{"id":1156,"date":"2017-11-09T14:52:01","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T14:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1156"},"modified":"2018-02-01T16:56:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:56:09","slug":"fort-worth-star-telegram-military-exchange-to-open-online-shopping-to-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dfw-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/09\/fort-worth-star-telegram-military-exchange-to-open-online-shopping-to-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dfw-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/local\/community\/fort-worth\/article183550306.html\">Fort Worth Star-Telegram: Military Exchange to open online shopping to hundreds of thousands of DFW veterans<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1157\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/09\/fort-worth-star-telegram-military-exchange-to-open-online-shopping-to-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dfw-veterans\/forthoodexterior11bk\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/FortHoodExterior1120BK.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1140,641\" 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=\"FortHoodExterior11BK\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/FortHoodExterior1120BK.jpg?w=300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/FortHoodExterior1120BK.jpg?w=1140\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1157 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/FortHoodExterior1120BK-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>Some 225,000 veterans in the Dallas-Fort Worth area &#8212; and 18.5 million nationwide &#8212; will have access to tax-free online shopping at the Army &amp; Air Force Exchange Service starting Saturday, a major change for the 122-year-old retailer for the military.<\/p>\n<div id=\"story-target\" class=\"clearfix\">\n<div id=\"content-body-\" class=\"content-body\">\n<p>The shift was the brainchild of Tom Shull, the director and CEO of the Exchange Service, the U.S. Department of Defense&#8217;s oldest, largest retailer. 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