Food & Drug Administration investigation of Listeria monocytogenes, according to agency health and safety officials.
Dole Fresh Vegetables, Inc., is voluntarily recalling from the market all Dole-branded and private label packaged salads processed at its Bessemer City, North Carolina and its Yuma, Arizona, production facilities due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, according to a Department
The Procter & Gamble Company is voluntarily recalling aerosol dry conditioner and shampoo spray products and from Pantene, Aussie, Herbal Essences and Waterless produced in the U.S., in addition to previously discontinued aerosol dry shampoo products from Old Spice and Hair Food, due to the p
Flowers Foods, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 3,000 loaves of Nature's Own Honey Wheat bread sold in six states due to the presence of undeclared milk, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent Dec. 17.
On Dec. 20, 2019, Congress established the U.S. Space Force within the Department of the Air Force. The Defense Commissary Agency is honored to deliver the commissary benefit to Space Force’s service members and their family members, said Marine Sgt. Maj. Michael R. Saucedo, senior enlisted advisor to the DeCA director.
Applications are now open for the Scholarships for Military Children Program for academic year 2022 – 2023. The program, now entering its 22nd year, recognizes the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and celebrates the commissary’s role in enhancing military quality of life. It’s administered by Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping service members, veterans and their families.
The Department of Defense has initiated a recall on Ready-to-Eat (RTE) Margherita Pepperoni Stick products because a sample has tested positive for Bacillus cereus, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent Dec. 10.
Chandra Ramey has been named the Defense Commissary Agency’s general counsel effective Nov. 29.
Ramey, previously principal deputy general counsel since August 2018, fills a position left vacant April 11 when Ralph J. Tremaglio III accepted a position as general counsel for the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA). Ramey had been serving as acting general counsel since Tremaglio’s departure.