One in a series honoring the Exchange’s 125 years of family serving family. Maria “Nancy” Luke will always remember how she came to work at the Exchange. “When I walked into the shoppette, I met…
In its 125-year history, America’s Warfighters could always rely on the Exchange to be there for them, regardless of whether the “stores” were tents, pack mules, bamboo huts, mobile trucks, boats, choppers or spacious modern…
Serving Warfighters and their families has been the Exchange’s mission since 1895. Our passion has never wavered. Watch a salute to service in honor of our 125th anniversary.
Exchange leaders share their thoughts on the Exchange’s milestone 125th anniversary.
“Hiring Veterans and spouses is a Quality-of-Life force multiplier—they understand military shoppers better than anyone.”
Throughout most of the Exchange’s history, troops could buy military uniforms in the main stores, but the Army and the Air Force also carried them in their own outlets. To cut costs and combine operations,…
Throughout its 125 years, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service has offered just about any kind of service customers wanted. During the 1950s, Exchange concessionaires at Fort Hood and Fort Huachuca operated horseback riding…
One in a series honoring the Exchange’s 125 years of family serving family Santiago Garcia’s family roots at the Exchange and in the military run deep. Nine members of Garcia’s family—his father, mother, an uncle,…
“Starting from humble beginnings, the Exchange traces its roots to merchants who followed the Army and provided goods from tents on the American frontier. Today, the hard-earned benefit is a force multiplier to recruiting, resilience…
Throughout the Exchange’s history, main stores—post exchanges, base exchanges, PXs, BXs, whatever the troops called them—have changed from rudimentary tents and not-so-well-lit rooms to the most modern shopping malls that rival those in the private…
