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  • Yellow Ribbon provides support for teens

     In between bites of lunch at an Air Force Reserve conference here Saturday, teenager Anthony Jackson Jr. talked about how quiet his house was during his mother’s recent overseas military deployment. “It’s missing something. You miss the person being there,” the 16-year-old said at a Yellow Ribbon

  • McChord Citizen Airman is Bagram's only weapons repairman

    When a M4 rifle or a M2 .50 caliber rifle goes does, there is one Airman responsible for getting the weapons system back into the fight.As Bagram's only small arms weapons repairman, Tech. Sgt. Kevin Beers is responsible for inspecting and repairing weapons for the security forces squadron,

  • Reserve nurse serves military in dual role

    Esther Weightman's life revolves around taking care of Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines. When a Reserve unit training assembly happens one weekend a month, she dons the uniform of a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force and assumes the title of Chief Nurse of the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd

  • Historian's deployment brings new perspective

    Tech. Sgt. Eugenie Hinson, 445th Airlift Wing historian, was attending the Air Force Reserve Command's Historian Basic Course at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, when she met another Airman due to deploy for six months to the Middle East. The Airman was facing numerous challenges at home but was

  • Airman inspired by family history, Yellow Ribbon support

    "When they shoot at you, you don't hear it like in the movies,” said Almira Pasic. "You just feel it zip by you. It's really kind of like a loud fly."            Almira reminisced on her life in Bosnia in 1992, when war broke out shortly after Bosnia declared its independence, during an Air Force

  • Reserve life fits military couple

    Staff Sgt. Adam Jenkins and Senior Airman Cassandra Jenkins are a dual-military couple fresh off of active duty who decided to continue serving their country by joining the Air Force Reserve. They joined the 944th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, where both serve in the 944th Logistics

  • Yellow Ribbon session focuses on improved communication

    An Air Force wife taught Airmen and their loved ones about using “positive sandwiches” when discussing problems and looking for solutions during an Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program training event July 24-26 here. "Say something positive to your loved one," speaker Erin T. King

  • Earn it: A story of redemption

    From his earliest days as an Airman at basic training, Tech Sgt. Elias Aponte said things didn’t come easy.“Earn it!” Aponte recalled what his drill sergeant would shout. “That’s all he ever said to us.”Looking back through the long lens of time, the Security Forces  sergeant said his life could

  • Wright-Pat reservist lives dream thru football, service

    When Senior Airman Ian Ramirez, 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, walked into his squadron in May, he noticed a banner on the wall with his jersey number, #24, and the words, "Welcome home" and "Congratulations." The AE technician, who joined the unit in 2013, had just returned from Costa Rica

  • Reservists learn meditation techniques

    Emily Hain added a colleague’s stress-reduction techniques to her regular yoga routine after experiencing several personal and professional upheavals that affected her health. "We live in a culture that stresses us to strive more and more," said Hain, a military spouse and resource provider for the