Exchange Celebrates 127 Years of Serving Those Who Serve
Happy anniversary! For 127 years, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service has improved the Quality-of-Life for Warfighters and their families, wherever they are called to serve.
Exchange History Articles
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#FlashbackFriday: Who Founded the Exchange? Both These Heroes Have a Case.
With the Exchange preparing to mark its 127th anniversary July 25, #FlashbackFriday flashes back to the late 1800s and to two key figures in pre-Exchange history. One, Maj. Theodore Schwan, is often referred to as…
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#FlashbackFriday: The Rocky Road Toward Opening an Exchange Ice Cream Plant in Europe
With National Ice Cream Day coming up July 17, #FlashbackFriday flashes back to an overseas scoop of Exchange ice cream history.
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#FlashbackFriday: Chill Out With Some History About the Exchange in Iceland
Eighty-one years ago this week, Marines landed in Iceland to support British troops before the U.S. officially entered World War II. Less than three months later, the Army Exchange Service opened a PX that eventually…
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#FlashbackFriday: The Year the Exchange Post Debuted (It Didn’t Start as the Exchange Post)
The first edition did have a name—Exchange Service News—but the folks behind it were looking for something more clever.
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#FlashbackFriday: A Hunka-Hunka Elvis-Related Exchange History
Featuring Elvis’ favorite barber and the Exchange where a teenage Priscilla Beaulieu (later Priscilla Presley) got here Elvis records.
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#FlashbackFriday: A Rocket Attack in Iraq, and Four Deployed Associates’ Heroism (Update)
Four associates deployed to Camp Anaconda rushed to give first aid to the injured and bring the wounded and civilians into the Exchange building. They were later honored for their heroism.
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#FlashbackFriday: The Year the Exchange Launched Its Own Radio Network
Flash back to when the Exchange Satellite Radio Network debuted at the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Exchange in Goldsboro, North Carolina.
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Flashback Friday: A ‘Hole’ Lot of History for National Doughnut Day
National Donut Day’s roots are in World War I. But it’s in recent Exchange history that doughnuts play a larger role.
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#FlashbackFriday: Serving up Some Exchange Burger History for National Hamburger Day
Saturday, May 28, is National Hamburger Day, which aside from making #FlashbackFriday crave a bacon-cheeseburger inspires this look at the history of the burger in general and at the Exchange. According to the National Today…