It’s the Army and Air Force Exchange Service’s 120th birthday, and you could be the beneficiary of some big deals they’re offering, including some for your back-to-school shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While shopping at an exchange is relatively easy today, AAFES has operated stores in some unlikely configurations,\u00a0officials said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That includes a tent at Pine Camp, N.Y., (now Fort Drum), in 1908; mules serving as mobile PXs in Hawaii in 1942; a railway PX fro troops maintaining 500 miles of rail in Alaska in 1943; a bombed-out swimming pool stadium in Naples, Italy, in 1943, shared with a GI kitchen; and snack PX trucks at Travis Air Force Base in 1950.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The big day is Saturday, July 25, but the deals start today, in brick-and-mortar stores as well as their online store. As long as you’re an authorized exchange shopper, anyone from any service branch can shop at these stores.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A few examples of the deals available:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n **July 24-26:<\/strong>\u00a010 cents off per gallon at an AAFES gas station when you use your Military Star card to pay. (Pay off the bill at the end of the month!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n **July 24-30 in brick-and-mortar stores:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n –20 percent off boys’, girls’ and toddlers’ Fruit of the Loom underwear and socks (also available online)<\/p>\n\n\n\n –Specials on children’s clothing items for $5, $10, $15, $20<\/p>\n\n\n\n –20 percent off backpacks by Swissgear, JanSport, High Sierra<\/p>\n\n\n\n –$3 for a box of 64 Crayola crayons<\/p>\n\n\n\n –20 percent off select Wenzel tents and sleeping bags<\/p>\n\n\n\n –20 percent off Coleman 30-qt. cooler<\/p>\n\n\n\n –10 to 15 percent off select Intex airbeds<\/p>\n\n\n\n –$400 off a 55-inch Samsung 4K Curve TV<\/p>\n\n\n\n –Macbook Pro for $939<\/p>\n\n\n\n –30 percent off all Skullcandy gaming headsets<\/p>\n\n\n\n –15 percent off Basset and HGTV Design Studio by Bassett furniture<\/p>\n\n\n\n –Free fountain drink or Gold Peak tea for authorized shoppers at Expresses, all day July 25<\/p>\n\n\n\n **July 24-26 at the online store, Shopmyexchange.com ;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n –$1,500 off a 65-inch Samsung 4K curved Smart TV<\/p>\n\n\n\n –Up to 50 percent off select styles of brand name handbags and brand name apparel<\/p>\n\n\n\n –Char-Broil six-burner gas grills for $199<\/p>\n\n\n\n –$20 off select Rockwell tools<\/p>\n\n\n\n –$500 off Bowflex PR3000 home gym<\/p>\n\n\n\n As always, do some research at other stores before you shop to make sure you’re not missing a better deal elsewhere.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s the Army and Air Force Exchange Service\u2019s 120th birthday, and you could be the beneficiary of some big deals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":102843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":13,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3302],"class_list":["post-62025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-off-duty"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"2GWXFJXPUBEJ5GMO4Y3HZMOO2U","arc_canonical_url":"\/off-duty\/2015\/07\/24\/consumer-watch-extra-aafes-birthday-week-long-deals\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"\n