NOVEMBER 24, 2020 - Select overseas NEX locations will participate in various events, giveaways and open on Thanksgiving Day to support Sailors not able to travel or be with loved ones. In addition to coordination with base leadership, in most instances, those NEX locations will be partnering with MWR and the USO to bring Sailors some additional holiday cheer. The COVID-19 … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2020
Disney Helps Military Celebrate Thanksgiving with Free Screening of Frozen II
NOVEMBER 24, 2020 – The Army & Air Force Exchange Service and the Walt Disney Studios are giving military families an early holiday treat this Thanksgiving: a free online screening of “Frozen II.” Families can stream the box office smash for 48 hours starting at 3 p.m. Central time Nov. 25 at ShopMyExchange.com/XKids, the Exchange’s XKids Community Hub. The stream is open … [Read more...]
Commissaries Adding Thermometers, Children’s Disposable Protective Masks
NOVEMBER 24, 2020 - Commissaries are adding digital contactless thermometers and children’s reusable masks to store inventories, announced the Defense Commissary Agency’s (DeCA) director of sales. These additions, along with new lines of adult disposable masks and several sizes of hand sanitizers, first became available in stateside stores in late September. Shipments of … [Read more...]
Rakkasans Help with Design of Army’s Future Assault Aircraft
NOVEMBER 24, 2020 - Soldiers from the famed 2-506th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) descended on the Bell Helicopter Flight Research Center to take a look at the V-280 Valor. Designed and built under the Army’s Joint Multi-Role Technology Demonstrator (JMR-TD) program, the Valor has flown more than 190 hours demonstrating the … [Read more...]
Operation Warp Speed Refines Vaccine Delivery Plan
NOVEMBER 24, 2020 - While the reality of a COVID-19 vaccine inches closer, the team at Operation Warp Speed is refining its plan to deliver doses across the country. Charged with developing and delivering a vaccine to 300 million Americans, Operation Warp Speed paired military planners with experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to work the details of a … [Read more...]