A Navy Exchange Service Center patterned after commercial retailers' supply depots opened in 1969 in San Diego. That year, the Yokosuka exchange began distributing a mail-order catalog to personnel in Vietnam. NSSO soon sold all its exchanges there to the Army Air Force Exchange Service. In 19...
Sergeant Smalley planned, coordinated and provided transportation and lodging to over 180 marines on the coronet movement. He worked with multiple personnel at Naval Air Station Oceana and Naval Air Station Rota to ensure all logistical support was met. His transportation vehicle plan at both domestic...
In 1969, the Bureau of Naval Personnel launched the Navy Lodge Program, which would double NSSO's temporary lodging capacity. After a period of new construction on facilities in Virginia, Guam, and California, the Guantanamo Bay Navy Exchange burned to the ground in 1969. Facilities in ...