#FlashbackFriday: 1980—A 7.0 Earthquake Strikes the Azores, and the Exchange Responds
The quake, the strongest in 20 years, affected four islands: Terceira, Sao Jorge, Graciosa and…
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#FlashbackFriday: 1986—The Exchange Begins Accepting Credit Cards
Thirty-eight years ago this weekend, the Exchange began accepting VISA and MasterCard in CONUS, Panama,…
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#Flashback Friday: The Exchange at the Army-Navy Game
Five years ago this weekend, the Exchange became a participating partner in the Army-Navy Game…
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#FlashbackFriday: 1992—How the Exchange Helped a Girl Give a Gift to a Child in Somalia
When a girl in a Dallas-area shelter declined a gift and insisted that it go…
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#FlashbackFriday: Biting Into the Exchange’s Fast-Food Past With the Run-in Chef and the Aafesburger
The Exchange made a big move in the fast-food game in 1971 with Run-In Chef,…
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#FlashbackFriday: A Photo History of the Exchange in Panama
Post exchanges in Panama date back to the earliest part of the 20th century, when…
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#FlashbackFriday: Some Snips and Clips About Barbers Throughout Exchange History
It’s a history with barber chairs in unusual locations, barbers who’ve given hundreds of thousands…
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#FlashbackFriday: October 1975—The Hawaiian Military Resort Exchange Funds Helped Build (and There’s a PX There)
On Oct. 15, 1975—48 years ago this weekend—the Hale Koa resort hotel opened at Fort…
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Flashback Friday: The Comic-Strip Hero Who Told the Exchange Story, and the Military Supporter Who Drew Him
Comic-strip character Steve Canyon helped tell the Exchange’s relevancy story. The man who created him…
