As a military retiree traveling overseas, can I shop in military commissaries in foreign countries?
The rules for access to commissaries in foreign overseas areas are different than for commissaries in the United States. Status of Forces Agreements or other pacts between a host nation and the United States control access to commissariesand to the duty-free goods sold in commissaries in foreign overseas areas. Based on the terms of these agreements, overseas military commands publish regulations that specify who can utilize the commissaries located in foreign overseas areas. In determining who is permitted to shop in a commissary located in a foreign overseas area, commissary personnel are required to follow the command regulations. For more information on these regulations or to find contact information for a specific commissary, visit the Defense Commissary Agencys Web site at www.commissaries.com.
