{"id":1102,"date":"2017-10-23T15:39:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T15:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2018-02-01T16:56:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:56:10","slug":"u-s-department-of-defense-aafes-to-open-online-shopping-to-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/10\/23\/u-s-department-of-defense-aafes-to-open-online-shopping-to-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Article\/Article\/1350597\/aafes-to-open-online-shopping-to-veterans\/\">U.S. Department of Defense: AAFES to Open Online Shopping to Veterans<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DALLAS, Oct. 23, 2017 \u2014 With less than a month until the much-anticipated official launch of the veterans online shopping benefit, more than 225,000 honorably discharged veterans have already been verified to shop at online military exchange websites when the sites open to veterans Nov. 11.<\/p>\n<p>The Army and Air Force Exchange Service online shopping benefit is the first military exchange benefits expansion in nearly 30 years. Beginning on Veterans Day, America\u2019s 18.5 million veterans will be able to shop online at the military exchange websites: <a id=\"anch_193\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shopmyexchange.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ShopMyExchange.com<\/a>, <a id=\"anch_194\" href=\"https:\/\/shopcgx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shopcgx.com<\/a>, <a id=\"anch_195\" href=\"http:\/\/mymcx.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mymcx.com<\/a>, and <a id=\"anch_196\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mynavyexchange.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mynavyexchange.com<\/a>. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To\u00a0see the rest of this story, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Article\/Article\/1350597\/aafes-to-open-online-shopping-to-veterans\/\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DALLAS, Oct. 23, 2017 \u2014 With less than a month until the much-anticipated official launch of the veterans online shopping benefit, more than 225,000 honorably discharged veterans have already been verified to shop at online military exchange websites when the sites open to veterans Nov. 11. 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