{"id":1194,"date":"2017-11-20T14:13:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T14:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=1194"},"modified":"2018-02-01T16:55:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:55:59","slug":"connectingvets-com-aafes-president-answers-the-big-questions-on-vet-exchange-shopping-privilege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/20\/connectingvets-com-aafes-president-answers-the-big-questions-on-vet-exchange-shopping-privilege\/","title":{"rendered":"ConnectingVets.com: AAFES President answers the big questions on vet exchange shopping privilege<\/a>"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of Veterans Day 2017, every honorably discharged vet gained access to online shopping privileges after verifying their veteran status through VetVerify.org.<\/p>\n

Cool, right?<\/p>\n

But what, exactly, comes along with that? Why should vets be checking the exchange websites? Do they really think they\u2019re going to be able to compete with Wal-Mart, Amazon, Best Buy and the rest of the big boys of retail?<\/p>\n

We invited the President and Chief Merchandising Officer of the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, (and former Air Force brat) Ana Middleton, on to The Morning Briefing to find out everything we could about the program and to ask the questions we\u2019ve seen vets asking about the new program. …<\/p>\n

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

As of Veterans Day 2017, every honorably discharged vet gained access to online shopping privileges after verifying their veteran status through VetVerify.org. Cool, right? But what, exactly, comes along with that? Why should vets be checking the exchange websites? Do they really think they\u2019re going to be able to compete with Wal-Mart, Amazon, Best Buy […]<\/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-1194","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\/20\/connectingvets-com-aafes-president-answers-the-big-questions-on-vet-exchange-shopping-privilege\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"ConnectingVets.com: AAFES President answers the big questions on vet exchange shopping privilege","url":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/20\/connectingvets-com-aafes-president-answers-the-big-questions-on-vet-exchange-shopping-privilege\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/11\/20\/connectingvets-com-aafes-president-answers-the-big-questions-on-vet-exchange-shopping-privilege\/"},"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":"2017-11-20T14:13:34Z","datePublished":"2017-11-20T14:13:34Z","dateModified":"2018-02-01T16:55:59Z"},"rendered":"