The Cobb Chamber in partnership with the Defense Commissary Agency, the Georgia Department of Defense, Dobbins Air Reserve Base and its joint partners is excited to announce a public-private partnership designed to serve National Guard and Reserve members, retired veterans and active duty military personnel and their families through the Military Family Support Center. The Military Family Support Center will hold on-site sales each month, available to retired veterans and active duty personnel and their families who have been granted commissary privileges. The Center is located at 1901 Terrell Mill Road in Marietta, which is the intersection of U.S. Highway 41 and Terrell Mill Road in Marietta and opened on May 19. The support center is open from 9am to 5pm on Thursdays and Fridays, and from 9am to 3pm on Saturdays.
“The Defense Commissary Agency is pleased to provide these monthly Guard/Reserve on site sales at this location. We appreciate the hard work by the Cobb Chamber of Commerce, other local and state officials, and the Georgia National Guard that has made this sale facility possible. While not a commissary, these sales bring the commissary benefit to the area. That benefit is grocery goods sold at cost plus a 5 percent surcharge, and they feature a stock assortment of about 1,000 items including fresh meat, fresh produce, chilled and frozen items,” said Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Stuart Allison, the Defense Commissary Agency’s senior enlisted advisor.
The Military Family Support Center is the first of its kind served by the Defense Commissary Agency. The site is located just beyond the gates of Dobbins ARB and is pleased and maintained by the Cobb Chamber of Commerce and its partners. The Defense Commissary Agency will conduct monthly on-site sales—open to any commissary authorized persons—featuring a variety of items, including fresh meat, fresh produce, dry goods, frozen foods and refrigerated goods. In addition to those items, the Military Family Support Center will offer a variety
of services to authorized users during each sale date.
“The Cobb Chamber and its partners have led a two-and-a-half year effort to bring this service to our military community as a way to bolster support and express appreciation to the men and women who have served our country and retired and to those who are actively serving today,” said David Connell, president and CEO of the Cobb Chamber of Commerce. “In order to bring the Center here, it took the work and talents of many, especially the Defense Commissary Agency. Our local partners include the Development Authority of Cobb County, the Georgia National Guard, and a host of private sector companies, which will be recognized in the Center.”
Currently, the Military Family Support Center is set to operate three days each month. The schedule is available at www.commissaries.com/guard_reserve_sales.cfm. In order to shop at the sale, visitors must present their Department of Defense ID card. To learn about your eligibility for authorized shopping, visit www. commissaries.com/documents/contact_deca/faqs/authorized_shopping.cfm.
Reprinted from EAST COBBER’s June/July 2016 issue
