AFRC/CC addresses Kirkuk Total Force Team

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq – Tech. Sgt. Jacob Chow, 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, greets Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander, during the general’s visit here April 10. Sergeant Chow a Portland, Ore., native is deployed here from Portland Air National Guard Base, Ore. General Stenner spoke with Airmen here about the value of total force integration in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Eunique Stevens)

AFRC/CC addresses Kirkuk Total Force Team

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq – Senior Airman Bradley Scheidt, 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, salutes Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander, during Stenner’s visit here April 10. Airman Scheidt was one of several active-duty, Reserve and Guard Airmen who the general coined. Airman Scheidt, a Cincinnati, Ohio, native is deployed here from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Throughout the visit General Stenner stressed the value of total force integration in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Eunique Stevens)

AFRC/CC addresses Kirkuk Total Force Team

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq – Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander, speaks to a group of active-duty, Reserve, and Guard Airmen, assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, during his visit here April 10. General Stenner stressed the value of total force integration in a deployed environment to Airmen here. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Eunique Stevens)

Air Force Reserve Commander Visit

Master Sgt. Jason Peterson, a metals tech craftsman with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron (EMXS), briefs Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, Chief of Air Force Reserve and Commander of Air Force Reserve Command, during a visit of the 379th EMXS Centralized Repair Facilities, Apr. 6, 2009, at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. Lt. Gen. Stenner visited many areas of the base and spoke with numerous Airmen from the Air Force Reserve. Sergeant Peterson is deployed from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran/released)

Air Force Reserve Commander Visit

Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, Chief of Air Force Reserve and Commander of Air Force Reserve Command, writes a message on a 2,000lb Guided Bomb Unit-31V1 before it is loaded onto a B-1B Lancer for delivery to the enemy, Apr. 6, 2009 at an undisclosed base in Southwest Asia. Lt. Gen. Stenner is being briefed by Senior Airman Timothy Bradford, from the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron. Airman Bradford hails from Burleson, Texas and is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, in support of Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom and Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran/released)

The view

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, chief of Air Force Reserve and Air Force Reserve Command commander, and Maj. Gen. Frank Padilla, mobilization assistant to the commander of 9th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Central, view JBB from the observation deck of the air traffic control tower here April 11. General Stenner visited JBB to meet Reservists, evaluate Reserve combat capabilities, and assess training and other Reserve requirements in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Lionel Castellano)