#FlashbackFriday: August 1898—Hawaii’s First Post Exchange Opens
“The Post Exchange forms quite a feature in the life of the soldier,” said a…
Flashback Friday
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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…
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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…
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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…
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#FlashbackFriday: Blasting Off Through the Exchange’s Connections to the Space Program
From a 1950s commander whose son was a pioneering astronaut to modern-day clothing with the…
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#FlashbackFriday: We Go Where You Go—The Exchange in Thailand
The Exchange operated in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Elephants, Santa and an astronaut visited.
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#FlashbackFriday: Remembering Maj. Gen. Albin G. Wheeler, 1991-’93 Exchange Commander
Wheeler, who was also AAFES-Europe commander from 1983 to 1983, passed away June 10.
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#FlashbackFriday: 1994—The First Exchange-Operated Dental Office Opens
Fairbanks Dental Clinic, which opened at what was then Fort Hood, increased convenience for military…
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#FlashbackFriday: 1993—‘Granny Rambo’ returns from Somalia
Pat Wood, the main store operations manager at Fort Hood at the time, earned the…
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#FlashbackFriday: An Exchange Initiative Helps Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan Phone Home
In 2004, the Exchange launched an ambitious plan to deliver military Exchange Global Prepaid Phone…
