#FlashbackFriday: A Tale of Two Tornadoes and Sheppard Air Force Base
Early April marks the anniversaries of two tornadoes that struck Wichita Falls, Texas, and Sheppard Air Force Base, 15 years apart.
Exchange History Articles
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Flashback Friday: How the Month of the Military Child Grew Up
The monthly designation was made official in 1986 by Caspar Weinberger, President Ronald Reagan’s defense secretary, to emphasize the role military children play in the armed forces community.
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#FlashbackFriday: The Exchange in Vietnam
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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Flashback Friday: The Exchange’s First Optical Clinic is an Eye-Opener for a Long-Range Vision
The opening marked the Exchange’s entry into the health-care services business.
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Flashback Friday: Remembering the Exchange’s First Woman Commander
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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#FlashbackFriday: Operation Desert Storm Comes to a Close, and the Exchange is There
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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#FlashbackFriday: The Battle of Iwo Jima—and the Exchange in the Pacific, Then and Now
On Feb. 19, 1945—77 years ago this weekend—Marines landed on Iwo Jima.
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#WaybackWednesday: For National Pizza Day, the Story of the Exchange’s Own Pizzeria
Feb. 9 is National Pizza Day, which inspires this look back at Anthony’s Pizza, the Exchange’s own pizzeria.
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#FlashbackFriday: Remembering the Tuskegee Airmen
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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#FlashbackFriday: How a Room for Soldiers’ Entertainment Evolved Into the Exchange
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…