Exchange Expanding The Home Depot Assortment Beyond Major Appliances

May 1, 2025

Authorized Exchange shoppers in CONUS can now access The Home Depot’s branded online page at ShopMyExchange.com. The expanded assortment includes power tool sets, outdoor power equipment, grills, garden tools, ceiling fans and much more.

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Exchange Protection Plan Award Winners Announced

May 1, 2025

First-, second- and third-place winners were chosen for achieving the highest attachment rates. One store achieved a 21.64% attach rate.

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Exchange Celebrates Top Vendors With Force Multiplier Awards

May 1, 2025

Merchandising recognized vendors in Hardlines, Softlines and Consumables categories; SFD recognized three restaurants and two concessions.

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Words From the Director/CEO: Force Multipliers for Mission Success in 2025

April 30, 2025

The Exchange’s 2025 priorities are fully focused on maintaining the family, sustaining the family and investing in the family—being there with service members and their families, and making sure that they have the support required to achieve success.

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We Go Where You Go: Watch a New ‘Tip of the Spear’ Video

April 30, 2025

See how the Exchange lived up to its “We Go Where You Go” motto in 2024.

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Top Winner, Four Main Store Winners Announced in Exchange Safety Awards

April 29, 2025

The Robins/Moody Exchange was the top winner in the Exchange Safety Awards, which were announced this week. The awards are presented to the Exchange and the main stores in four categories with the highest reduction in recordable accidents compared with the previous year. This award honors the work that management and associates do in making…

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Exchange Credit Program Announces 2024 MILITARY STAR® Challenge Cup Winners

April 29, 2025

The top store for the year earned a $1,000 prize and the coveted Challenge Cup.

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Service eLITe Champion Award, UROC Award Honor Top Exchanges in Services Operations and Food

April 29, 2025

The awards went to Exchanges who excel at serving those who serve and providing tastes of home.

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Video: YOU Are a Force Multiplier Who Drives Mission Success

April 28, 2025

The Exchange’s Digital Media Networks team has produced a video that  highlights the Exchange’s many force multipliers for mission success.

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Four Stores Win COO X Award for Operational Excellence

April 28, 2025

Winners are selected based on criteria including earnings, MILITARY STAR® usage, gross margin return on investment and inventory variance.

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LATEST NEWS

Army Reservist Sophia Henvill served in Operation Desert Storm and now works with the Exchange at Travis AFB.

Proudly Serving the Military Community

September 28, 2016

Joe, Nancy and Ereneo Copada Joe Copada, his wife, Nancy and father, Ereneo, exemplify the Exchange phrase “family serving family.” The Copadas have served America’s troops and their families for more than 90 years combined. For 30 years, Ereneo, worked in what was then known as the “data processing” department. Joe worked in maintenance and…

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October Customer Shoutouts

September 20, 2016

Suzi Pizzolato Overseas Region/Vicenza, Italy Suzi Pizzolato from Customer Service provided outstanding service. I wanted an item from the home and garden department, but it wasn’t listed in the computer as being in the warehouse. She checked the next day, confirmed it was there, put it aside and called me. When I came in to…

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The Doctor Can Talk With You 24/7/365

September 19, 2016

Skip time-consuming visits to the urgent-care center if you really don’t need to go. With more than 1 million consultations, a national network of experienced doctors and an average callback time of 10 minutes, Teladoc provides convenient, high-quality healthcare to its members. Teladoc is a feature of DoD NAF medical plans in most U.S states…

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Get Ready for Open Enrollment

September 19, 2016

Nov. 7 through Dec. 2 is open enrollment time for medical and dental insurance, other benefits Circle Nov. 7 through Dec. 2 on your calendar as dates to remember. That’s the 2017 open enrollment  period when eligible associates can sign up for Exchange benefits. Changes take effect on Jan. 1, 2017. Information on the Exchange’s…

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Great News for Exchange Retirees

September 19, 2016

Get online access to pension information all the time here. Once you have signed in, you can: Change address, direct deposit bank information, tax withholding View 18 months of statements and tax forms from current, prior years Request stop payments and reissue outstanding checks Need help with your username or password? Call (877) 247-2769 or…

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2016 Obituaries, Transfers and Retirements

September 1, 2016

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Director/CEO Tom Shull meets with third-country nationals who work in some contingency locations.

Continuing the Spirit of Selfless Service

August 30, 2016

From Director/CEO Tom Shull Fifteen years ago, the world witnessed unprecedented destruction in New York City and Washington, D.C. In the ensuing months and years, Exchange associates have served with Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines, exemplifying our motto—We Go Where You Go. On that September morning, then-Washington Office Director Bob Ellis was waiting for a meeting…

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Soldiers pose with an Exchange associate.

Your Story is Important to Us

August 30, 2016

I urge all associates who have worked for years at the Exchange to tell us your story of working for our great organization—the experiences, sights and fond memories—so we can have a living repository of people whose boots were on the ground and on the front lines of serving the world’s greatest customers.

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Eight Great Ways to Engage Shoppers During Product Demos

August 30, 2016

Going into Exchanges with his Air Force father, Ricky Cabral loved seeing products being demonstrated. Years later, his managers at Japan’s Yokota AB now say the Exchange hardlines supervisor elevated product demonstration to an art form. During a commissary healthy life-style event, Cabral’s product demos sold nearly $1,200 in SodaStreams, Vitamixes, George Foreman grills, and…

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2015 Annual Report Cover

2015 Exchange Annual Report Released

August 29, 2016

The 2015 annual report is now available for viewing. The report acknowledges the tremendous achievements made by the Exchange team throughout 2015 and chronicles many achievements in the exchange system’s landmark 120-year history.

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