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Army & Air Force Exchange Service Associates Receive Red Cross Honor for Live-Saving Actions at Nellis AFB

By Loyd Brumfield / May 26, 2021 /

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE – Two Army & Air Force Exchange Service associates at Nellis Air Force Base were honored with Certificates of Merit, signed by President Biden, from the American Red Cross during a ceremony May 25. PowerZone Supervisor Ikaipo Atienza and Customer Service Supervisor Alan Timbol were recognized for their actions in December,…

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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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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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Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s Newly Renovated Reel Time Theater Debuts at Fort Irwin

By Loyd Brumfield / April 2, 2021 /

FORT IRWIN – It was lights, camera, action on the silver screen as the Army & Air Force Exchange Service raised the curtain on its newly renovated Reel Time Theater at Fort Irwin. “Raya and the Last Dragon” was the first official movie shown in the two-theater auditorium—one theater seats 220 and the other 120—after…

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Army & Air Force Exchange Service Honors Vietnam Veterans in Ceremonies Worldwide

By Marisa Conner / March 29, 2021 /

DALLAS – The Army & Air Force Exchange Service honored Vietnam Veterans for their distinguished service during pinning ceremonies worldwide for National Vietnam War Veterans Day. Veterans received free lapel pins, provided in partnership with the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration, on March 29 as lasting mementos of our Nation’s appreciation for these…

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From KITV-4: Hawai’i soldier receives Christmas gift in February

By Marisa Conner / March 2, 2021 /

HONOLULU, Hawaii – It may be well into the new year, but one Hawaii Army National Guard Soldier is still celebrating the holidays. Staff Sgt. Ross Lazaro was selected as a grand-prize winner in a contest to pay off his holiday bill. Read more from KITV.com.

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From KOLD-TV: Retired soldier’s shopping tab paid in full at Fort Huachuca

By Marisa Conner / February 23, 2021 /

TUCSON, Ariz. — The holidays were extra merry for retired Sgt. 1st Class Anna Merryman, a grand-prize winner in the MILITARY STAR card’s seventh annual Your Holiday Bill Is on Us sweepstakes. “I was so excited when I found out. I was beside myself,” said Merryman, a Sierra Vista resident who served 20 years in…

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Good Grades Pay! Exchange Awards $4,000 to Three Military Children for Academic Excellence

By Marisa Conner / February 18, 2021 /

DALLAS – Good grades pay off—especially for the three young winners of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s You Made the Grade worldwide sweepstakes. Seventh-grader Sara Cockrell won the grand prize of a $2,000 Exchange gift card, which she received in a presentation at the Fort Bragg Exchange. Seventh-grader Bruce Birch received the second-place…

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