Military Veterans To Be Honored by the NEX

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To honor the service of veterans and in celebration of Veterans Day, select NEX locations will present a 2021 commemorative coin to retired veterans on Thursday, Nov. 11 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., while supplies last. The coins will also be available online at myNavyExchange.com when a purchase is made beginning on Nov. 11 EST, until supplies last. Veterans should bring verification of veteran status, if available.

“Our NEX stores and associates really look forward to honoring our veterans with this coin presentation each year,” said Bill Marx, Marketing Promotion Coordinator for the Navy Exchange Service Command (NEXCOM). “Since many of our NEXCOM associates and military affiliated, they truly know the sacrifices our veterans make in service to our county. To make it easier for a veteran to get a coin, NEXCOM is once again teaming up with the other military exchanges and the Defense Commissary Agency so that veterans can be honored at any Army/Air Force Exchange, Coast Guard Exchange, Commissary or Marine Corps Exchange as well.”

NEX locations that will be distributing the commemorative coins are NEX Norfolk, Little Creek, Portsmouth and Oceana, Virginia; NEX Annapolis, Patuxent River and Bethesda, Maryland; NEX Mitchel Field, New York; NEX New London, Connecticut; NEX Newport, Rhode Island; NEX Great Lakes, Illinois; NEX  Crane, Indiana; NEX Kings Bay, Georgia; NEX Charleston, South Carolina; NEX Memphis, Tennessee; NEX Meridian and Gulfport, Mississippi; NEX Belle Chase, Louisiana; NEX Orlando, Jacksonville, Mayport, Pensacola, Panama City and Key West, Florida; NEX Corpus Christi, Texas; NEX San Diego, Lemoore, North Island and Port Hueneme, California; NEX Bangor, Bremerton, Everett and Whidbey Island, Washington; NEX Fallon, Nevada; NEX Pearl Harbor; NEX Guam; NEX Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; NEX Sasebo, Yokosuka and Atsugi, Japan; NEX Sigonella, Sicily; NEX Naples, Italy; NEX Rota, Spain; NEX Bahrain and NEX Djibouti.

Quick Facts
To honor the service of veterans and in celebration of Veterans Day, select NEX locations will present a 2021 commemorative coin to retired veterans on Thursday, Nov. 11 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., while supplies last. The coins will also be available online at myNavyExchange.com when a purchase is made beginning on Nov. 11 EST, until supplies last. Veterans should bring verification of veteran status, if available.