{"id":5514,"date":"2020-07-23T15:33:55","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/?p=5514"},"modified":"2020-07-23T15:34:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T15:34:29","slug":"from-the-dallas-morning-news-the-pandemic-challenge-for-dallas-based-aafes-keep-the-u-s-military-safe-while-shopping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2020\/07\/23\/from-the-dallas-morning-news-the-pandemic-challenge-for-dallas-based-aafes-keep-the-u-s-military-safe-while-shopping\/","title":{"rendered":"From The Dallas Morning News: The pandemic challenge for Dallas-based AAFES: Keep the U.S. military safe while shopping"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Dallas-based Army Air Force & Exchange Service<\/strong> was one of the first U.S. retailers to get first-hand experience operating in a pandemic, initially in coronavirus hot spots in South Korea and then at bases in Italy and Germany.<\/p>\n

The military\u2019s retail operation for soldiers and their families on bases and remote locations in the U.S. and 31 countries didn\u2019t want its garrisons to become hot spots.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe became very sensitive from how fast the virus spread on the USS Roosevelt,\u201d said Tom Shull, CEO of AAFES. \u201cWe became very protective. We didn\u2019t want to become hot spots on military bases like the meat-packing plants.\u201d …<\/p>\n

Read more from The Dallas Morning News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dallas-based Army Air Force & Exchange Service was one of the first U.S. retailers to get first-hand experience operating in a pandemic, initially in coronavirus hot spots in South Korea and then at bases in Italy and Germany. The military\u2019s retail operation for soldiers and their families on bases and remote locations in the U.S. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":5519,"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":[174,273,107,35,268,32],"class_list":["post-5514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exchange_in_the_news","tag-army-air-force-exchange-service","tag-dallas-morning-news","tag-exchange","tag-military","tag-no-banner","tag-nobanner"],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2020\/07\/23\/from-the-dallas-morning-news-the-pandemic-challenge-for-dallas-based-aafes-keep-the-u-s-military-safe-while-shopping\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"From The Dallas Morning News: The pandemic challenge for Dallas-based AAFES: Keep the U.S. military safe while shopping","url":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2020\/07\/23\/from-the-dallas-morning-news-the-pandemic-challenge-for-dallas-based-aafes-keep-the-u-s-military-safe-while-shopping\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2020\/07\/23\/from-the-dallas-morning-news-the-pandemic-challenge-for-dallas-based-aafes-keep-the-u-s-military-safe-while-shopping\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/SocialDistancingInMobileExchangeFEATURE-e1595518238660.jpg?w=150&h=150&crop=1","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/SocialDistancingInMobileExchangeFEATURE-e1595518238660.jpg"},"articleSection":"Exchange in the News","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Loyd Brumfield"}],"creator":["Loyd Brumfield"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Exchange Newsroom","logo":""},"keywords":["army & air force exchange service","dallas morning news","exchange","military","no banner","nobanner"],"dateCreated":"2020-07-23T15:33:55Z","datePublished":"2020-07-23T15:33:55Z","dateModified":"2020-07-23T15:34:29Z"},"rendered":"