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One in a series of honoring the Exchange’s 125 years of family serving family For the last 15 years, Karolyn Madera has spent her career at the Exchange while building traditions and her family. Madera started her legacy at the Exchange as an intermittent food service worker at Burger King. Working at the Exchange has…
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KADENA AIR BASE — Cpl. “Paul” In B. Lee, a safety equipment technician, and Sgt. Jacob Myers, an airframe mechanic, are far away from home while being attached to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit. Their normal duty assignment is with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron-463 on Marine Corps Base Hawaii in Kaneohe Bay. In the three…
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One in a series honoring the Exchange’s 125 years of family serving family Siblings Kelly San Nicolas and Robin Kaneko have been exemplifying the Exchange’s core value of family serving family for a combined 65 years of service. During her 35-year career, San Nicolas has been a shining example of the Exchange’s “we go where…
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One in a series honoring the Exchange’s 125 years of family serving family With an Air Force Veteran father and a brother in the Army, Camp Foster Sales Area Manager Coley Soderlund knew he wanted to be involved with the military community. While deciding between enlisting and pursuing a career in law enforcement, Soderlund found…
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One in a series honoring the Exchange’s 125 years of family serving family For Frederick R. Crowther, the tragedy of losing his mother ultimately led him to finding his passion. After his mother was killed by a drunk driver when he was just 11, Crowther ended up living with his eldest brother, David, who was…
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Gloria Sylvia, the general manager for the Northern Alaska Exchange, describes her 35-year career as a thank-you note.
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For Lani Chandler, a service business manager with the Kaiserslautern Military Community Exchange, joining the Exchange family was a way to be close to the military community.
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The Exchange’s 125th anniversary date may have come and gone, but the celebration continues in the Exchange Post with another round of history flashbacks and stories of the associates who bring the core value of family serving family to life. In case you missed it, here’s a look at this week’s rundown in the Exchange…
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On March 22, 1972, Northwest Area Exchange associates operated mobile field exchanges for Soldiers searching for “D.B. Cooper,” an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft between Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash. He extorted a $200,000 ransom (or $1.2 million in today’s dollars). He—and the money—were never found.
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One in a series honoring the Exchange’s 125 years of family serving family To Ronald McDuffie, family serving family connects him to his roots planted deeply in his father’s military career. The late Henry McDuffie, a career Soldier, set a good example. “I’ve always admired his values to strive to be the best while being…
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