Grand Opening

Army & Air Force Exchange Service Unveils $13.2 Million Renovated Shopping Center at Vicenza

By Julie Mitchell / July 16, 2021 /

VICENZA, Italy ‒ Soldiers and families gathered around the red ribbon and waited for the long-anticipated reopening of the Vicenza Exchange. With a quick snip of the ribbon, the crowd applauded and eagerly entered their Army & Air Force Exchange Service shopping center. Col. Daniel Vogel, U.S. Army Garrison Italy commander; Col. Don Nowlin, Exchange…

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Army & Air Force Exchange Service Welcomes Tropical Smoothie Cafe to Fort Belvoir

By Loyd Brumfield / June 21, 2021 /

FORT BELVOIR – Soldiers and their families can refresh with better-for-you options at Tropical Smoothie Café, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s newest restaurant at Fort Belvoir. Tropical Smoothie Café fits the Exchange’s BE FIT lifestyle by offering fresh fruits and vegetables in smoothies, along with better-for-you meals such as salads, bowls and wraps…

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Army & Air Force Exchange Service Welcomes Nestle’s Cafe to Fort Bliss

By Loyd Brumfield / June 9, 2021 /

FORT BLISS – Soldiers and their families can satisfy their sweet tooths with a visit to Nestle Toll House Café by Chip, which celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 4 at Fort Bliss. Nestle Toll House Café by Chip offers hot drinks and snacks such as cookies, cupcakes and ice cream made…

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Laundry Services Arrive With Touch of an App as Exchange Opens Tide Lockers at Dobbins Air Reserve Base

By Loyd Brumfield / May 14, 2021 /

DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE – Airmen and Reservists at Dobbins Air Reserve Base can now clean up with a variety of laundry services after the Army & Air Force Exchange Service opened 16 Tide Lockers at Dobbins Air Reserve Base. Tide Lockers, the first in operation for the Army & Air Force Exchange Service, provide…

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Coffee’s Brewing as Army & Air Force Exchange Service Welcomes Prevail Union Café to Maxwell-Gunter AFB

By Loyd Brumfield / May 12, 2021 /

MAXWELL-GUNTER AIR FORCE BASE – Coffee and the military go hand-in-hand, and Airmen and their families have a new home for craft Southern coffees as the Army & Air Force Exchange Service opened Prevail Union Café at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base with a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 10. “We are excited to open a Prevail Coffee…

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Army & Air Force Exchange Service Unveils Updated Exchange at Luke Air Force Base

By Loyd Brumfield / May 5, 2021 /

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE – 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. Col. Ryan Richardson, commander of the 56th Mission Support Group at Luke Air Force Base, helped cut the ribbon along with Exchange Western…

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Exchange Welcomes Healthy Dining Choice Bun-D to Fort Detrick

By Loyd Brumfield / May 4, 2021 /

FORT DETRICK – A new healthy dining choice opened its doors for Soldiers and their families as the Army & Air Force Exchange Service welcomed Bun-D to Fort Detrick on May 4. “The opening of Bun-D is exciting, and we are so happy to give our Fort Detrick community another healthy food option,” Fort Detrick…

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New $54 Million PX Shopping Center Opens at Fort Sam Houston

By Marisa Conner / April 15, 2021 /

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON – With the snip of a ribbon, a new era of shopping was launched at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston as the Army & Air Force Exchange Service formally opened its $54 million shopping center, the post’s first new shopping center in 50 years. The 210,000-square-foot shopping center…

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