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…
With National Ice Cream Day coming up July 17, #FlashbackFriday flashes back to an overseas scoop of Exchange ice cream history.
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…
The first edition did have a name—Exchange Service News—but the folks behind it were looking for something more clever.
Featuring Elvis’ favorite barber and the Exchange where a teenage Priscilla Beaulieu (later Priscilla Presley) got here Elvis records.
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.
Flash back to when the Exchange Satellite Radio Network debuted at the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Exchange in Goldsboro, North Carolina.
National Donut Day’s roots are in World War I. But it’s in recent Exchange history that doughnuts play a larger role.
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…
Exchanges hundreds of miles away spent days cleaning up ash, and drivers had to navigate back roads at speeds as low as 5 mph because of the ashfall.
