Military folk up in arms over commissary closing.

Byline: Trevor Maxwell

Aug. 11--TOPSHAM -- Like thousands of other veterans and military family members in southern Maine, Gregory Dunn heard rumblings that the Brunswick-Topsham commissary would close this year along with the Brunswick Naval Air Station. But he never imagined it would happen. Dunn, who retired from the Navy in 1999 after a 20-year career, was angry after learning this week that the Department of Defense will shut down the commissary, which sells groceries and other goods to military families at deeply discounted prices. All four members of Maine's congressional delegation have vowed to fight for a reversal of Tuesday's decision. If they are unsuccessful, the 37-year-old commissary will close Oct. 8. "The government just put us on the chopping block and cut us off," said Dunn, a Louisiana native who fell in love with Maine while he was stationed here. The commissary was one of the major reasons Dunn and his wife were able to retire to Brunswick. Without it, he said, people on fixed incomes will …