Julie Mitchell
DALLAS – The Army & Air Force Exchange Service will welcome home disabled Veterans, Purple Heart recipients and certain caregivers—4.1 million Americans— with in-store shopping privileges beginning Jan. 1. Privileges will expand to all Veterans with service-connected disabilities, Veterans who are Purple Heart recipients, Veterans who are former prisoners of war and primary family caregivers…
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Run by the Department of Defense, the Army and Air Force Exchange has always been open to service members but as of two years ago it opened to veterans too. Read more from WVVA-TV.
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DALLAS – In the two years since the Army &Air Force Exchange Service welcomed home all honorably discharged Veterans to ShopMyExchange.com, the online shopping benefit continues to make a difference. Nearly 100,000 Veterans have shopped their Exchange online, saving more than $6.6 million in sales tax since becoming eligible for ShopMyExchange.com benefits Nov. 11, 2017.…
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SAN DIEGO – A Presidio of Monterey Soldier leveled up to victory at TwitchCon 2019’s “Street Fighter V” tournament, highlighting Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) Family and MWR Program’s effort to provide healthy recreational and leisure activities for Soldiers while building skills they can utilize while serving our nation. Sgt. Dominic Ramirez of Bravo Company,…
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CAMP MARKET, SOUTH KOREA – The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is all in to ensure the safety of food provided to school children at Department of Defense Education Activity schools and to diners at Exchange restaurants. Typhoon Lingling damaged the Exchange’s Korea Distribution Center, including freezers used for the DODEA school meal program…
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CAMP MARKET, SOUTH KOREA – An Army & Air Force Exchange Service distribution center at Camp Market suffered extensive damage Saturday from Typhoon Lingling, but no disruptions to meals for Department of Defense Education Activity schools are anticipated. A freezer dedicated to the DODEA school meal program and national restaurants including Burger King, Subway and…
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. – For the first time, the four military exchanges are synching up to learn about the latest in electronics, ensuring Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Marines and Coast Guard members have the brands and products they deserve ahead of the holiday selling season. More than 450 managers and associates from the Army & Air Force…
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When service members swear an oath to serve their country, it doesn’t end after they take their uniforms off. Veterans often seek opportunities where they can utilize their military training and continue their service in other ways. The Army & Air Force Exchange might just be the answer. AAFES has committed to hiring 50,000 veterans…
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Behind the thick brick wall of the U.S. military base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, some 65-kilometers south of Seoul, the environment is completely different to that of the rest of the city. The United States Army Garrison Humphreys, also known as USAG Humphreys, is America’s largest overseas military base which is home to some 25-thousand…
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ORLANDO, Fla. – For retired Staff Sgt. Cheryl Davis, first time was the charm. The Army Veteran entered her first Army & Air Force Exchange Service contest earlier this year. Now, she is ready to head off into the sunset on her new motorcycle—she just needs to learn to ride it first. “I couldn’t believe…
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