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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
