The Pentagon is looking for commercial retailers to run commissaries on military bases in the latest push to privatize troops’ quality of life.

The Department of Defense wants to see if private commercial grocery operators or investment firms are willing and able to run 178 commissaries at military bases across the U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico, according to a Request For Information, or RFI, posted to Sam.gov, the federal government’s website for contract opportunities.

Rob Evans, founder of Hots&Cots, a Yelp-like app for troops to rate and review base dining facilities and housing, said the broader privatization push has historical precedent with housing, but it’s unclear why commissaries are next.

“My understanding: you’re privatizing barracks and you’re privatizing dining fa

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