Family Serving Family

128 Years of Family Serving Family: Deniz Barcala, Kleber Kaserne

By Orisha Spence / November 20, 2023 /

Barcala manages the Exchange’s top-performing Military Clothing store and the Wounded Heroes Service Center, which provides a unique service within the Exchange.

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128 Years of Family Serving Family: Bonita Williams, Robins AFB/Moody AFB

By Marisa Conner / November 8, 2023 /

“I consider it a privilege to ‘talk up’ the Exchange—who we are, what we do, whom we serve and the fact that we go wherever the troops and their families go. It gives the Exchange an entirely different meaning!”

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128 Years of Family Serving Family: Frederick Puryear, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

By Marisa Conner / October 30, 2023 /

The Express manager’s parents both served in the Air Force, but he knew active-duty military life wasn’t for him. “So I wanted the next best thing. I knew what the Exchange did and wanted to be a part of that.”

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128 Years of Family Serving Family: Katharine Sanborn, End User Computing Tech, Kuwait

By Orisha Spence / October 24, 2023 /

“I wanted to gain more professional experience, but I also saw the positive force the Exchange was for my mother, and I wanted to join the Exchange family,” says Sanborn, whose mother, a 27-year Exchange associate, recently retired.

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128 Years of Family Serving Family: Tyler Stampes, Kadena Exchange

By SSG Mark Kauffman / October 11, 2023 /

“I wanted to pursue a career in the retail field and the Exchange allowed me to serve the military community and pursue my passion in retail.”

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128 Years of Family Serving Family: Ryan Bolles, Camp Foster

By SSG Mark Kauffman / October 3, 2023 /

“I work at the customer service desk, and I love what I do. I get to ask our customers how they are doing and if I can help them, I have done my job.”

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128 Years of Family Serving Family: I-Chen Chen, HR Systems

By Marcia Rhodes / September 26, 2023 /

“I work for the Exchange because I feel proud to serve our troops and their families. ‘Family serving family’ embodies a culture of support, camaraderie and shared values.”

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128 Years of Family Serving Family: Eddie Hill, Motor Vehicle Operator, Fort Dix Relay

By Robert Philpot / September 12, 2023 /

The 17-year Exchange associate talks about why he loves truck driving, his favorite run, his experience bringing a mobile field Exchange into New York City when it was the epicenter of COVID, and more.

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128 Years of Family Serving Family: Belinda Brown, LG Operations Manager III, Dan Daniel Distribution Center

By Keiana Holleman / August 17, 2023 /

The 35-year associate tells her Exchange story—which is coming to an end with her retirement this month.

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128 Years of Family Serving Family: Stanley Brooks, Wiesbaden Exchange

By Orisha Spence / August 1, 2023 /

After serving in the Army for 10 years, Brooks came to the Exchange in 1993. ““The best part about working for the Exchange is that I get the opportunity to go to different places and help make the Soldiers happy,” he says.

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