The Organization
There are 73 military authorizations in The Exchange worldwide. Of those, 54 are located here at HQ Exchange.
Key Leadership Positions:
- The Commander
- The Deputy Commanding General
- The Chief of Staff
- The Senior Enlisted Advisor
- The Chief Operating Officer (civilian)
Learn more about the Leadership.
Department Heads
Senior Vice Presidents, Division Directors, and Special Staff (Inspector General and General Counsel) are our department heads. They are keys to the success of The Exchange and our headquarters. They support the Commander, CDRs/ORs and SVPs/USRs, our primary operating officials.
Associates
In these facilities, The Exchange employs more than 43,000 worldwide. Some 25 percent are military family members and 4 percent are active-duty military that work during off-duty hours.
Directorates
The headquarters organization is divided into directorates. Some of the directorates are headed up by military personnel and some by civilian senior rate personnel.

Directorates
- Chief of Staff (CS)
- Audit (AU)
- Logistics (LG)
- Management Information Technology (IT)
- Real Estate (RE)
- Financial Management & Accounting (FA)
- Loss Prevention (LP)
- Corporate Planning & Comm. (PL)
- Marketing (MK)
- Procurement Support & Policy (PZ)
- General Counsel (GC)
- Human Resources (HR)
- Sales (SD)
- Inspector General (IG)