Robert Philpot
Post exchanges in Panama date back to the earliest part of the 20th century, when engineers began to build the Panama Canal. U.S. military installations popped up in the Central American country to protect the engineers and, during World War II, protect the Canal Zone. Here’s a pictorial history.
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Randy D. Cooper, director of the Defense Support Services Center’s Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP), will speak on “The EnABLEd Workplace—Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.”
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Learn about one of the easiest and most efficient ways to protect yourself against malware and ransomware.
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It’s a history with barber chairs in unusual locations, barbers who’ve given hundreds of thousands of hair cuts, and the occasional celebrity cameo.
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The Exchanges requires associates to change work passwords every three months, and the process is easy. Although some associates call the help desk for password-reset assistance, they can change their passwords much more quickly themselves.
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On Oct. 15, 1975—48 years ago this weekend—the Hale Koa resort hotel opened at Fort DeBussy, on Waikiki Beach in Hawaii..The hotel, which includes a PX, was financed entirely by money provided by Exchanges and officer and enlisted clubs.
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If you click on a bad link or file, you could be giving your personal information to a bad actors, so it’s important to know the signs of phishing. And even some of the most careful people can be fooled.
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Comic-strip character Steve Canyon helped tell the Exchange’s relevancy story. The man who created him was a longtime military story who was unable to serve in the military–so he created characters who could and did.
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