The Guam Problem

So I know I speak for just about every mainland wife who has been stationed in Guam. I hate trying to shop out here. On base is the worse. Now if you're a wife anywhere else you are allowed to bring one guest with you into your exchange and commissary. Out here is the only base in the world where that is not an option. The cause? The locals. The ones that still are allowed base privilages buy for their relatives anyway, so it really hasn't fixed the problem. I definitely have a problem attempting to go shopping for dinner and to not be able to get any meat because the locals next to me have literally a cart filled to the top of nothing but meat. I don't think it's fair that people like this still get access when it causes such a problem for the rest of us. I understand base is cheaper than the local grocery stores but by abusing the privilages that you have, you're making life harder for the rest of us. A lot of the time lately I've had to go off base to do my grocery shopping because the commissary has been sold out. I've found the best way to get food is to go all the way to the opposite end of the island to the Air Force base because their security is tighter which means it's harder for the locals to get access. So usually their food selection is decent.