Commissary history dates back to at least 1825, when shopping privileges were granted exclusively to officers. But the modern commissary benefit was born on July 1, 1867, when privileges were expanded to include enlisted men.

Since then, the commissary benefit has evolved from subsistence stores in abandoned warehouses and horse stables, where customers had to hand their shopping lists to a clerk, to modern, fully equipped stores offering online ordering and pickup with Commissary CLICK2GO.