Zach Wright

130 Years of Family Serving Family: Eloisa Lezel Azores, Fort Stewart (With Video)

By Zach Wright / September 10, 2025 /

A military spouse, Azores was a regular visitor at Fort Stewart Marne Express when she saw a job opening, applied and was hired. On her second day of work, Hurricane Helene struck.

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Fort Detrick PX Installs First 24/7 Self-Service Market

By Zach Wright / August 27, 2025 /

Service members living in the barracks on the Maryland post now have a new option for a quick meal or drink—and it’s right down the hall.

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Fort Belvoir Third Grader Wins $500 Prize in Exchange’s ‘You Made the Grade’ Sweepstakes

By Zach Wright / August 20, 2025 /

Bronsyn Dungey, the 8-year-old son of Navy Cmdr. Gibb Dungey, who has served 17 years, received a $500 Exchange gift card for winning third place in the sweepstakes, which honors academic excellence.

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MILITARY STAR Card Ambassador Pushes Big Numbers Out of Small POM Troop Store

By Zach Wright / August 12, 2025 /

Since the start of the fiscal year, Customer Experience Associate Brandie Talavera has signed up nearly 250 students attending the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center for a MILITARY STAR card, raising the average monthly signups from 15 accounts a month to nearly 50.

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Hunter AAF Exchange Upgrades Express, Adds Two Restaurants

By Zach Wright / August 5, 2025 /

Upgrades to the Hunter Corner Express also include an expanded Snack Avenue and new registers, lighting, flooring, fixtures and patriotic-themed décor.

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130 Years of Family Serving Family: Tracey Bernard, Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling

By Zach Wright / July 22, 2025 /

The Burger King manager and military spouse has had a variety of food court and restaurant jobs during her 30 years at the Exchange.

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Connection With Customers Defines Fort Lee Associate’s 45 Years of Service

By Zach Wright / July 14, 2025 /

““When [customers] come into the store, they say, ‘Ms. Sau, I missed you.  You make my day,'” says Sau Campbell, a Fort Lee Express customer experience associate who has spent most of her career at Fort Lee. “It makes me feel good hearing them say that.”

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Paz Johnson head shot with 130 Years of Family Serving Family text.

130 Years of Family Serving Family: Paz Johnson, Fort Stewart

By Zach Wright / July 3, 2025 /

The food court manager, who has been with the Exchange since 1992, talks about working with her sister at the Exchange—and about that time she encountered a moose in a Fort Wainwright Burger King drive-thru.

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Feeding Thousands: Bragg PX Dishes Out Support for President’s Visit

By Zach Wright / June 16, 2025 /

With a week’s notice, the Fort Bragg Exchange team scheduled 22 food trucks and vendors to support an estimated 20,000 Warfighters, family members and civilian visitors, serving about 5,000 meals during the celebration.

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ICYMI: The Week That Was in the Exchange Post

By Zach Wright / June 13, 2025 /

ICYMI: The Week That Was in the Exchange Post This week in the Exchange Post, Exchange Chief Operating Officer/EVP salutes star associates in the latest edition of OPERATION: Call Out; the Army prepares to celebrate a landmark birthday and the Exchange has been a part of that journey; and the Army Emergency Relief CEO shows…

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