MEDIA CONTACT:\u00a0Ashley Sutton
\nMEDIA ADVISORY: 12-061
\nRELEASE DATE:\u00a0Oct. 11,\u00a02012<\/p>\n
DALLAS \u2013 <\/strong>As part of an ongoing effort to recruit and hire veterans, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service is teaming up with Feds Hire Vets to highlight employment opportunities in military and veteran communities.\u00a0<\/p>\n The vision of the Feds Hire Vets is to be the leading source of Federal employment information for our Veterans, transitioning service members, their families, Federal HR professionals and hiring managers. The goal of the initiative is to assist those who have served our country in the military find employment in the Federal Government through consistent, accurate information and useful training, amongst other resources, in ways that inform both the applicant and hiring agency. In addition to the Exchange, employment opportunities through the Defense Commissary Agency, Veterans Canteen Service, Navy Exchange Service Command, Coast Guard Exchange and Marine Corps Community Services are also highlighted on the Feds Hire Vets site.<\/p>\n The Employment of Veterans in the Federal Government was signed on November 9, 2009, by President Barak Obama, and establishes the Veterans Employment Initiative. Currently military spouses, dependents, veterans, reserves, and active duty represent 35% of the employees at the Exchange with Veterans exclusively representing 10%.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are united in our efforts to ensure veterans and military family members are aware of the great employment and career opportunities to continue serving in our communities that exist in military resale,\u201d said the Exchange\u2019s VP of Career Management Darryl Porter. \u201cThis website is one of many strategies to assist the Exchange in the recruitment and employment of Veterans.\u201d<\/p>\n — 30 —<\/p>\n The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is a joint non-appropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense and is directed by a Board of Directors which is responsible to the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force through the Service Chiefs of Staff. \u00a0The Exchange has the dual mission of providing authorized patrons with quality merchandise and services at competitively low prices and generating non-appropriated fund earnings as a supplemental source of funding for military morale, welfare and recreation programs. To find out more about the Exchange history and mission or to view recent press releases please visit our Web site at http:\/\/www.shopmyexchange.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n Media Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n For more information or to schedule an interview with an Exchange representative please contact Ashley Sutton, 214-312-2132 or suttonas@aafes.com.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\t