{"id":1150,"date":"2017-11-07T14:40:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T14:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2018-02-01T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:56:09","slug":"derby-informer-aafes-opens-tax-free-online-shopping-to-all-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/07\/derby-informer-aafes-opens-tax-free-online-shopping-to-all-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.derbyinformer.com\/special_articles\/veterans_guide\/aafes-opens-tax-free-online-shopping-to-all-veterans\/article_86ac095e-c331-11e7-b484-33c14e10e4e2.html\">Derby Informer: AAFES opens tax-free online shopping to all veterans<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1151\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/07\/derby-informer-aafes-opens-tax-free-online-shopping-to-all-veterans\/5a00cc0b6cd04_image\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/5a00cc0b6cd04_image.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"760,962\" 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=\"5a00cc0b6cd04_image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/5a00cc0b6cd04_image.jpg?w=237\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/5a00cc0b6cd04_image.jpg?w=760\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1151 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/5a00cc0b6cd04_image-237x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"237\" height=\"300\" \/>Beginning on Veterans Day, all honorably-discharged military veterans, regardless of whether they have retired from the armed forces or not, will be able to purchase items from Army Air Force Exchange Services (AAFES) online.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, only retired or medically retired veterans are eligible for base privileges, which includes the use of AAFES, known as the Base Exchange (BX) to airmen, Navy Exchange (NEX) to sailors, Post Exchange (PX) to soldiers and Marine Corps Exchange (MCS) to Marines. &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>To\u00a0see the rest of this story, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.derbyinformer.com\/special_articles\/veterans_guide\/aafes-opens-tax-free-online-shopping-to-all-veterans\/article_86ac095e-c331-11e7-b484-33c14e10e4e2.html\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beginning on Veterans Day, all honorably-discharged military veterans, regardless of whether they have retired from the armed forces or not, will be able to purchase items from Army Air Force Exchange Services (AAFES) online. Currently, only retired or medically retired veterans are eligible for base privileges, which includes the use of AAFES, known as the [&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":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1150","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\/07\/derby-informer-aafes-opens-tax-free-online-shopping-to-all-veterans\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Derby Informer: AAFES opens tax-free online shopping to all veterans","url":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/07\/derby-informer-aafes-opens-tax-free-online-shopping-to-all-veterans\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/07\/derby-informer-aafes-opens-tax-free-online-shopping-to-all-veterans\/"},"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":"2017-11-07T14:40:16Z","datePublished":"2017-11-07T14:40:16Z","dateModified":"2018-02-01T16:56:09Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Derby Informer: AAFES opens tax-free online shopping to all veterans\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/publicaffairs-sme.com\\\/ExchangePost\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/07\\\/derby-informer-aafes-opens-tax-free-online-shopping-to-all-veterans\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/publicaffairs-sme.com\\\/ExchangePost\\\/2017\\\/11\\\/07\\\/derby-informer-aafes-opens-tax-free-online-shopping-to-all-veterans\\\/\"},\"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\":\"2017-11-07T14:40:16Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-11-07T14:40:16Z\",\"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":1102,"url":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/10\/23\/u-s-department-of-defense-aafes-to-open-online-shopping-to-veterans\/","url_meta":{"origin":1150,"position":0},"title":"U.S. Department of Defense: AAFES to Open Online Shopping to Veterans","author":"Marisa Conner","date":"October 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"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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