Effective Date of Change: Veterans Day 11/11/17
After two years of study and debate, the Department of Defense has made a policy change, effective next November, to allow 16 million honorably discharged veterans to shop online for discounted military exchange products.
Months of preparation are needed to make e-shopping portals more robust and to allow the Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) time to create software for verifying veterans’ status using Department of Veterans Affairs records. For details visit: https://www.shopmyexchange.com/veterans
From an article published on The Military Advantage Blog, 01/17/17.