For National POW/MIA Recognition Day, #FlashbackFriday looks back on the stories of Guy Charland, William Yingst and Robert G. Glass, three past associates whose World War II stories go beyond their being prisoners of war.
On Sept. 13, 1983—41 years ago this weekend—a tactical field Exchange (TFE) opened in Comayagua, Honduras. Two more rapidly followed in the Central American country, one opening Sept. 17 in San Lorenzo and the other…
Wednesday will mark the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Exchange associates worldwide offered support in many ways after the attacks.
Lt. Col Arthur Kent, an Exchange officer assigned to the Fort Douglas Exchange in Utah in 1956, was a reserve officer who for a time had a parallel career as an opera singer.
“The Post Exchange forms quite a feature in the life of the soldier,” said a report in a Hawaiian newspaper.
It was the strongest quake to hit the island in 84 years, and the strongest to be recorded anywhere in the world in four years
Fifty-two years ago this weekend, on Aug. 3, 1974, an enemy rocket attack destroyed an Exchange at Danang Air Base in Vietnam. Nicknamed the “Gunfighter BX,” it didn’t stay down for long.
From the Exchange Post archives, a look at Exchange family connections to the Olympics as well as ways the Exchange has supported the Games.
From a 1950s commander whose son was a pioneering astronaut to modern-day clothing with the U.S. Space Force photo, the Exchange has several links to the space program in its history.
The Exchange operated in Thailand during the Vietnam War. Elephants, Santa and an astronaut visited.