#FlashbackFriday: 1999—The Exchange Prepares for Y2K
In the late 1990s, concerns arose about how computers would react to a year represented numerically as “00.” The Exchange began preparing for Y2K more than two years before the year 2000 happened.
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#FlashbackFriday: December 1963—the Exchange’s Morocco Era Ends
Sixty-one years ago this month, the Exchange closed its operations in Morocco, where it had operated stores since World War II.
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#FlashbackFriday: The Pearl Harbor Attack and the Exchange
This Saturday, Dec. 7, is the 83rd anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Flashback Friday took a look in Exchange Post archives for connections to the Exchange—and found stories about a few survivors…
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#FlashbackFriday: The Exchange’s Connections to President Kennedy
Today is the 61st anniversary of the president’s assassination, inspiring this look at Exchange activity with a link to him,
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#FlashbackFriday: 1969—Apollo 12 and a New Exchange Launch (But Only One Has Moon Maidens)
The space-themed grand opening coincided with a holiday theme. Both themes coincided with howling winds and freezing temperatures, neither of which could stop customers from checking out the new store, which replaced facilities that dated…
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#FlashbackFriday: 2014—The Exchange Supports Troops During the Ebola Crisis
Exchange associates became “personal shoppers” for troops who had to be quarantined after they returned from West Africa to the United States.
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#FlashbackFriday: Some Halloween Treats From the Exchange Post Archives
With Halloween coming up next Thursday, Flashback Friday takes a look back at some Halloween pictures in the Exchange Post archives,
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#FlashbackFriday: The Stories of Three Exchange Associates Who Had Been WWII POWs
For National POW/MIA Recognition Day, #FlashbackFriday looks back on the stories of Guy Charland, William Yingst and Robert G. Glass, three past associates whose World War II stories go beyond their being prisoners of war.
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Flashback Friday: 1983—The Exchange Comes to Honduras
On Sept. 13, 1983—41 years ago this weekend—a tactical field Exchange (TFE) opened in Comayagua, Honduras. Two more rapidly followed in the Central American country, one opening Sept. 17 in San Lorenzo and the other…
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#FlashbackFriday: The Exchange Responds After the 9/11 Attacks
Wednesday will mark the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Exchange associates worldwide offered support in many ways after the attacks.