Loyd Brumfield
One in a series honoring the Exchange’s 125 years of family serving family. Jackee Black grew up around the PX at Fort Lee, not knowing she would one day return to give back to the company that meant so much to her childhood. “I would come into the PX and shop with my mother, put…
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One in a series honoring the Exchange’s 125 years of family serving family. Ed Hicks retired from the Exchange on May 1, 2019, after a 38-year career. He wasn’t gone for long. When the Exchange called, looking to tap into his valuable experience, Hicks immediately said yes—deploying for a sixth time in his career to…
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For the 36th year, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s Retired Employees Association (AREA) is offering scholarships for the children of associates and military personnel assigned to the Exchange. Graduating high school seniors who have been accepted to an accredited college or university have until March 31 to apply for the scholarships. This year,…
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The Exchange’s weekly BE FIT Facebook live broadcasts are continuing in 2021, highlighting the Department of Defense retailer’s commitment to the readiness and resiliency of the military community. BE FIT ambassador Roy Montez and Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Sonja Berry, the Exchange’s director of Public Health and Food Safety, lead the live workouts Mondays…
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This week in the Exchange Post, Chief Operating Officer Jason Rosenberg discussed the importance of pursuing people-first leadership; associates shared strategies for getting the most out of MILITARY STAR; micro markets continued to expand their presence; and Fort Bliss Military Clothing Store Manager Bobby Upton was honored for assisting military families during times of strife.…
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This week in the Exchange Post, Director/CEO Tom Shull outlined the successes of the Exchange during fiscal 2020; associates heroically worked around the clock to save Headquarters and Central Region facilities from the impacts of the winter storm; and three children of military families were rewarded for academic excellence in the Exchange’s You Made the…
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When Antonio Porter studied charts of the representation of minorities in Exchange management track positions, the results surprised him. “I was expecting much lower numbers,” said Porter, the Exchange’s Mid Central regional vice president. “But they showed me that the Exchange is a multi-diverse organization that cares about a workforce made up of people from…
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Exchange Headquarters was reopened to associates Feb. 22—except for some areas of the first and second floors—thanks to round-the-clock work by associates in the IT and Real Estate directorates to repair the damage. Some work was herculean, as associates dealt with an estimated 150,000 square feet of flooding on the second floor. “Some computers sat…
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Exchange stores are recovering after a powerful winter storm devastated Texas and parts of Oklahoma and Louisiana. Most locations remained open. The winter storm, the first of its kind in 100 years, caused waterlines to burst at Headquarters, which knocked computers offline and damaged equipment on the first two floors, forcing the building to close…
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After a 100-year winter storm swept across Texas at the start of the week, crews went into overdrive to repair damage and prepare Exchange Headquarters for a return to limited occupancy. Extreme temperatures and power outages caused waterlines and pipes to burst, flooding parts of the building. Frozen drain lines also thwarted some mechanisms in…
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