U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo, D-San Jose, is trying to save the one of the few commissary grocery stores for military veterans in the Bay Area that could face closure.
At Moffett Federal Airfield in Mountain View, a commissary store operated by the Defense Commissary Agency, or DeCA, provides discounted items like food and household cleaning supplies to veterans and their families.
DeCA is responsible for running the hundreds of commissary stores across the country, providing military personnel and their families an average 24% discount on items, according to the agency…