The Exchange at 125: Many Famous People Have Visited Our Stores
In 2019, actor Mark Wahlberg met thousands of fans at Ramstein Air Base to open the military community’s first Wahlburgers, the restaurant he and two of his brothers own.
1954 Then-Vice President Richard Nixon visited the Nouasseur AB Exchange in Morocco.
1959 Comedian George Gobel sampled food from a mobile exchange at McClellan AFB, Calif.
1972 Comedian Bob Hope met shoppers at Japan’s Yokota AB. In 1958, he visited the Yokohama AB exchange.
1977 President Carter visited the Hanscom AFB Exchange
2000 Actor and future California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger attended the premiere of his movie, “Collateral Damage,” at Bosnia’s Eagle Base.
2008 President Bush visited the Exchange to see troops getting ready to deploy to Iraq.
2014 Singer Rhianna visited with troops at Fort Belvoir’s Exchange.
2015 Astronaut Buzz Aldrin signed autographs at the Fort Belvoir Exchange.
2019 Actor Mark Wahlberg met thousands of fans at Ramstein Air Base to open the military community’s first Wahlburgers, the restaurant he and two of his brothers own.
Bet you didn’t know:
Future President Harry Truman was a PX/canteen officer and first lieutenant during World War I at Camp Doniphan, Okla. The camp sat next to what is today Fort Sill.
