Rose Lawler, manager at Maineโ€™s Air National Guard Troop Store, told the world recently on social media why she loves serving Americaโ€™s Warfighters.

On Facebook, the 101st Air Refueling Wing profiled Lawler this summer ย during its weekly โ€œWhy I Serveโ€ video.

โ€œI love working with the military and believe in its mission,โ€ Lawler, whoโ€™s worked with the Exchange since 2007, said in the video. โ€œWe go where you go, and we serve the military.โ€

Throughout her Exchange career, Lawler has served customers at Fort Drum, Fort Benning, Hickam AFB, Schofield Barracks, Fort Bragg and Camp Keyes. Her family is all military: her husband served more than 20 years in the Army; her brother is a Sailor; her father was a Sailor; a son is an Airman.

โ€œI have other family members who have every military branch covered, so I can’tย show any favoritism to any branch,โ€ Lawler said. โ€œI really support them all and working with members of the military every day at the Exchange.โ€


Bet You Didnโ€™t Know . . .

The Exchange operates a store at only one location in Maine: the Bangor Air National Guard Base. However, a post exchange operated at Maineโ€™s Fort McKinley from the late 1800s to when the Army coastal defense fort closed in 1947.

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