Commercial Solicitation on Base

The base commander has the primary responsibility of controlling commercial activities on the installation.

Typical activities a commander may prohibit include:

• Solicitation of military personnel who are in a duty status

• Solicitation in dormitory or Bachelor Officer Quarters common areas

• Supplying squadron rosters or lists for commercial solicitation

• Solicitation by one military member, or the member's spouse, of a military member who is in a lower grade

• Allowing unit facilities that have not been previously so designated to be used as a showroom or store for the sale of goods or services

• Any representation which suggests or gives rise to the appearance that the Department of Defense or any of its components sponsor the company, its agents or its goods or services

• Solicitations at mass formations or before "captive audiences"

• Unfair or deceptive inducements to purchase or trade

• Using any manipulative, deceptive, or fraudulent device, scheme, or artifice, including misleading advertising and sales literature

• Representation and solicitation by Department of Defense (DoD) personnel for the sale of any type of insurance on a military installation

• Use of an agent as a participant in any military-sponsored insurance or orientation program

• Agents using titles such as "squadron insurance counselor"

• Assignment of desk space for an interview for other than a specific prearranged appointment

• Use of base bulletins announcing the presence of agents and their availability

• Distribution of literature to persons other than the person being interviewed

If someone requests an opportunity to solicit unit members, it should be cleared with the base commander.

DoD personnel (which includes unit members) may not act as a liaison for the solicitor, either directly or indirectly becoming the private company's agent, for purposes of on-base commercial solicitation.