News Room: Quick Facts
- Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA)
- DeCA is an acronym for the Defense Commissary Agency.
- Leadership
- Director and Chief Executive Officer: Joseph H. Jeu
- Worldwide
- From Ankara, Turkey, to Yuma, Ariz., DeCA operates 247 commissaries on military installations around the world.
- History
- Founded in 1991, DeCA is a 'purple' agency and is responsible for all commissaries regardless of military service.
- Prior to 1991, each military service ran its own commissaries.
- Who can shop?
- Authorized shoppers include active duty, retirees, National Guard and Reserves and their family members.
- Savings
- Customers buy groceries at cost plus a 5 percent surcharge which is used to fund commissary construction and renovations.
- A family of four shopping regularly can save more than $4,509 on their total annual grocery bill.
- A single service member shopping regularly can save more than $1,553 a year.
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