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The Army & Air Force Exchange Service ( AAFES, also referred to as The Exchange and The PX or The BX) provides goods and services at U.S. Army and Air Force installations worldwide, operating department stores, convenience stores, restaurants, military clothing stores, theaters and more across 50 U.S. states and more than 30 countries.
Joint Combined Exchange Training. Joint Combined Exchange Training or JCET programs are exercises designed to provide training opportunities for American Special Forces by holding the training exercises in countries that the forces may one day have to operate in, as well as providing training opportunities for the armed forces of the host ...
Base exchange. An exchange is a type of retail store found on United States military installations worldwide. Originally akin to trading posts, they now resemble contemporary department stores or strip malls. Exact terminology varies by armed service; some examples include base exchange ( BX ), and post exchange ( PX ), and there are more ...
The exchange officer will usually perform all duties as if he or she were actually in the armed forces to which they are attached. This includes going to war, if required, although for international exchange officers this generally requires that permission be granted from their home government, and that other conditions may be attached.
International Military Education and Training (IMET) is the title of a United States security assistance program, a type of student exchange program. History [ edit ] Congress established the IMET program in the International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976 (Pub. L. No. 94-329, June 30, 1976), which amended the Foreign ...
Military payment certificate. One-dollar bill Series 692 ( from the Vietnam War era 1970–73) Military payment certificates, or MPC, was a form of currency used to pay United States (US) military personnel in certain foreign countries in the mid and late twentieth century. They were used in one area or another from a few months after the end ...
Foreign area officer. A foreign area officer ( FAO) is a commissioned officer from any of the six branches of the United States Armed Forces who is a regionally focused expert in political - military operations. Such officers possess a unique combination of strategic focus and regional expertise, with political, cultural, sociological, economic ...
Panzer Kaserne (or Camp Panzer Kaserne [1] ), is a U.S. military installation in Böblingen, Germany, part of U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart. [2] The post is administered by U.S. Army Installation Management Command -Europe (IMCOM-Europe), a legacy from its use as an Army installation since just after World War II.