U.S. military bases are “not immune” to the baby formula shortage across America, with Pentagon spokesman John Kirby saying commissaries stateside are at 50 percent and overseas bases are at 70 percent of their normal stock levels.
“We’re not immune to the same supply chain problems that other families across America are experiencing,” Kirby told reporters at a Pentagon briefing May 16.
The Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) has been working “very hard” with distributors to address product disruptions and ensure U.S. military families at home and at overseas bases have everything they need to feed their children, Kirby said.
“DeCA is monitoring the current market situation impacting the supply of baby formula. Our assessment right now is that both overseas and remote commissaries are currently at an adequate level of supplies for baby formula,” he said.
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