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AAFES senior enlisted advisor visits RAF Mildenhall
Posted 8/30/2012 Updated 8/30/2012
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by Lisa J. Neidinger
AAFES Public Affairs
8/30/2012 - RAF MILDENHALL, England -- The senior enlisted advisor for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service visited here Aug. 27-28, 2012.
During his visit, Chief Master Sgt. Tony Pearson toured the Exchange, and he met with Mildenhall personnel and Exchange associates to address Exchange-related issues.
"Part of my job as the senior enlisted advisor is to visit bases throughout the world and find out what the Exchange can do to better to serve its customers and fix existing problems," said Pearson.
"Educating our customers on the Exchange benefit is the most important part of my job," he continued. "Our goal is to be your number one choice for retail shopping. You can go anywhere to purchase an iPod or a TV, but when you buy from the Exchange, that's money going back to support our troops."
The Exchange is a joint non-appropriated fund of the Department of Defense with a retail mission to provide quality products, services and food to service members, their families, Reserve and Guard members and military retirees. Exchange sales generate earnings to supplement Air Force Services programs as well as Army Morale Welfare and Recreation activities.
Pearson is one of 72 Active Duty Service members assigned to the Exchange to carry out this mission; the Exchange also employs more than 42,000 civilian associates world-wide.
"For every dollar earned, 67 cents comes back to the military community from the MWR dividend," said Pearson. "Last year Mildenhall Air Force Services activities got back more than $471,000 - so shopping at the Exchange is a win-win. You get great products at a great price and your spent money comes back to the installation through the dividend."
For more information about the Exchange and Exchange programs visit www.shopmyexchange.com
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