From a 1950s commander whose son was a pioneering astronaut to modern-day clothing with the U.S. Space Force photo, the Exchange has several links to the space program in its history.
The Exchange operated in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Elephants, Santa and an astronaut visited.
Wheeler, who was also AAFES-Europe commander from 1983 to 1983, passed away June 10.
Fairbanks Dental Clinic, which opened at what was then Fort Hood, increased convenience for military families who previously had to go off-post for routine care.
Pat Wood, the main store operations manager at Fort Hood at the time, earned the nickname “Granny Rambo” after she volunteered to the troubled East African country in February 1993.
In 2004, the Exchange launched an ambitious plan to deliver military Exchange Global Prepaid Phone cards to U.S Military men and women serving in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom.
The Wyoming installation has been an Air Force Base for more than 70 years. But its history goes back to before there were airplanes.
New Guinea was one of many South Pacific locations where the Army Exchange Service opened PXs to support U.S. troops in World War II.
On April 25, 1994, an EF-4 tornado struck Lancaster, a Dallas-area town not far from Exchange headquarters. One associate who was affected by the storm–and is still with the Exchange–shares her memories of how teammates…
Although the Exchange does not currently sell vinyl albums or CDs, it once had its own record store and record-distribution center in addition to record departments at stores worldwide.
