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…
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.
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…
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…
The Exchange welcomed home disabled Veterans, Purple Heart recipients and certain caregivers—4.1 million Americans— with in-store shopping privileges Jan. 1, 2020. Privileges expanded to all Veterans with service-connected disabilities; Purple Heart recipients; former prisoners of…
Teresa Palu didn’t think anything of it when she was called into a routine meeting July 7. Her mind didn’t register anything special, even when she saw retired Col. Jesse Barber, special assistant to the…
Members of the 3rd Battalion, 126th Infantry Regiment of the Michigan National Guard were treated to an evening of shopping and dining tailored for them at the Fort Polk Exchange.
During World War II, the Army Exchange Service—as the Exchange was known then—operated stores throughout Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, serving American troops in the North Africa Theater of Operations. One of those…
For Korea Distribution Center Manager Pak Yong-min, serving those who serve isn’t just a job—it’s a family tradition.
For generations, military families dined in cafeterias, soda fountains and snack bars operated by the Exchange
