Robert Philpot

Are You a Military Brat? Tell Us Your Story for a Social Media Post!

By Robert Philpot / April 10, 2024 /

If you’re a military brat who would like to be featured on Exchange social media, send our social media team a photo and two or three sentences of your memories of growing up in a military family.

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ICYMI: The Week That Was in the Exchange Post

By Robert Philpot / April 5, 2024 /

ICYMI, here’s a look at this week’s coverage.

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#FlashbackFriday: The Exchange Associate Who Was a Bataan Death March Survivor

By Robert Philpot / April 5, 2024 /

April 9 will mark the 82nd anniversary of the beginning of the Bataan Death March, the forcible 65-mile march of 60,000 to 80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war to Japanese confinement camps throughout the Philippines during World War II. More than 1,000 Americans and 9,000 Filipinos died during the march. One of the POWs…

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Video: Watch Retired Green Beret’s Speech From Managers’ Conference

By Robert Philpot / April 2, 2024 /

One of the highlights of the recent Retail, Food and Service Managers’ Conference was a guest-speaker appearance by Sgt. 1st Class Greg Stube (ret.), author of “Conquer Anything: A Green Beret’s Guide to Building Your A-Team.” If you were unable to attend the conference, you can watch a video of his speech here.

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ICYMI: Coverage of the Managers’ Conference and Vietnam War Veterans Day

By Robert Philpot / April 1, 2024 /

In case you missed it, here’s a look at this week’s coverage.

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As Managers’ Conference Closes, ‘Together, We Can Accomplish Anything’

By Robert Philpot / March 29, 2024 /

Exchange senior leaders praised the first Retail, Food and Service Managers in their closing remarks.

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Send Us Your Vietnam War Veterans Day Pictures for a Special Flickr Album

By Robert Philpot / March 28, 2024 /

Send us pictures of how your store honored Vietnam Veterans during this year’s Vietnam War Veterans Day commemoration. We’ll put them in a special Flickr album. Please send your photos to exchangepost@aafes.com and socialmedia@aafes.com. Pictures should be saved as jpegs and sent actual size as attachments (and not in the body of the email).  …

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From the Managers’ Conference: Rosenberg, Randolph Rally Food and Service Managers

By Robert Philpot / March 27, 2024 /

“Services and Food play such a significant role in the organization,” Rosenberg told SFD team members, who are joining retail teammates in a conference for the first time. “We’re going to make sure we keep this going every year. We don’t want to turn back from this.”

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Contingency Operations: What it Takes to Support Troops at the Tip of the Spear

By Robert Philpot / March 26, 2024 /

Few things define the Exchange’s motto “We Go Where You Go” like contingency operations support, which make “serving those who serve” happen at the Tip of the Spear.

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From the Managers’ Conference: Honoring the Memory of Robin Williams, an Exchange Hero

By Robert Philpot / March 26, 2024 /

Williams, the Healthcare Program Manager for the Exchange, passed away unexpectedly after suffering a heart attack on March 14. He was 60.

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