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Paz Johnson head shot with 130 Years of Family Serving Family text.

130 Years of Family Serving Family: Paz Johnson, Fort Stewart

By Zach Wright / July 3, 2025 /

The food court manager, who has been with the Exchange since 1992, talks about working with her sister at the Exchange—and about that time she encountered a moose in a Fort Wainwright Burger King drive-thru.

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Eric Boen Speaks About His Career Path, Foundations of Leadership

By Robert Philpot / July 3, 2025 /

In 2002, Eric Boen joined the Exchange, working in Finance & Accounting while he was still finishing work on his bachelor’s degree. By 2003, he’d begun a series of deployments to Iraq, where he decided that maybe FA wasn’t where he wanted to be. “Your career is in your own hands,” Boen, now senior vice…

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130 Years of Family Serving Family: Miguel Abreu, Camp Courtney, Okinawa

By Robert Philpot / July 1, 2025 /

The branch store manager grew up with the Exchange.: “My father bought us our first Nintendo 64 there. The Exchange was anything and everything—there wasn’t a lot to do so we got excited every time we got to go to the Exchange.”

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Baumholder, Sembach Exchanges Open Modern Launderettes

By MSG Caleb Barrieau / June 30, 2025 /

The automated launderettes, a collaboration between the Exchange and Germany-based concessionaire Nextwash, enhance Quality of Life for U.S. Military communities.

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You Told Us What You Think. Now Here Are Our Next Steps

By Robert Philpot / June 30, 2025 /

On June 2, the Exchange Post released a reader survey seeking feedback on what our primary internal communication channel is doing right and what can be done better. Now it’s time to work on improvements.

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New Card Puts ‘Focus’ on Receiving Pay More Easily

By Robert Philpot / June 26, 2025 /

The Focus Card is a Visa prepaid debit card that is available to all U.S. dollar-paid associates. Instead of receiving a paper check, associates with the card will have their pay loaded onto the card.

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Four Vendors Named Exchange Supplier of the Year for 2024

By Julie Mitchell / June 25, 2025 /

“Our suppliers of the year stand out for bringing the best tastes of home to those who serve and have served,” said Danielle Pelland, Consumables vice president.

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5 Express Stores Honored For Impulse Item Sales

By Julie Mitchell / June 24, 2025 /

Throughout fiscal 2024, Express stores worldwide competed in monthly competitions focused on impulse items. Here are the overall winners for the year.

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Day or Night, the Express Keeps the Benefit Relevant

By Julie Mitchell / June 24, 2025 /

Through its Express stores, the Exchange keeps its “We Go Where You Go” promise, bringing a taste of home no matter the hour.

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Nellis First in the Air Force to Approve Food Trucks in Munitions Areas

By Airman 1st Class Jennifer Nesbitt, 57th Wing Public Affairs / June 23, 2025 /

After months of coordination between the Exchange, 57th Wing leadership, weapons safety experts and legal advisors, Nellis became the first base in the Department of the Air Force to formally authorize food trucks to operate within explosive hazard zones—improving the quality of life for hundreds of Airmen on the east side of the installation.

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