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In addition to their regular shifts at their Exchanges, nearly 150 associates from throughout Washington, D.C., worked at a mobile field exchange on the Pentagon grounds after the 9/11 terror attacks. They served more than 2,000 first responders. In New York City, dozens of associates from Brooklyn’s Fort Hamilton staffed mobile field exchanges scattered around…
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KMCC Exchange associates honored 2020 high school graduates from Kaiserslautern and Ramstein High Schools in Germany during COVID-19 by hosting a drive-by celebration event, in which they handed out small gifts of leis.
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Military family members and retirees at Camp Humphreys have a new reason to smile more often. The Exchange opened a new dental office inside the Sentry Mini Mall on July 8. The dental office on post is the first of its kind overseas for military family members and retirees. While service members assigned to Camp…
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1954 Then-Vice President Richard Nixon visited the Nouasseur AB Exchange in Morocco. 1959 Comedian George Gobel sampled food from a mobile exchange at McClellan AFB, Calif. 1972 Comedian Bob Hope met shoppers at Japan’s Yokota AB. In 1958, he visited the Yokohama AB exchange. 1977 President Carter visited the Hanscom AFB Exchange 2000 Actor and…
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The four members of Ms. Ho’s family who worked or are currently working at the Exchange have 106 years of service collectively.
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Chief Master Sgt. Luis Reyes, the Exchange’s senior enlisted advisor, continues his “Chief Chats” with celebrities from across industries every Tuesday and Thursday.
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On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 2017, 18.5 million honorably discharged Veterans, regardless of their years of service, were welcomed home to their military family with online shopping privileges with the Exchange. We spread out the welcome mat for the deserving Veterans after the Department of Defense changed its eligibility policy. Since 2017, more than 125,000…
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Tyndall AFB store manager Lillian Pena has seen a lot in her 37 year career with the Exchange, as she accompanied her Army husband and family throughout CONUS and overseas.
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July 18, 1866 – Congress does away with the corrupt “sutler” system, effective July 1, 1867. July 24, 1876 – The Secretary of War appoints one post trader at every military post, such as these folks at Fort Buford, N.D. July 25, 1895 – War Department General Orders No. 46 directs post commanders to open…
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This week, Exchange Post readers met several associates who exemplify the idea of family serving family as part of an ongoing celebration of the Exchange’s 125th anniversary. It also was a banner week for National Guard troops at Fort Polk and for one Exchange general manager who earned the honor of a lifetime. In case…
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