#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…
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…
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#FlashbackFriday: The Exchange in Vietnam
The Army & Air Force Exchange Service was active in South Vietnam from late 1965…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
