{"id":1147,"date":"2017-11-06T14:38:05","date_gmt":"2017-11-06T14:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2018-02-01T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:56:09","slug":"military-com-about-250000-veterans-sign-up-for-new-exchange-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/06\/military-com-about-250000-veterans-sign-up-for-new-exchange-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2017\/11\/06\/about-250000-veterans-sign-up-new-exchange-benefit.html\">Military.com: About 250,000 Veterans Sign Up for New Exchange Benefit<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1148\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/06\/military-com-about-250000-veterans-sign-up-for-new-exchange-benefit\/online-keyboard-3000-16-oct-2017-ts600\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/online-keyboard-3000-16-oct-2017-ts600.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"600,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"online-keyboard-3000-16-oct-2017-ts600\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/online-keyboard-3000-16-oct-2017-ts600.jpeg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/online-keyboard-3000-16-oct-2017-ts600.jpeg?w=600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1148 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/online-keyboard-3000-16-oct-2017-ts600-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>About 250,000 people have registered for a new benefit from the military exchanges that allows all honorably discharged veterans to shop online, officials with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>In the past, exchange access &#8212; both online and at brick-and-mortar stores on military bases worldwide &#8212; has been reserved for active-duty troops and their families; Reserve and Guard members and their families; military retirees; 100 percent service-connected disabled veterans; and the families of fallen troops. Medal of Honor recipients are also given access. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To\u00a0see the rest of this story, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2017\/11\/06\/about-250000-veterans-sign-up-new-exchange-benefit.html\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About 250,000 people have registered for a new benefit from the military exchanges that allows all honorably discharged veterans to shop online, officials with the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) said Monday. In the past, exchange access &#8212; both online and at brick-and-mortar stores on military bases worldwide &#8212; has been reserved for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/06\/military-com-about-250000-veterans-sign-up-for-new-exchange-benefit\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Military.com: About 250,000 Veterans Sign Up for New Exchange Benefit","url":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/06\/military-com-about-250000-veterans-sign-up-for-new-exchange-benefit\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/06\/military-com-about-250000-veterans-sign-up-for-new-exchange-benefit\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Uncategorized","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Marisa Conner"}],"creator":["Marisa Conner"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Exchange Newsroom","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2017-11-06T14:38:05Z","datePublished":"2017-11-06T14:38:05Z","dateModified":"2018-02-01T16:56:09Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Military.com: About 250,000 Veterans Sign Up for New Exchange Benefit\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/publicaffairs-sme.com\\\/ExchangePost\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/06\\\/military-com-about-250000-veterans-sign-up-for-new-exchange-benefit\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/publicaffairs-sme.com\\\/ExchangePost\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/06\\\/military-com-about-250000-veterans-sign-up-for-new-exchange-benefit\\\/\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"\"},\"articleSection\":\"Uncategorized\",\"author\":[{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"name\":\"Marisa Conner\"}],\"creator\":[\"Marisa Conner\"],\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"The Exchange Newsroom\",\"logo\":\"\"},\"keywords\":[],\"dateCreated\":\"2017-11-06T14:38:05Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-06T14:38:05Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-01T16:56:09Z\"}<\/script>","tracker_url":"https:\/\/cdn.parsely.com\/keys\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/p.js"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3000,"url":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2018\/11\/08\/veterans-save-nearly-3-4-million-in-sales-tax-during-first-year-of-army-air-force-exchange-service-online-shopping\/","url_meta":{"origin":1147,"position":0},"title":"Veterans Save Nearly $3.4 Million in Sales Tax During First Year of Army &#038; 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