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3. Also the commissaries support the social activities on base
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 06:33 PM
Sep 22

There is a small fee akin to a sales tax that supports the social activities on base. This is especially important for the families as those kids have to move every few years and they are often away from their parent's families so the base families become like a substitue family. I am a pacifist but I support the troops themselves and their families. I hate our huge military industrial complex but this isn't the way to save money for anyone. He is just looking to trim the government employee headcount. I grew up going to the Ft Dix and Maguire AFB exchanges they were a nice change of pace from the modern stores.

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