#FlashbackFriday: Santa Claus and the Exchange—Going Where You Go
During Exchange history, Santa has helped provide comforts of home–often arriving in unusual ways.
Flashback Friday
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#FlashbackFriday: The Great-Grandmother Who Deployed—Twice
Fort Sill associate Lena Haddix deployed to Kuwait when she was 72 years old. The next year, she deployed to Iraq.
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#FlashbackFriday: 50 Years Ago, AREA Organized. It’s Still Going Strong.
The seeds for the program were planted as early as 1972.
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#FlashbackFriday: 1982—Hurricane Iwa Hits Hawaiian Exchanges
The storm, which hit two days before Thanksgiving, was Hawaii’s worst in nearly 25 years. It damaged several Exchange facilities but associates responded with the spirit of family serving family.
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#FlashbackFriday: 1983—a ‘BX in a Box’ Debuts in Egypt
The “box” prepared for Exercise Bright Star consisted of four 20-foot-shipping containers—each stocked with a 30-day supply for a thousand troops.
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#FlashbackFriday: A 2010 Grand Opening for a Unique Exchange at Fort Bliss
It’s the world’s only open-air shopping center on a military installation that is open to the public
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#FlashbackFriday: Remembering Former Commander MG (Ret.) Barry Bates
This week, Flashback Friday looks back on the career of Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Barry D. Bates, who was Exchange commander from May 1998 to June 2000. Bates passed away in September at age 78. Bates…
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#FlashbackFriday: 1989—The Exchange and the Bay Area Earthquake
On Oct. 17, 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.1 on the Richter scale struck the San Francisco Bay area. By the time the 15-second quake ended, it was on its way to being one of the…
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#FlashbackFriday: 1992—The Beginning of the Balkans Mission
In October 1992, the 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) unit was alerted for deployment to Zagreb, Croatia’s capital, in support of Operation Provide Promise, a U.N. relief mission to aid refugees coming into the…
