Director/CEO
Emerging international challenges in Europe and Southwest Asia required us recently to reexamine the Exchange’s overseas capabilities to ensure we can fully support the ever-growing number of important bilateral and multilateral military exercises and training involving thousands of additional U.S. troops.
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The Army & Air Force Exchange Service, Coast Guard Exchange, Marine Corps Exchange and Navy Exchange are honored to finally recognize our Veterans’ time in uniform. Confirming Veterans’ eligibility to shop in advance of Nov. 11 is critical to efforts to properly welcome them back to their military family.
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At the Exchange, from associates at headquarters to sales associates in the field, “extreme ownership” should describe the posture we all take to ensure the rollout of the Veterans online shopping benefit is a success. The reasons failure is not an option are substantial.
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As the launch of the Veterans online shopping benefit approaches Nov. 11, each Exchange associate plays a vital role in welcoming approximately up to 15.5 million Veterans back to their military family. Years of effort to recognize the service of all honorably discharged Veterans will finally pay off on Veterans Day, when shopmyexchange.com begins offering the first new benefit to Veterans since 1953.
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2017 is shaping up to be a disruptive year for retail. Macy’s is closing 68 stores, Sears is working to sell its storied Craftsman brand to stave off bankruptcy, Neiman Marcus is showing –8% comp stores growth, and The Limited is shuttering all of its stores.
Read MoreEach new year offers an opportunity to reflect on where we have been, where we are going, and perhaps those who inspired us. To start 2017, please allow me to share some memories of someone who shaped my approach to work, people and life—my grandmother Marguerite “Daisy” Counter.
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Happy holidays! This month, we are privileged to celebrate this special time of year with our family, at home and at the Exchange. This is a time to reflect on the year that was and look forward to the new one ahead.
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For many Americans, November is a time of football and friends—it is also a time to give thanks. As I have done for the past four years, it is you—the spouses, veterans, patriots and wounded warriors who make up the Exchange team—who I will be thinking of this Thanksgiving.
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Show your Exchange pride each and every day. Share your journey, tell our story and join me in letting the world know the Exchange is like no other. With a mission to serve Soldiers, Airmen and their families wherever they go, the Exchange is unique. As a member of the Exchange team, you play an…
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From Director/CEO Tom Shull Fifteen years ago, the world witnessed unprecedented destruction in New York City and Washington, D.C. In the ensuing months and years, Exchange associates have served with Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines, exemplifying our motto—We Go Where You Go. On that September morning, then-Washington Office Director Bob Ellis was waiting for a meeting…
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