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.
Exchange History Articles
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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…
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#FlashbackFriday: Betty White’s Connection to the Exchange
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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The Exchange’s Korea Distribution Center: A Brief History
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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#FlashbackFriday: How the Exchange Provided Support During the Cuban Missile Crisis
For 13 tense days in October 1962, United States and the Soviet Union had a confrontation over Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. Throughout the crisis, Exchanges came together to provide support.
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#FlashbackFriday: Tracking MFEs Through Exchange History
Due to their high demand in assisting with Operation Allies Welcome (OAW), mobile field exchanges, known as MFEs, have received a lot of attention recently. In mid-September, all but two of the Exchange’s 11 U.S.-based…