Customers at 44 commissaries in 21 states where deli-bakery services had been suspended will see full services restored by the end of June, according to officials with the Defense Commissary Agency.

Military Deli and Bakery Services, Inc., has been awarded the contract, which starts June 1. The company will take over the operations in a phased roll out, with deli-bakery services expected to be in place at all 44 stores by the end of June.

In stores where fresh sushi bars previously had been offered, the rollout of those services should be complete by mid-July, officials said.

Since the end of February, DeCA has been providing limited deli-bakery services at all the affected commissaries except for Fort Sill, Oklahoma, officials said.

The services were provided primarily by hiring many of the former contractor's employees on temporary appointments as government employees. The new contract will allow DeCA to transition the 44 stores back to contractor-operated deli-bakeries, said DeCA director Joseph Jeu, in announcing the contract.

DeCA terminated the contracts with the previous contractor, Nayyarsons Corp., of New Hyde Park, New York.

The 44 commissaries involved (locations with sushi bars are marked with an asterisk):

Alabama: Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base Annex, Maxwell Air Force Base*, Redstone Arsenal*, Fort Rucker*

Arkansas: Little Rock Air Force Base*

Colorado: Buckley Air Force Base*, Fort Carson*, Peterson Air Force Base*, U.S. Air Force Academy

Illinois: Scott Air Force Base*, Naval Station Great Lakes*

Indiana: Harrison Village

Kansas: McConnell Air Force Base*, Fort Leavenworth*, Fort Riley*

Kentucky: Fort Campbell*, Fort Knox*

Louisiana: Barksdale Air Force Base*, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Fort Polk*

Michigan: Selfridge Air National Guard Base

Mississippi: Columbus Air Force Base*, Naval Construction Battalion Center Gulfport*, Keesler Air Force Base*

Missouri: Fort Leonard Wood*, Whiteman Air Force Base

Nebraska: Offutt Air Force Base*

New Mexico: Cannon Air Force Base, Holloman Air Force Base*, Kirtland Air Force Base*, White Sands Missile Range

North Dakota: Grand Forks Air Force Base, Minot Air Force Base*

Ohio: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base*

Oklahoma: Altus Air Force Base, Fort Sill*, Tinker Air Force Base*. Vance Air Force Base

Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Area

South Dakota: Ellsworth Air Force Base*

Tennessee: Naval Support Activity Mid-South (Memphis)*

Texas: Fort Bliss*, Sheppard Air Force Base*

Wyoming: F.E. Warren Air Force Base

Karen has covered military families, quality of life and consumer issues for Military Times for more than 30 years, and is co-author of a chapter on media coverage of military families in the book "A Battle Plan for Supporting Military Families." She previously worked for newspapers in Guam, Norfolk, Jacksonville, Fla., and Athens, Ga.

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