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.
“The Post Exchange forms quite a feature in the life of the soldier,” said a report in a Hawaiian newspaper.
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
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.
From the Exchange Post archives, a look at Exchange family connections to the Olympics as well as ways the Exchange has supported the Games.
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.
