It pays to shop the Dyess exchange

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DYESS AFB, Texas --  The Exchange benefit at Dyess is paying dividends in more ways than one.

Airmen shopping at the BX, dining at Burger King and using other AAFES activities last year generated a dividend of $412,733.

These funds are critical to Air Force Service's ability to enhance local programs and facilities including the Mesquite Golf Course, Fitness Center, and the Bowling Center.

"AAFES' dual mission is to provide goods and services at competitively low prices and generate earnings to support Services programs," said the Dyess BX's General Manager Teresita Williams. "As a result, the dollars that troops and their families spend in AAFES facilities generates a healthy return on their investment by directly improving quality of life services."

The duel benefit AAFES provides military families goes far beyond the clothes, electronics or consumables available at the Exchange. In fact, purchases made in the past 10 years have provided more than $2.4 billion to military Services programs such as Youth Services, post functions and aquatic centers.

Historically, roughly two-thirds of AAFES earnings are paid to MWR programs. In addition to funding quality of life efforts, AAFES earnings are used to build new stores or renovate existing facilities without expense to the Federal government. Funds to contract these new or replacement facilities also come entirely from sales of merchandise and services.


The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is a joint command and is directed by a Board of Directors which is responsible to the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force through the Service Chiefs of Staff. AAFES has the dual mission of providing authorized patrons with articles of merchandise and services and generating non-appropriated fund earnings as a supplemental source of funding for military Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) programs. To find out more about AAFES' history and mission or to view recent press releases please visit our Web site at http://www.aafes.com/pa/default.asp.