{"id":1141,"date":"2017-11-06T17:18:43","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T17:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1141"},"modified":"2018-02-01T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:56:09","slug":"san-diego-union-tribune-army-and-air-force-exchange-system-woos-veterans-with-new-online-push","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/06\/san-diego-union-tribune-army-and-air-force-exchange-system-woos-veterans-with-new-online-push\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Union-Tribune: Army and Air Force Exchange system woos veterans with new online push<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"The government\u2019s 122-year-old post exchange system for troops is opening its inventory to a new line of customers \u2014 veterans.<\/p>\n

Starting on Veterans Day, all honorably discharged veterans will be able to shop online at the Army & Air Force Exchange Service. Eleven months ago, Congress greenlighted the exchange to make the change.<\/p>\n

Before, the tax-free shopping was restricted to active duty, reserve, National Guard and retired military members, plus their families. That will still be the case at the stores. …<\/p>\n

To\u00a0see the rest of this story, click here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government\u2019s 122-year-old post exchange system for troops is opening its inventory to a new line of customers \u2014 veterans. Starting on Veterans Day, all honorably discharged veterans will be able to shop online at the Army & Air Force Exchange Service. Eleven months ago, Congress greenlighted the exchange to make the change. Before, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exchange_in_the_news"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/06\/san-diego-union-tribune-army-and-air-force-exchange-system-woos-veterans-with-new-online-push\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"San Diego Union-Tribune: Army and Air Force Exchange system woos veterans with new online push","url":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/06\/san-diego-union-tribune-army-and-air-force-exchange-system-woos-veterans-with-new-online-push\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/06\/san-diego-union-tribune-army-and-air-force-exchange-system-woos-veterans-with-new-online-push\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Exchange in the News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Marisa Conner"}],"creator":["Marisa Conner"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Exchange Newsroom","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2017-11-06T17:18:43Z","datePublished":"2017-11-06T17:18:43Z","dateModified":"2018-02-01T16:56:09Z"},"rendered":"