129 Years of Family Serving Family: Jeovany and Vanessa Garza, Waco DC and HQ
The Exchange couple know “We go where you go” well: She grew up in a military family, and he serves in the Texas National Guard.


The Exchange couple know “We go where you go” well: She grew up in a military family, and he serves in the Texas National Guard.

The IT associate, who has been with the Exchange 25 years, retires Aug. 30.

“Growing up, I remember going to the Exchange, but it wasnโt until I got older that I realized, โWow, we literally are everywhere.โโ

The Bolling Express manager knows “We go where you go” firsthand–her 34-year Exchange career has taken her to Bosnia, Iraq and Greenland.

The chief of the Exchange’s German & International Law Branch came to the Exchange in 1988 and will retire at the end of July.

โThe military has always been a part of my family,โ says the vice president of hardlines, who deployed to Iraq twice during his five years of active-duty service.

A temp job at the Nellis BX turned into a 21-year-plus Exchange career for the Loss Prevention Investigations Manager.

Ms. Pak, who came to the Exchange in October 1977, joined because of her mom.

The shift manager at Fort Moore’s Harmony Church Express celebrated her 32nd anniversary with the Exchange this month.

The main store manager reflects on her 37 years with the Exchange, including that time she had to keep an in-store visit from Robert Downey Jr. a secret.