I know I keep on posting new threads but I have a nother question, Ok i've never shopped at a MIlitarty base what do i expect when I go??? Like can I buy stuff there? or things like what? I know I prolly sound stupid but I wanna go, I just dont know what to expect lol. :neutral The only time I went there was to get my MIlitary id.

what do you mean shop at a military base?

There are several different stores on post. :)

There is the commissary, the grocery store.
The PX/BX/NEX its like a department store
they sometimes have little smaller stores/consessions inside the px/bx/nex mall.
depending on your base there are random little stores scattered on post (thats what ours was like in germany)
Some places even have thrift stores. Ours in germany was awesome but the one here totally sucks.

At each store you will 99% be required to show id either going in the door, at check-out or both. The commissary charges a surcharge of 5% and the PX/NEX/BX is tax free and often price match local stores :D

what do you mean shop at a military base?

well i mean on base cuz my hubbys recrutier told me that i could buy stuff there or sumthing like that.

i meant like the commissary or whatnot. but yeah what bunkie said

There are several different stores on post. :)

There is the commissary, the grocery store.
The PX/BX/NEX its like a department store
they sometimes have little smaller stores/consessions inside the px/bx/nex mall.
depending on your base there are random little stores scattered on post (thats what ours was like in germany)
Some places even have thrift stores. Ours in germany was awesome but the one here totally sucks.

At each store you will 99% be required to show id either going in the door, at check-out or both. The commissary charges a surcharge of 5% and the PX/NEX/BX is tax free and often price match local stores :D


:yes yea she pretty much said it all :)

yep if you got an ID you can shop there.

Be prepared to have some cash/coins on hand to tip the baggers at the commissary if you're grocery shopping... no one told me about this the first time I went, and I felt like a jackass because I never carry cash :(

Be prepared to have some cash/coins on hand to tip the baggers at the commissary if you're grocery shopping... no one told me about this the first time I went, and I felt like a jackass because I never carry cash :(

I can't believe I forgot this. As a bagger for 3 years and a head bagger for 1.5. Shame on me. Please tip your bagger they ONLY work for tips and a lot of people dont know this. On paydays though they make a killing so you dont have to go crazy. Bagging is hard work especially when your customers treat you like dirt. Please tip your baggers!!!

I was going to PM you this, but you have your PM's shut off for some reason. But I see you are from Sinton, TX. Where you planning on shopping at Ingleside? Or over at Corpus Christi?

Ingleside doesn't have a Commisary (Food), but they have a very, very small NEX. If I were you I would go over to NAS Corpus cause they have everything, commisary,exchange and such.

Good Luck

o really my bad i didnt know i had my pms i dont even know how to turn them on lol, but i will mess with it. umm i was gonna go to the one in ingleside because i never been to the one in cc yet. but i will mess wit it to see if i can turn it on.