The Defense Department has been working on plans over the past year to integrate the business operations of the services' separate exchanges. The result, if approved by Congress, should remain transparent to customers, according to a senior Pentagon official. Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz's May 9, 2003, memorandum called for "a single optimized Armed Service exchange system" for DoD that would require a detailed plan and coordination with Congress. Oversight of the initiative to integrate the Army and Air Force Exchange Service, the Marine Corps Exchange and Navy Exchange operations was assigned to Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel...