Orisha Spence
Barcala manages the Exchange’s top-performing Military Clothing store and the Wounded Heroes Service Center, which provides a unique service within the Exchange.
Read MoreServing the largest American community outside of the United States, DOCS, inside the KMCC Exchange shopping center, can treat active-duty service members, military families, retirees and Department of Defense civilians.
Read MoreA remote location and tensions between the Serbian minority and the Kosovar Albanians could not stop the Exchange from bringing much-needed support and a morale boost to troops.
Read MoreThe Exchange’s school meal program has been in place since 1955 and is a large contributor to the quality of life for Warfighters’ children. In 2022, the program provided more than 4 million meals in Europe and the Pacific.
Read More“I wanted to gain more professional experience, but I also saw the positive force the Exchange was for my mother, and I wanted to join the Exchange family,” says Sanborn, whose mother, a 27-year Exchange associate, recently retired.
Read MoreLielvārde Air Base in Latvia is more than half an hour away from the nearest town, leaving the Soldiers of the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade with no shopping options within a 20-mile radius. When command requested support, the Exchange stepped up and turned a vacant building into a store..
Read MoreFor more than three years, Soldiers at Camp Buehring had been without a movie theater. Keeping in mind the importance of relaxation to troops’ morale, the Kuwait Exchange team worked closely with command to build a bigger and better theater, which opened in September.
Read MoreExchange Partners With Traeger, Others to Feed More Than 1,000 Soldiers at Barbecue Dinner in Poland
A delicious Exchange tradition started in Iraq five years ago and continued for Soldiers in Poland last month when the Exchange partnered with Traeger Grills to host a Patriots’ Day barbecue at Powidz Air Base.
Read MoreOpening the Camp Arifjan location of Desert Diamond took more than four years because of the COVID pandemic. The perseverance of Exchange associates helped get it back on track.
Read MoreHe’s currently the Panzer main store manager at USAG Stuttgart, but Robin Boylan has deployed to Afghanistan and Kuwait, and worked at stores on three continents.
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