A 28-year-old cafeteria manager saw an opportunity to launch a service that provided food for flights Tachikawa Air Base in Japan. He remained involved with the catering service until 1996, and the service still exists…
April 9 will mark the 82nd anniversary of the beginning of the Bataan Death March, the forcible 65-mile march of 60,000 to 80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war to Japanese confinement camps throughout the…
One of the biggest water events in Exchange history happened in summer 1998 ,,,,
On March 11, 1945, the Luzon Base Section Main Exchange opened in Manila. It was the beginning of what became the Philippine Exchange system.
On Feb. 21, 2003, a fire burned through Exchange facilities in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Within 36 hours, the store team had a temporary Exchange up and running.
Flashback Friday looks into the name behind the Frank Chester Recreation Center in Columbus, Georgia. Chester was a longtime city official–but before that, he spent decades at the Exchange.
Pizza had a prominent place at the Exchange, but its history may not be as long as you think it is.
In late January and early February 1978, historic winter storms struck the Midwest and New England. Here’s how Exchanges in the regions persevered.
Thirty-three years ago this week, Operation Desert Storm began, as U.S. Army and Air Force helicopters knocked out Iraqi anti-aircraft facilities and Hellfire missiles destroyed Iraqi radar sites. The Exchange was there in support, and…
The quake, the strongest in 20 years, affected four islands: Terceira, Sao Jorge, Graciosa and Pico. The United States has an air base at Lajes, which is on Terceira. And where there’s an air base,…
