Store Operations

She Made the Grade! Fort Leavenworth Sixth-Grader Scores $2,000 Exchange Gift Card for Academic Excellence

By Keiana Holleman / January 31, 2024 /

A 12-year-old student at Patton Junior High School in Fort Leavenworth took home the first-place prize in the Exchange’s worldwide You Made the Grade sweepstakes. The program celebrates military students’ academic success and resilience in the classroom.

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Exchanges Ready to Adapt as Black Friday Presents New Challenges, Opportunities

By Robert Philpot / November 21, 2023 /

Every year, especially since the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Black Friday has been a little different. And every year, the Exchange adapts and faces the challenges.

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Exchange Celebrates New Donation Partnership with Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society

By SSG Mark Kauffman / November 2, 2023 /

The partnership allows Exchange shoppers on U.S. Marine Corps bases in the Pacific Region to donate to the relief agency at checkout.

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Exchange Teams Work to Make In-Store Support of Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society a Reality

By Marisa Conner / October 11, 2023 /

When command leadership at Pacific Region installations approached the Exchange about expanding its military relief partnership to include the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society (NMCRS), teams from across the Exchange sat down to plan a course of action. It only took one meeting to make it happen.

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Words From the Director/CEO: A Midyear Update on Strategic Priorities for 2023

By Tom Shull / September 8, 2023 /

With the second half of FY 2023 in full swing, the Exchange remains strong, supporting the mission through critical strategic value levers to protect and preserve the hard-earned benefit we are honored to provide service members and their families.

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Exchange Rolls Out 1,000th Self-Checkout, With More On the Way

By The Exchange Post / July 26, 2023 /

Self-checkout, a strategic priority for the Exchange, was one of 2022’s biggest success stories and continues its momentum in 2023.

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Exchange Credit Program Quickly Pivots to Provide Assistance for Guam Cardholders Following Typhoon

By Marisa Conner / June 15, 2023 /

After Super Typhoon Mawar hit Guam on May 24, the Exchange Credit Program (ECP) team sprang into action, assessing how it could help MILITARY STAR® cardmembers affected by the typhoon. Other directorates pitched in to help the ECP team.

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PIN Pad Changes Implemented to Boost Support to Military Relief Funds

By Marisa Conner / May 11, 2023 /

In 2022, Exchange shoppers stepped up and generously donated more than $1.5 million to Army Emergency Relief and the Air Force Assistance Fund.

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Top PXs, BXs Awarded COO X Award, Building the Bench Award and Services Cup at MSM/GM Conference

By Marisa Conner / April 4, 2023 /

The MSM/GM conference kicked off on Monday with the presentation of store awards, including the COO X Award, the Building the Bench Award and the Service Cup.

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Director/CEO Tom Shull Opens MSM/GM Conference With Message About Exchange Strength

By Robert Philpot / April 3, 2023 /

The theme of the first MSM/GM Conference since 2019 is “Exchange Strong,” words that Director/CEO Tom Shull underscored in opening remarks about the strength of the Exchange, and about plans to build on that strength.

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