Western Region

JBER Celebrates Reopening of LS Car Wash After Long Absence

By Travis Day / September 7, 2023 /

“Car washes and auto detailing are in high demand in Alaska, so having easy access to a great facility without having to leave base is a huge win for our Soldiers, Airmen and their families.”

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#WhereHeroesWork Wednesday: Sarah Park, Nellis AFB Exchange GM, Air Force Spouse

By The Exchange Post / August 30, 2023 /

Park talks about how the positive ways the Exchange has affected her life family and why she would recommend the Exchange as a career to other spouses.

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Western Region’s Southwest Area Vice President Patricia Austin, Retiring After 32 years, Looks Back on Her Career

By Robert Philpot / August 28, 2023 /

The daughter of an Air Force Veteran who served in Vietnam, Patricia Austin grew up with the Exchange. Raised in Dallas, she and her family would go to Carswell Air Force Base for doctor visits, and then stop by the BX and the Commissary. “We’d make a trip out of it,” said Austin, who has…

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JBER Welcomes Rhea’s Food Park to Base Hospital

By Travis Day / August 23, 2023 /

The restaurant will serve the medical team and offering nutritious options to service members, their families and the Veterans seen at our hospital.

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JBLM, Western Region Retail, LG and Others Provide Crucial Support

By Robert Philpot / August 21, 2023 /

Western Region Senior Vice President Ronny Rexrode and Northwest Area Vice President Carrie Cammel said Saturday afternoon that they were working to mobilize associates from JBLM to help run the Fairchild Exchange as affected associates focus on their families and next steps.

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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Welcomes Freedom Frames to Main Exchange

By Travis Day / July 19, 2023 /

The Veteran-owned framing, engraving and woodworking business, offers artwork prints, gifts for retirements and permanent changes of station, wood plaques, shadow boxes for awards and coins, and more.

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127 Years of Family Serving Family: Matt Beatty, General Manager, Joint Base Lewis-McChord

By Keiana Holleman / June 22, 2023 /

Twenty-five years after starting as a food-service worker, Beatty now manages the largest-volume Exchange in the continental United States.

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Hill Air Force Base Exchange Opens New Unmanned Retail Market

By Marisa Conner / June 14, 2023 /

The Hill Exchange cut the ribbon on another unmanned retail market, which offers salads, wraps, fresh fruit, protein bars, breakfast burritos, cold beverages and more.

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127 Years of Family Serving Family: Cassie Mullen, Vandenberg SFB

By Marisa Conner / May 1, 2023 /

“I grew up around the military and the Air Force my whole life. I wanted to join the military but wasn’t able to because of a back injury in high school. My mom worked for the Exchange, and I saw what they did for her.”

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Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim Visit Fort Irwin for Advance Screening of ‘Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant’

By Travis Day / April 27, 2023 /

Gyllenhaal and Salim spent time with Soldiers, families and the Exchange team before introducing the film to a capacity audience of 420 for a free advance screening a week before the nationwide theatrical release.

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