Responsibilities

The U.S. Army and Air Force Exchange Service

a. The U.S. Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) will operate, manage, and supervise the Army military clothing sales stores (AMCSS) program worldwide, in accordance with the terms of the memorandum of understanding between the Department of the Army and AAFES, Dallas, Texas.
b. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the control, storage, and distribution of “issue” AMCSS invento- ries and optional-wear military clothing items from certified manufacturers, according to DA specifications, and as developed by the PM Soldier (SEQ), Bldg. 328, 5901 Putnam Road, Fort Belvoir, VA 22060–5852, in conjunction with the textile technology team at the Natick Soldier Center, Natick, MA 01760. (Optional-wear items are those not considered “issue” items.) Responsibility does not include war reserve stock management.