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Come Nov. 11, Shull can\u2019t wait to right those wrongs, and welcome home 13 million of his fellow veterans to the Army &amp; Air Force Exchange Service, granting all who were honorably discharged, regardless of [&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-736","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\/05\/03\/redstone-rocket-truly-an-honor-to-serve-those-who-serve\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Redstone Rocket: \u2018Truly an honor to serve those who serve\u2019","url":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/05\/03\/redstone-rocket-truly-an-honor-to-serve-those-who-serve\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2017\/05\/03\/redstone-rocket-truly-an-honor-to-serve-those-who-serve\/"},"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":"2017-05-03T14:41:04Z","datePublished":"2017-05-03T14:41:04Z","dateModified":"2018-02-01T16:56:47Z"},"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"wp-parsely-metadata\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"NewsArticle\",\"headline\":\"Redstone Rocket: \\u2018Truly an honor to serve those who serve\\u2019\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/publicaffairs-sme.com\\\/ExchangePost\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/03\\\/redstone-rocket-truly-an-honor-to-serve-those-who-serve\\\/\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\\\/\\\/publicaffairs-sme.com\\\/ExchangePost\\\/2017\\\/05\\\/03\\\/redstone-rocket-truly-an-honor-to-serve-those-who-serve\\\/\"},\"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\":\"2017-05-03T14:41:04Z\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-05-03T14:41:04Z\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-02-01T16:56:47Z\"}<\/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":8255,"url":"https:\/\/publicaffairs-sme.com\/ExchangePost\/2022\/07\/25\/army-air-force-exchange-service-celebrates-127-years-of-serving-those-who-serve\/","url_meta":{"origin":736,"position":0},"title":"Army &#038; Air Force Exchange Service Celebrates 127 Years of Serving Those Who Serve","author":"Chris Ward","date":"July 25, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"DALLAS \u2013 Since 1895, Warfighters and their families have counted on the Army & Air Force Exchange Service to improve their Quality of Life\u2014no matter where they have served. 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