Julie Mitchell
To offer greater convenience to service members and their families and further strengthen funding of critical military Quality-of-Life programs, the military exchanges’ Exchange Credit Program is expanding acceptance of the MILTARY STAR card to Commissaries around the world. Leaders from the Defense Commissary Agency and the exchanges gathered at the Fort Lee Commissary, the first location to accept the card, to officially kick off the rollout during a ceremony Oct. 5.
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When civilian stores and restaurants in Hurricane Irma’s path closed or ran out of essentials, Exchanges across Florida were typically the last to close and the first to reopen, highlighting the organization’s unique capabilities and tireless dedication to serving those who serve.
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Store Manager Mickeal Jenkins has always had a servant’s heart. In April, his passion for serving led him to the tip of the spear in Poland, where he leads a team running a mobile field exchange (MFE) at Bemowo Piskie Training Area. Jenkins and his four associates keep the MFE filled with supplies, food and cold drinks to care for nearly 1,000 U.S. Soldiers serving with NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence.Â
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For NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence in Poland, reminders of home are close at hand thanks to a 53-foot-long Exchange trailer parked on the installation. Since late March, the mobile field exchange (MFE) has brought cold drinks, microwavable meals and supplies—even TVs and Xboxes—to U.S. Soldiers with Battle Group Poland just 100 miles from the Russian border.
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In early 2004, Mikel Hunter was a security guard in at Mainz-Finthen, Germany, standing watch over the gate near the housing area that was home to Exchange associates at the Europe Region headquarters in Wiesbaden. This July, Hunter’s career came full circle. Thanks to tenacity and leaders who believed in him, he’s now general manager of the Wiesbaden Exchange.
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Managers at the West Coast Distribution Center recently provided U.S. States Army Installation Management Command Commander LTG Kenneth Dahl a behind-the-scenes look at how the Exchange’s logistics network is transforming to welcome home 13 million Veterans with a lifetime online shopping benefit, starting on Veterans Day.
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The Exchange supports 14,000 troops participating in the training exercise in the Black Sea region, with mobile field exchanges (MFEs) at Cincu and Papa Air Base, Hungary; as well as semi-permanent stores located at MK Air Base, Romania, and Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria.
Read MoreTo deliver a taste of home to Soldiers participating in Saber Guardian 17, the U.S. Army Europe-led multinational military exercise in the Black Sea region this summer, Vasquez and six Exchange teammates staffed a 53-foot-long mobile field exchange (MFE), packed from floor to ceiling with cold drinks, microwavable meals, tuna, beef jerky, snacks, shampoo, deodorant and toothpaste.
Read MoreSEMBACH, Germany – U.S. Army Col. Scott McFarland assumed command of the Exchange’s Europe/Southwest Asia region during a July 13 ceremony. As commander, McFarland is responsible for Exchange operations and support throughout Europe, including countries at the tip of the spear, such as Poland, Romania and Bulgaria. The Middle East, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait,…
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Exchange associates at Redstone Arsenal received a once-in-a-lifetime honor—a challenge coin and sincere words of thanks from GEN Gustave Perna, commander, U.S. Army Materiel Command.
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