| CATEGORY |
AUTHORIZED GROUP |
| Armed Forces and their families |
Members on active duty. |
| Members of the Reserve Components (Ready Reserve and National Guard; Reservists in training or hospitalized) and Delayed Entry Program personnel. Inactive reservists not otherwise authorized may only use the exchange to purchase necessary uniform clothing and equipment in such quantities required immediately when they are called to active duty. |
| Cadets of Service Academies. |
| Other Uniformed Services and their families |
Members of the Coast Guard, Commissioned Corps of the Public Health Service, and Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) on active duty. |
| Armed Forces and other uniformed service retirees and their families |
Retired from active duty. |
| Retired from the Reserves with pay, and retired without pay (gray area). |
| Others separated from the Armed Forces and their family members |
Honorably discharged veterans with 100 percent Service-connected disability and involuntarily separated service members under the Transition Assistance Management Program. Personnel separated under the Voluntary Separation Incentive (VSI) and Special Separation Benefit (SSB) Programs for two years after separation. |
| Medal of Honor recipients. |
| Former and/or surviving spouses and family members |
Unremarried surviving spouses of personnel who died while on active duty or retired status. |
| Unremarried former spouses who were married to military members for at least 20 years while the military member was on active duty to the Armed Forces. |
| Orphans of military members, when not adopted by new parents, under 21 years old (or over if they are incapable of supporting themselves, or 23 years old if they are in full-time study). |
| US DoD civilians and their family members (with limitations) |
When stationed or on temporary duty (TAD) outside the U.S., or on TAD in the U.S. if staying on base. Also, MCCS MWR activity civilian employees, both active and retired, may use all exchanges. Purchase limitations are no uniform or State tax free items. |
| Other supporters of DoD |
US Federal employees when assigned in areas outside the U.S. Commanders may also allow government departments or agencies outside DoD to buy supplies and services if not conveniently available elsewhere and do not unduly impair service to exchange patrons. |
| Medical personnel under contract to the military DoD Component during periods when they are residing on the installation. |
| Military personnel of foreign nations and their family members when on orders from the U.S. Armed Forces, or in overseas areas when the major command commander grants privileges in the best interest of the U.S. Purchases are limited to quantities for their own use for foreign military members not on U.S. Armed Forces orders. |
| Paid members of the American Red Cross, Young Men's Christian Association, United Service Organization and other private organizations chartered by DoD, when assigned with U.S. Armed Forces outside the U.S. |
| U.S. employees of firms under contract to DoD working on an installation when assigned in areas outside the U.S. |
