Flashback Friday
On National Hot Dog Day last July, the Exchange Post told you the story of the “AAFES Hot Dog Guy,” aka Exchange Healthcare Program Manager Robin Williams. But did you know that the Exchange also has a Twinkie man? Here’s the story of how Timothy Adams, who was the store manager for Camp Speicher in…
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Charleys’ history at the Exchange began when the sandwich chain partnered with the Exchange with a goal of opening restaurants at military installations worldwide. That goal has been accomplished.
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Despite power outages, closed roads and other challenges, Exchange locations on the Japanese island of Honshu kept stores open and made sure everyone was safe after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck the island in 2011.
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Nearly 32 years ago, on March 6, 1991, Army Central Command for Desert Storm asked that a PX be established in Kuwait. Within 96 hours, the request became a reality.
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On Feb. 25, 1944, 79 years ago this weekend, the Exchange opened a PX on an island that’s a little less than 2,000 miles from Papua New Guinea and about 2,100 miles from Hawaii, and not much gets in the way when you’re headed in either direction.
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Why does the Exchange have gold and platinum albums at headquarters? Also: A look back at an Exchange record shop; associates who became songwriters.
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On Jan. 25, 2011—12 years ago this week—protests against Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s regime broke out in Egypt, where the streets of downtown Cairo were filled with thousands of protesters. Mass arrests, injuries and a few deaths occurred during the protest. Two associates from the Kaiserlautern Military Community Center at Ramstein Air Base in Germany…
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The freed hostages were first flown to Algiers, Algeria, before they were transported to Rhein-Main Air Base near Frankfurt, Germany. The 50,000-square foot Hainerberg shopping center near Wiesbaden, about 25 miles west of the air base, provided support.
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On Jan. 16, 2013, the Exchange’s Wounded Heroes Service Center celebrated its grand opening at Kleber Kaserne, part of the Kaiserlautern Military Community in Germany,
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At 12:30 a.m. Dec. 20, 1989, President George H.W. Bush initiated Operation JUST CAUSE, sending 24,000 troops from every branch of the military to Panama to protect U.S. military bases in the country from an expected attack by Gen. Manuel Noriega’s troops. The operation was ordered after the fatal shooting of a U.S. Marine lieutenant…
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