Exchange History Articles
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service was active in South Vietnam from late 1965 until April 30, 1975, when the last associates were evacuated by Marine helicopters just before the fall of Saigon.
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In honor of Women’s History Month, Flashback Friday remembers Maj. Gen. Kathryn Frost, the Exchange’s first woman commander, who led the Exchange from August 2002 to April 2005.
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Throughout Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm—which ended in late February 1991—and beyond, the Exchange supported troops in Southwest Asia.
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Feb. 9 is National Pizza Day, which inspires this look back at Anthony’s Pizza, the Exchange’s own pizzeria.
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In honor of Black History Month, we remember first Black aviators in the U.S Army Air Corps, now known as the U.S Air Force.
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Borrowing an idea from the British military, an Army colonel opened a small military canteen that provided merchandise and games that Soldiers had been seeking in town, but now they could stay on post—and out of trouble.
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The actress joined the American Women’s Voluntary Services in 1941, driving a PX truck delivering supplies to troops staying in temporary camps in the Hollywood Hills.
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Before the 2020 opening of the Exchange’s U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys distribution center, the Camp Market DC ensured Korea-area Exchanges had the items Warfighters and their families needed for more than 45 years.
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