You may have heard this week about a certain social media site’s rebranding, which inspires this look back at the Exchange’s own brand, which debuted nearly 13 years ago. On Sept. 17, 2010, a 77,000-square-foot…
In July 1940, the first World War II PX in Alaska opened in three storage tents, a small beginning of what would soon become an exchange system spread across the vast state. Here are some…
The registered nurse, who was based at Exchange headquarters, was among the Red Cross volunteers who helped survivors of the Andrea Doria shipwreck in 1956.
National Fried Chicken Day was Thursday, but nobody said you can’t celebrate it (or keep celebrating it) today, or throughout the weekend. So Flashback Friday has prepared a bucketful of items about fried chicken in…
During the Revolutionary War—the American Articles of War enacted rules and regulations for “civilian traders [who] were given sales commissions to supply General Washington’s army with chewing tobacco, snuff, blankets, knives and other items of…
The Dan Daniel Distribution Center held its grand opening on June 24, 1988. Here’s some info about the DC and the person it was named for.
On June 11, 2003, the Exchange opened the first Burger King in Iraq. en days after it opened, it set a single-day sales record for Exchange Burger Kings.
June 9 is National Movie Night, which inspires this cinematic look back.
Guam has been in the news lately because of Typhoon Mawar. The island’s connections to the Exchange date back more than 100 years.
During World War II, exchanges were active in China, Burma and India, where they faced transportation challenges and other dangers.