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If you’re enrolled in a Flexible Spending Account (FSA), the recently passed stimulus bill has made some FSA changes that could work to your advantage. The bill, officially known as the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, increases the amount of unused balance that healthcare FSA participants can carry over from one year to the next.…
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Before former Misawa Exchange General Manager Kristine Cowley returned to the States to become GM at the Nellis AFB Exchange, she received a couple of unexpected honors at her going-away party.
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The Exchange is honored to welcome the 575,000 DoD and Coast Guard civilian employees who can now shop at their local Exchange.
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The AAFES Retired Employees Association (AREA) Scholarship Program is funded through donations by generous benefactors. Each year, AREA awards $40,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors attending school in the fall. Scholarships are awarded based on the applicant’s scholastic honors and other recognition, school and outside activities, hobbies and special talents, letters of recommendation and an…
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A family connection brought Gary Rose to the Exchange. His Exchange family grew from there.
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This week in the Exchange Post, COO Jason Rosenberg congratulated stellar associates with the May edition of Operation: Call Out; a freshly redesigned Exchange at Luke Air Force Base held its grand reopening; the Fort Bliss Exchange worked with garrison command to open a COVID vaccine site at Freedom Crossing; a Fort Drum Starbucks manager…
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The Exchange’s Freedom Crossing at Fort Bliss worked in lockstep with garrison command to set up a site at the shopping center for COVID-19 vaccinations. Fort Bliss garrison command approached Exchange General Manager Michael Brennan on April 26, and by April 29, a vacant 7,900-square-foot space in the shopping center was turned into a vaccination…
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A new era of convenience kicked off with a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 5 to celebrate the grand reopening of a freshly redesigned Luke Air Force Base Exchange.
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Heather Laudun’s move to store manager at the Fort Drum Starbucks got off to a challenging start as the COVID-19 pandemic struck around the time she began. “It was literally my first year as a manager,” said Laudun, who worked for Starbucks from 2012 to 2018 and then returned in March 2020 to work at…
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At the White Sands Missile Range PX, Johnathan Taynor keeps the shelves stocked. He also assists customers who need help finding something, or tell them when an out-of-stock item is due in the store. That’s how he describes his job. Brandi Army, Combined Activities manager at the PX, puts it another way. “He’s our utility…
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