#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.
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#FlashbackFriday: The Exchange Officer Who Sang With the Metropolitan Opera
Lt. Col Arthur Kent, an Exchange officer assigned to the Fort Douglas Exchange in Utah in 1956, was a reserve officer who for a time had a parallel career as an opera singer.
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#FlashbackFriday: August 1898—Hawaii’s First Post Exchange Opens
“The Post Exchange forms quite a feature in the life of the soldier,” said a report in a Hawaiian newspaper.
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#FlashbackFriday: 1993—Guam BX Boosts Morale After 8.1-Magnitude Quake
It was the strongest quake to hit the island in 84 years, and the strongest to be recorded anywhere in the world in four years
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#FlashbackFriday: 52 Years Ago, a ‘Gunfighter BX’ Fell—and Rose Again—in Vietnam
Fifty-two years ago this weekend, on Aug. 3, 1974, an enemy rocket attack destroyed an Exchange at Danang Air Base in Vietnam. Nicknamed the “Gunfighter BX,” it didn’t stay down for long.
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#FlashbackFriday: Going for the Gold With Olympics Connections in Exchange History
From the Exchange Post archives, a look at Exchange family connections to the Olympics as well as ways the Exchange has supported the Games.
