#FlashbackFriday: 1969—Apollo 12 and a New Exchange Launch (But Only One Has Moon Maidens)
The space-themed grand opening coincided with a holiday theme. Both themes coincided with howling winds…
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#FlashbackFriday: 2014—The Exchange Supports Troops During the Ebola Crisis
Exchange associates became “personal shoppers” for troops who had to be quarantined after they returned…
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#FlashbackFriday: Some Halloween Treats From the Exchange Post Archives
With Halloween coming up next Thursday, Flashback Friday takes a look back at some Halloween…
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#FlashbackFriday: The Stories of Three Exchange Associates Who Had Been WWII POWs
For National POW/MIA Recognition Day, #FlashbackFriday looks back on the stories of Guy Charland, William…
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Flashback Friday: 1983—The Exchange Comes to Honduras
On Sept. 13, 1983—41 years ago this weekend—a tactical field Exchange (TFE) opened in Comayagua,…
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#FlashbackFriday: The Exchange Responds After the 9/11 Attacks
Wednesday will mark the 23rd anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Exchange associates worldwide offered support…
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#FlashbackFriday: The Exchange Officer Who Sang With the Metropolitan Opera
Lt. Col Arthur Kent, an Exchange officer assigned to the Fort Douglas Exchange in Utah…
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#FlashbackFriday: August 1898—Hawaii’s First Post Exchange Opens
“The Post Exchange forms quite a feature in the life of the soldier,” said a…
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#FlashbackFriday: 1993—Guam BX Boosts Morale After 8.1-Magnitude Quake
It was the strongest quake to hit the island in 84 years, and the strongest…
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#FlashbackFriday: 52 Years Ago, a ‘Gunfighter BX’ Fell—and Rose Again—in Vietnam
Fifty-two years ago this weekend, on Aug. 3, 1974, an enemy rocket attack destroyed an…
