Navy Exchanges

Mission

Established in 1946, the NEX mission is to provide customers with quality goods and services at a savings and to support Navy quality of life programs. The retail stores and many services offered by the Navy Exchange makes it an important quality of life benefit to customers... active duty, family members, retirees, national guard, and reservists... around the world, both ashore and at sea.

NEX stores

Navy Exchange (NEX) retail stores found on Navy installations worldwide, offer a wide variety of products and services to authorized customers. NEXs offer prestige brands, national mass brands and private brands, all at significant savings. The NEX offers customers Best Brands at Best Buys. While many retailers offer best brands and many offer best buys, only the NEX offers both. On average, customers save 20 percent, not including sales tax, when shopping at a NEX.

Seventy percent of the profits generated within the Exchange System are given back to Sailors in the form of Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) distributions. In fact, in its 63-year history, the Navy Exchange has contributed over $2.2 billion to the MWR Fund. The remaining thirty percent is retained by the Navy Exchange System and funds new stores, renovations, and other capital and major improvement projects.

A listing of all NEX locations worldwide can be found at here.