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By DANIEL BETANCOURT | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 3, 2021 Some civilians working for the Defense Department and Coast Guard on Guam may now shop at Navy and Marine Corps exchanges, thanks to a DOD order issued last month. As of Saturday, non-appropriated and appropriated fund employees have privileges at the Navy and Marine Corps exchanges at installations in the U.S. and its territories and possessions, according to a Navy news release. The exchanges are also gearing up to provide online shopping access by mid-October to the same employees as well as retirees. “The expansion to ne...

Exchange shopping approved for more than half a million DoD, Coast Guard civilians 3 hours ago DoD and Coast Guard civilians will soon be able to shop in exchange stores in the U.S. DoD civilians stationed outside the U.S. have exchange shopping privileges. (AAFES) More than half a million Defense Department and Coast Guard civilian employees with a Common Access Card will be able to shop in military exchange stores by mid-May, according to a new Department of Defense directive. The directive extends in-store and online exchange shopping privileges to appropriated fund and non-appropri...

DoD drops plan to give exchange shopping benefits to more than a half million DoD civilians DoD civilians won't be allowed to shop in exchanges in U.S., for now. (AAFES) A proposal to give military exchange shopping privileges to more than a half million Department of Defense civilians is dead, according to defense officials. “DoD is not pursuing military exchange access for DoD civilian employees at this time,” said DoD spokeswoman Lisa Lawrence, in response to a question from Military Times. She had no comment about why the proposal has been dropped. This is a reversal in direction...

Addressing the virtual American Logistics Association conference on Oct. 22, Berry Patrick, an official with the Pentagon's MWR and NAF Policy Office, said the policy change was in the works and awaiting approval by the DoD. The benefit would have given shopping privileges at military exchanges to civilian DoD employees and those who work in non-appropriated funds jobs, according to Patrick. He added that the extension of benefits to this group could increase sales at exchanges by $287 million a year -- income that would increase the amount of funds supporting the military services' MWR progr...