#FlashbackFriday: The Scoop on Ice Cream and the Exchange
July is National Ice Cream Month, so here’s a look at the role ice cream has played in Exchange history.
History
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Flashback Friday: Arnold joins Exchange associates for a movie premiere in Bosnia
The first installment of the Exchange Post’s #FlashbackFriday series takes us back to 2002, when Exchange associates in Bosnia got to see the world premiere of a movie, accompanied by that movie’s big star. Big…
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The Exchange at 125: D.B. Cooper and the Exchange
On March 22, 1972, Northwest Area Exchange associates operated mobile field exchanges for Soldiers searching for “D.B. Cooper,” an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 aircraft between Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash. He extorted…
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The Exchange at 125: Real-Time Help Via Call Centers
In 1992, four people sat around a card table answering phones at headquarters— the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s first call center, which handled inquiries about the Deferred Payment Plan, the forerunner of today’s…
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The Exchange at 125: From Earthquakes to Hurricanes, Exchange Associates Have Been There
Dating as far back as 1964 when a killer earthquake struck Alaska, Exchange associates have deployed to the destructive scenes left in Mother Nature’s wake to serve those who served with recovery efforts. The disasters…
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The Exchange at 125: Blasts from the Past
Some exchanges around the world are now just fond memories. Many of them started in the early days of World War II to train Army pilots, but then closed after combat ended. In Texas alone,…
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The Exchange at 125: At One Time, the Exchange Couldn’t Sell TVs or Computers
Once upon a time, shoppers couldn’t find televisions or computers for sale anywhere in the Exchanges. Since 1949, the House Armed Services Committee and Department of Defense have regulated what the Exchange can sell. In…
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The Exchange at 125: Welcoming Hostages Freed from Iran
On Nov. 4, 1979, Iranian college students, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held 52 American staff members who worked there hostage. The hostages were freed on Jan.…
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The Exchange at 125: A Pachyderm at the PX
Did an elephant once work at a post exchange? Well, yes. And he got paid in bananas and bread. In 1944, the PX officer of the Southeast Asia Command headquarters during World War II moved…
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The Exchange at 125: Who Remembers the ‘AAFES Burger?’
The Exchange’s foray into name-brand restaurants came in 1977 when Baskin-Robbins opened its famous ice-cream shop at Edwards AFB, Calif. In 1984, Burger King became the first name-brand burger restaurant to join the AAFES family,…