School Meal Program

Our Mission

The Exchange School Meal Program will provide wholesome, nutritious meals to eligible students in participating OCONUS Department of Defense schools.

The Goals of the School Meal Program

• Create an atmosphere of excellent customer service and care for all
• Make school meals a noticeable extension of the classroom and a learning environment for nutrition education
• Give students the best nutritional value for their money

Introducing our new School Meal Program family site, LINQConnect – new for school year 2023/2024!

From one site, families can view menus, apply for free and reduced meals and manage student meal accounts.

Menus → Check District Menus → search AAFES DODEA

Meal Applications → Start Meal Application

To manage your student account, including adding money to the account → Join the LINQ Connect Community!

The Exchange provides school lunch to K-12 students on Army and Air Force Installations in 8 countries overseas. We follow the same USDA guidelines as schools throughout the United States. Check out the Nutrition page for an explanation of the new USDA guidelines. We provide Free and Reduced-Price meals for students who qualify under Federal Guidelines.

In school year 2021-2022, AAFES served an average of 27,000 meals each day for a total of more than 4.6 million meals over the school year.

We support programs in 76 school cafeterias on Army and Air Force Installations throughout Europe and the Pacific including all Marine installations in Okinawa and one Marine installation in Iwakuni.

Contact Us

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits. Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339. Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form , (AD-3027) found online at: How to File a Complaint , and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by:

• mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture
  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
  1400 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, D.C. 20250-9410;
• fax: (202) 690-7442; or
• email: program.intake@usda.gov

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.