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…
One in a series honoring the Exchange’s 125 years of family serving family. Misty Jones calls herself a military brat. Her father Victor was a fuel technician in the Air Force. An uncle did two…
The Exchange unveiled an updated, 6,135-square-foot troop store during a grand reopening and ribbon-cutting ceremony July 14 at Camp Gruber Training Center. The renovated store offers an improved shopping experience for National Guard members, with…
Almost as soon as the first Model T rolled off the assembly line in the early 20th century, exchanges have provided fuel, repairs and other vehicle services. In 2019, military motorists filled up their vehicles…
Local exchanges appeared on postcards and matchbook covers, starting in the early 20th century and gaining in popularity during World War II. They featured pictures, including those of long-forgotten PXs from World War II and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…