• DALLAS
Susan Eaton, the vice president (VP) for Audit of the Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) since 2015, is retiring this month.
As of press time, the Exchange had not yet named her successor.
BACKGROUND
Eaton comes from a military family. Her father was a C-47 pilot in World War II, and her husband, a 30-year chief master sergeant in the Air Force, was named AAFES’s senior enlisted advisor in 2005 and served in that role through 2008.
In addition, her youngest son, William, just earned the rank of master sergeant in the Air Force, and is serving in a contingency location.
FINDING HER PATH
Eaton grew up in Long Beach, Calif., and attended California State University at Long Beach, where she earned her Bachelor of Business Administration and Accounting degrees.
She later earned her Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Weber State University, which she attended while she and her husband lived at Hill AFB, Utah.
Later, the Eatons moved to F.E. Warren AFB, Wyo., when they received the news that her husband was selected as the Exchange’s senior enlisted advisor, and they moved to Dallas.
Eaton started her AAFES career in November 2006 as a junior auditor, and she rose through the ranks until she was named to her current position.
Along the way, from 2007 to 2013, Eaton was deployed to Kuwait and Iraq twice each, and to Afghanistan once, supporting contingency inventory observations.
Her service earned her the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal.
RETIREMENT
In retirement, the Eatons plan to stay in Dallas-Fort Worth, where another son, Adam, and their youngest grandchild also live, but they also plan to travel.
Looking back at her AAFES career, Eaton said she is proud of mentoring Audit team members and helping them to develop.
“This has been such a wonderful career,” she noted. “The people that I’ve met in this division and the people I work with are such a talented group of folks. I couldn’t do my job without them. They are integral to this.”
Source: AAFES
Edited by Larry Lapka
