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The Exchange welcomed home disabled Veterans, Purple Heart recipients and certain caregivers—4.1 million Americans— with in-store shopping privileges Jan. 1, 2020. Privileges expanded to all Veterans with service-connected disabilities; Purple Heart recipients; former prisoners of war; and certain caregivers. The extended privileges keep Veterans connected to military communities. Before the expansion, only Veterans with 100%…
Read MoreOne in a series honoring the Exchange’s 125 years of family serving family Jason and Patricia Rakestraw first met at the Hawaii Exchange office in 2003 where Patricia was an office assistant and Jason worked as the Hawaii distribution manager. They were married the next year and have since PCS’d six times together as a…
Read MoreDuring World War II, the Army Exchange Service—as the Exchange was known then—operated stores throughout Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, serving American troops in the North Africa Theater of Operations. One of those stores was in Casablanca, Morocco.
Read MoreFor Korea Distribution Center Manager Pak Yong-min, serving those who serve isn’t just a job—it’s a family tradition.
Read MoreFor generations, military families dined in cafeterias, soda fountains and snack bars operated by the Exchange
Read MoreOne in a series honoring the Exchange’s 125 years of family serving family. Rosa Bell remembers how she would greet fresh-faced recruits as she served them in Fort Benning’s Sand Hill Troop Store and how they would remember her 20 years later when they returned as commanders. The store manager has seen almost everything in…
Read MoreThe Exchange served Army pilots during the first crisis of the Cold War.
Read MoreThe West Point and Harvard Business School graduate and former CEO of consumer and retail companies brought extensive experience to the Exchange during a time of fiscal uncertainty.
Read MoreBeetle Bailey loved the Camp Swampy PX.
Read MoreThe DoD’s largest retailer grew out of a little room on the prairie.
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