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To Excite Customers, This Firestone Waiting Room is Actually a Museum

By Robert Philpot / August 7, 2019 /

“You should see their faces light up when I put an old steel mess tray in their hands . . . priceless!” 

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Spares and Strikes to Tastes of Home: New Exchange Opens in Bosnia

By Robert Philpot / August 6, 2019 /

“We will continue to provide tastes of home to keep the NATO forces ready and resilient.”

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Fort Bragg Exchange Recruiting Special Group of Associates

By Robert Philpot / August 6, 2019 /

“Active duty Soldiers would be great associates because they . . . can fully relate to the Exchange’s mission and give us recommendations based on their experience.”

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Associate Mentoring Program Wins IT’s 2019 ‘Innovation Tank’ Award

By Robert Philpot / August 5, 2019 /

The “sharks” had their say.

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Pacific Pride in Australia! Exchange Pacific Region Commander Col Scott Maskery, center, presents his Commander’s Coin to U.S. Marines running the mobile field exchange at Camp Robertson Barracks. From left to right: SGT Angel Mendoza, GySgt Jonah Thomas, MGySgt Christof Coleman and CWO4 Montreal Newkirk.

Commander: ‘Exchange Marines’ Excelling at Bringing Taste of Home to Australia

By Robert Philpot / August 2, 2019 /

Last month, the Marines provided MFE support to five camps, including one being in the dense Australian bushland.

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‘Combat Retail’: Exchange Brings Comfort, Necessities to Troops at Saudi Air Base

By Robert Philpot / July 31, 2019 /

“Many have been sleeping in the sand without tents, with only MREs and water . . .  I now truly know what the Exchange is here for.”

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Quick-service restaurants, like this one at Fort Sill, Okla., are giving Express customers many more choices beside candy bars and soft drinks.

Express Quick-Service Restaurants Booming for On-the-Go Customers

By Robert Philpot / July 30, 2019 /

“We plan to keep up with growing trend of customers who want to grab and go, especially those who want BE FIT options.”

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124th Anniversary Month: See How Our Restaurants Looked Years Ago

By Robert Philpot / July 30, 2019 /

Long before name-brand restaurants joined the Exchange family, we operated our own cafeterias, soda fountains and snack bars. We even invented our own “AAFES burger.”

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Single Soldiers Compete with the Best in Esports

By Chris Ward / July 29, 2019 /

“They are embracing something that will increase the value of the Soldier and contribute to their resiliency and relevance.”

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New Exchange Mission Report Highlights Our 2018 Accomplishments

By Robert Philpot / July 29, 2019 /

Associates can turn to the report for the Exchange’s statements about how the organization, now in its 124th year, remains relevant to Soldiers, Airmen, families, military retirees and all honorably discharged Veterans

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