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Army & Air Force Exchange Service Serves Up More Than 85,000 Grab-and-Go School Meals During Pandemic

By Chris Ward / June 25, 2020 /

DALLAS – With schools overseas transitioning into the summer break, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service has wrapped up its highly successful grab-and-go school meal program. Implemented as schools in Europe and the Pacific went virtual during the COVID-19 pandemic, the program served 85,570 breakfasts and lunches in four months. As the pandemic shuttered…

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Feeling Patriotic? Anyone Can Send Army & Air Force Exchange Gift Cards to the Troops

By Loyd Brumfield / June 24, 2020 /

DALLAS — Civilians who want to spread patriotic cheer for the Fourth of July can reward service members and their families with gift cards from the Army & Air Force Exchange Service. Anyone can show their support for the troops by purchasing gift cards from the Exchange’s website, ShopMyExchange.com. Physical gift cards can be used…

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Exchange Shoppers Can Win Gift Cards with The Best You Can Be Photo Contest

By Marisa Conner / June 18, 2020 /

DALLAS – Army & Air Force Exchange Service shoppers are invited to show off their personal best and win prizes during the P&G The Best You Can Be sweepstakes. Authorized Exchange shoppers 18 years and older can submit their photo of their personal best—whether at work, leisure or with family and friends—at ShopMyExchange.com/sweepstakes from June…

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From KSWO-TV: Fort Sill Exchange supports incoming trainees during pandemic

By Marisa Conner / June 17, 2020 /

FORT SILL – The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is supporting Fort Sill recruits with hygiene essentials as they wait to start basic training amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Exchange associates are working around the clock to produce duffel bags stuffed with personal hygiene essentials for the trainees, who are being held under observation for 14 days…

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Army & Air Force Exchange Service, DeCA Team Up to Sell Each Other’s Gift Cards

By Loyd Brumfield / June 16, 2020 /

DALLAS – The Army & Air Force Exchange Service and the Defense Commissary Agency have joined forces to sell the other’s gift cards in their stores. Starting June 22, commissary gift cards from $5 to $300 will be available at select Exchanges for purchase. In addition, Exchange gift cards from $5 to $1,500 will be…

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Military Shoppers Can Show They Are ‘Better Together’ with Exchange and P&G Sweepstakes

By Marisa Conner / June 16, 2020 /

DALLAS – The family that stays together, wins together! Service members and their families can submit a photo or video showing how their days are “better together” for a chance to win $4,500 in prizes from the Army & Air Force Exchange Service and P&G. Authorized Exchange shoppers 18 years and older can submit their…

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Exchange Shoppers Can Get Fit in Style with Garmin Sweepstakes

By Loyd Brumfield / June 11, 2020 /

DALLAS – Military shoppers will look and feel their best as they hike that trail or get their steps in with help from Garmin and the Army & Air Force Exchange Service. From June 12 through July 9, authorized Exchange shoppers 18 years and older can enter the Garmin sweepstakes. One grand-prize winner will take…

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From Guam to Okinawa, the Exchange Supports Medical Task Force during COVID-19

By Loyd Brumfield / June 10, 2020 /

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – For more than 100 Medical Task Force Sailors and Marines, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service provided comforts of home after they returned to Okinawa and into a 14-day quarantine. Beginning June 2, Sailors and Marines assigned to the 3rd Medical Battalion returned home to Okinawa after spending more than…

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Exchange Celebrates Army’s 245th Birthday by Giving Away More Than $5,400 in Prizes

By Marisa Conner / June 9, 2020 /

DALLAS – The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is wishing the United States Army a happy 245th birthday by giving away more than $5,400 in tactical gear. From June 12 through July 9, authorized Exchange shoppers 18 years and older can enter the Army Birthday sweepstakes for the chance to win one of the…

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From Army.mil: Garrison enables vital depot missions to maintain on-time deliveries

By Marisa Conner / June 4, 2020 /

GERMERSHEIM, Germany – Like an old Country and Western song, those convoys of 18-wheelers just kept on a rollin’. There were some detours and roadblocks, to be sure, given the myriad of Department of Defense and Host Nation rules and restrictions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. But the mission went on. When Germany…

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