Regions

Fort Campbell PX Assists FEMA Effort After Tennessee Tornadoes

By Zach Wright / December 28, 2023 /

The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is aiding the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s survivor outreach effort after the Dec. 9 tornadoes in the Fort Campbell, Ky., and Clarksville, Tenn., areas.

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Western Region’s Southwest Area Vice President Patricia Austin, Retiring After 32 years, Looks Back on Her Career

By Robert Philpot / August 28, 2023 /

The daughter of an Air Force Veteran who served in Vietnam, Patricia Austin grew up with the Exchange. Raised in Dallas, she and her family would go to Carswell Air Force Base for doctor visits, and then stop by the BX and the Commissary. “We’d make a trip out of it,” said Austin, who has…

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Installation Renamings: The Story of Dr. Mary Walker, the Only Female Medal of Honor Recipient

By Robert Philpot / August 25, 2023 /

After more than 80 years under its previous name, Fort A.P. Hill is now Fort Walker. The new name for the installation, which was established as an Army facility on June 11, 1941, six months before the United States’ entry into World War II, honors Dr. Mary Walker, a Civil War surgeon who is the…

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Exchange Director/CEO Recognizes Work of 7 Associates During JBMDL Visit

By Robert Philpot / August 17, 2023 /

Exchanges Director/CEO Tom Shull presented coins to the associates during the Aug. 10 visit to the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst main store.

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Okinawa Exchange Facilities Provide Extra Support During Typhoon Khanun’s One-Two Punch

By Robert Philpot / August 8, 2023 /

The storm hit Okinawa in the middle of last week and then made a return during the weekend. In between, Exchange facilities opened early, stayed open late and otherwise provided support for their communities.

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Minot BX Team Celebrates Exchange History With Float in North Dakota State Parade

By Brenda Simko / August 3, 2023 /

The Minot BX took Exchange history to the streets with a float in North Dakota’s largest parade, which kicked off the North Dakota State Fair in Minot on July 22. The Minot team’s float celebrated the Exchange’s 128 years of service. Inspired by the fair’s 2023 theme, “Diggin’ into North Dakota’s History,” the float was…

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Camp Ripley Express Revamps Dining Experience with Hunt Brothers Pizza and Taco John’s

By Keiana Holleman / August 2, 2023 /

Camp Ripley has revamped the dining experience for Soldiers and Reservists, now serving pizza, wings, tacos and more with Hunt Brothers Pizza and Taco John’s.

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Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Welcomes Freedom Frames to Main Exchange

By Travis Day / July 19, 2023 /

The Veteran-owned framing, engraving and woodworking business, offers artwork prints, gifts for retirements and permanent changes of station, wood plaques, shadow boxes for awards and coins, and more.

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Camp Humphreys Store Manager Set to Retire After More Than 30 Years

By SSG Mark Kauffman / July 12, 2023 /

Camp Humphreys’ Main Store Manager Debra Melton’s career at the Exchange started in 1991 when she took a job at Darmstadt Foodland in Germany as a cashier. More than three decades later, she is scheduled to retire in July 2023 and start a new chapter in her life.

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Congressman Visits Dallas-Area Express to Learn About Exchange Business—and Even Rings Up a Few Sales

By Robert Philpot / July 6, 2023 /

As part of his “Marc Means Business” initiative in which he spends a day seeking to better understand the day-to-day challenges his constituents face, U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey paid a visit June 28 to the Express at Grand Prairie Armed Forces Reserve Complex.

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