Story by Julie Mitchell | Army & Air Force Exchange Service HQ | 10.06.2025
DALLAS – The MILITARY STAR card, an exclusive line of credit for the military community, is offering 0% interest and no payments at commissaries worldwide for three months on purchases made during October (Oct. 1 to Oct. 31) to deliver additional financial relief during the government shutdown....
Story by Julie Mitchell | Army & Air Force Exchange Service HQ | 09.29.2025
DALLAS – Army & Air Force Exchange Service stores worldwide will remain open for authorized shoppers if the federal government shuts down Oct. 1....
Story by Julie Mitchell | Army & Air Force Exchange Service HQ | 12.20.2024
DALLAS – Army & Air Force Exchange Service stores worldwide will remain open for Soldiers, Airmen, Guardians, military families, retirees and disabled Veterans if the federal government shuts down Dec. 21....
Story by Julie Mitchell | Army & Air Force Exchange Service HQ | 09.29.2023
PXs, BXs and ShopMyExchange.com will remain open if the government shuts down. Read more: https://wp.me/p9Q7PG-2vk.
Story by James Katzaman | Marine Corps Systems Command | 10.30.2013
Even – or especially – in uncertain times, sometimes you have to go slow to go fast. This is one aspect of how uncertainty in the world drives the Marine Corps....
Story by Lance Cpl. Michael Wick | 12th Marine Corps District | 10.22.2013
Midnight, October 1. The countdown clock on the local news channel reaches zero. The federal government officially shuts down. Certain effects immediately take place around the country. National parks shutdown, national monuments are barricaded, many government services are halted, and more than 800,000 government workers are furloughed indefinitely....
Story by Master Sgt. Kevin Wallace | 366th Fighter Wing | 10.22.2013
Two Luftwaffe "Blue" AG-51 Tornados zoomed through the desert skies, closing in on a U.S. Navy "Red" E/A-18G Growler, that just fired missiles at a U.S. Air Force convoy moving across the desert about 15 miles from Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. "I got a lock-on," bellows one of the German Air Force pilots. Moments later, the Super Hornet's threat is neutralized, and a combat......
Story by Staff Sgt. David Salanitri | Air Force Public Affairs Agency | 10.17.2013
As a result of the passed continuing resolution legislation, the Air Force is in the process of returning operations to normal pre-shutdown status, to include the reinstatement of military tuition assistance....
