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…
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,
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…
On Dec. 9, 1956—66 years ago today—President Eisenhower announced that 15,000 Hungarian refugees would be allowed to enter the United States after Soviet troops crushed an uprising in Budapest. Operation Safe Haven, also known as…
In 1966, seeking a location in the central part of the country, Exchange leaders made the decision to relocate headquarters to Dallas after having been based in New York City since the late 1940s. The…
On Veterans Day, the Exchange will mark the fifth anniversary of the Veterans online shopping benefit. But the Nov. 11, 2017, launch was the culmination of a long journey
We sandwiched in some photos of sandwich-specific spots in Exchange history.
On Oct. 25, 1983, U.S. troops invaded Grenada, a small Caribbean island about 100 miles north of the Venezuela coast. The mission, dubbed Operation Urgent Fury, was to rescue U.S. citizens who were on the…
Some 20 years ago, the Exchange played a role in the development of special Army and Air Force editions of Monopoly.
Lou Stallman, who was an Exchange cafeteria worker in 1956, also helped write hits for Clyde McPhatter and Perry Como, and received a 1982 Grammy nomination–for a song he co-wrote in 1965.