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The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES, also referred to as The Exchange and post exchange/PX or base exchange/BX) provides goods and services at U.S. Army, Air Force, and Space Force installations worldwide, operating department stores, convenience stores, restaurants, military clothing stores, theaters and more nationwide and in more than 30 countries and four U.S. territories.
Stewart Airfield opened in 1934 at the direction of Douglas MacArthur as a training facility for the nearby United States Military Academy (West Point). The base is named in honor of a 19th-century Scottish-born sea captain, Lachlan Stewart, and his son, who donated the land it now occupies. [2] It was built out significantly during World War II.
Today, Fort DeRussy Armed Forces Recreation Center is the home of the Hale Koa Hotel, [39] or House of the Warrior, an 817-room resort hotel. [37] In 1991, a major expansion project began at the Hale Koa, [39] including the development of 66 acres (270,000 m 2) of Fort DeRussy, a new swimming pool complex, two snack bars, a beverage bar and ...
On 28 July 1967, the combined facilities of Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Airfield were re-designated the United States Army Flight Training Center. Included was the Attack Helicopter Training Department ("Cobra Hall"), the Army's first attack helicopter school whose purpose was to train pilots in the AH-1G Cobra , the world's first purpose ...
Fort Stewart is named for Brigadier General Daniel Stewart, a hero of the Revolutionary War and a political leader from Liberty County, Georgia. [9] It is the largest Army installation east of the Mississippi River, covering 280,000 acres (1,100 km 2), which include parts of Liberty, Long, Bryan, Evans and Tattnall Counties.
In 2018, the museum accepted two historical markers removed from a Fort Worth city park. One of them remembered a violent East Texas Ku Klux Klansman who was implicated in an 1868 lynching ...
“An Unexpected Friendship: Jimmy Stewart’s Love for Fort Worth” documents the legendary actor’s time in Fort Worth. Here’s where to see it.
Tom Shull is an American businessman and Director/CEO of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (Exchange), No. 52 [1] on the National Retail Federation's Top 100 Retailers list. Shull joined the Exchange in 2012 as the first civilian [2] [3] to lead the Department of Defense's largest retailer. He also serves on the Exchange's board of ...