Marisa Conner
DALLAS – The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is teaming up with The Walt Disney Studios to bring a special holiday treat to troops serving in the Middle East: first-run screenings of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” Troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates can see the highly anticipated film…
Read MoreDALLAS – Anyone can send a little holiday cheer to Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors, Marines or Veterans this year by purchasing them an Exchange gift card. The gift cards can be redeemed at Exchanges in all 50 states and more than 30 countries, including contingency locations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Service members can use Exchange gift…
Read MoreDALLAS – MILITARY STAR® cardholders will unwrap special savings when they fuel up at Army & Air Force Exchange Service gas stations. From Dec. 17 to Dec. 24, the MILITARY STAR card is doubling the everyday 5-cents-per-gallon gas discount. For that week, drivers paying for gas with their MILITARY STAR card will receive 10 cents…
Read MoreJOINT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST – Picking up uniforms, badges, patches and insignia is easier and more convenient than ever with the opening of the new Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Military Clothing store, located inside the main Army & Air Force Exchange Service shopping center. JBMDL Commander Col. Neil Richardson; Col. Troy Koepnick, 87th Mission Support Group Commander;…
Read MoreDALLAS – The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is extending its holiday price guarantee so authorized shoppers will always get the best deals at the Exchange this December. Through Dec. 24, all purchases made at the Exchange are guaranteed to offer the best value as shoppers who find an identical item elsewhere for less…
Read MoreDALLAS – Service members and their families can enter to win an Exchange shopping spree this holiday season by submitting a video of their favorite holiday greeting. Authorized shoppers worldwide can enter the Procter & Gamble Holiday Greetings Sweepstakes Dec. 1 through 15 at ShopMyExchange.com/sweepstakes. Greetings can be to a friend, family member or fellow…
Read MoreDALLAS – On the heels of the launch of the Veterans online shopping benefit, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service saw record sales over the Black Friday weekend. From Friday through Sunday sales of more than $32 million signified a 93 percent increase from a year ago. The Exchange’s previous record day for online sales…
Read MoreDALLAS – The nation’s military exchanges and the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA) are joining forces to put some jingle back in military shoppers’ pockets by picking up the tab on their MILITARY STAR cards with the Your Holiday Bill Is On Us sweepstakes. The Army & Air Force Exchange Service has offered the sweepstakes to…
Read MoreJust this month, an estimated 18.5 million honorably discharged U.S. military veterans became eligible for a tax-free shopping option that should give them an opportunity to save some money. A change in Department of Defense policy allows those veterans to shop online at military exchanges. The websites are a modern version of the Post Exchange…
Read MoreAs of Veterans Day 2017, every honorably discharged vet gained access to online shopping privileges after verifying their veteran status through VetVerify.org. Cool, right? But what, exactly, comes along with that? Why should vets be checking the exchange websites? Do they really think they’re going to be able to compete with Wal-Mart, Amazon, Best Buy…
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