• idegenszavak@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    for other poor non-americans like me, who heard the term aafes first time in their shitty non-freedomy life:

    The Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES, also referred to as The Exchange and post exchange/PX or base exchange/BX) provides goods and services at U.S. Army, Air Force, and Space Force installations worldwide, operating department stores, convenience stores, restaurants, military clothing stores, theaters and more nationwide and in more than 30 countries and four U.S. territories.

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      7 months ago

      due to public Health concerns the US government will stop operating Army, Air Force and Space Force installations worldwide

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      7 months ago

      As an American who didn’t know and was afraid to ask, thank you. Had no idea. Now I wanna see some of that sweet sweet space force merch.

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      7 months ago

      I am an American and this is the first time I’ve heard of AAFES

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        7 months ago

        They don’t really have any presence outside of military bases and embassies, so if you don’t exist in those circles, you wouldn’t have been exposed to them.