Bronze Star Medal

Lt. Gen. Jan-Marc Jouas, deputy commander of the United Nations Command Korea, presents the Bronze Star Medal to Chief Master Sgt. James Heishman, an individual mobilization augmentee security forces manager this month, at Osan Air Base, Republic of South Korea. Heishman deployed as the security forces manager with the Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron in Afghanistan in 2011. (Courtesy photo)

SnoFest

KEYSTONE, Colo. -- Col. Tim Gibson (left), 10th Air Base Wing commander at the U.S. Air Force Academy, presents the SnoFest commander’s trophy to Col. Richard Burchfield, individual mobilization augmentee to the 21st Space Wing commander, Jan. 26 at Keystone Resort. The trophy is awarded annually to the installation with the two fastest skiers and snowboarders competing at the SnoFest weekend. The winning team consisted of skiers Roger Wolf, Space and Missile Systems Center, and Jim Waltman, Air Force Space Command, and snowboarders Brad Boyer, Defense Intelligence Agency and OC O’Connor, AFSPC. (Photo courtesy/Herb Wetzel)

Smiling with the Vice President

Individual mobilization augmentees Tech. Sgt. Lacey Smith (right) and Master Sgt. Mel Reich (left) smile for a photo with Vice President of the United States Joseph Biden during the Wounded Warrior Dinner Nov. 19 in Washington, D.C. Smith received the dinner invitation from Reich due to Lacey's dogged assistance over the last year tackling the member's medical issues. The vice president and his wife, Jill, host this annual event which honors wounded warriors being treated at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center and their families who are unable to leave the DC area for Thanksgiving. (Courtesy photo)

Serving both military and children

Lt. Col. Chris Padbury talks about Project 1.27 at a White House event in 2007. Padbury is an Air Force Reservist assigned to the 460th Space Wing, Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., where he serves as the director of Space Based Infrared System Future Plans. (Courtesy photo)

Finding Your Family

Charlie, son of Col. George Fenimore, receives a ribbon from a noncommissioned officer from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, during the Special Olympics June 14, 2011 at Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio. (Courtesy photo)

Finding Your Family

(From left to right) Col. Kay Barrish, Andy, DJ, Bob, Crystal, Adam, and Benjamin pose for family photos. Col Barrish and her husband, Bob, adopted two children and are in the process of adopting one more. (Photo by Amy Kachel)

Retreat

A formation of Airmen from the Air Force Reserve Command Readiness Management Group led by Col. Patti Frisbie, RMG deputy commander, salute during a retreat ceremony Aug. 30. (U. S. Air Force photo/Sue Sapp)

Chaplain

Chaplain (Maj.) John Key stands outside the base chapel at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., July 3, 2012. Key is an individual mobilization augmentee, and will be serving as chaplain of the 931st Air Refueling Group for the remainder of the fiscal year. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Zach Anderson)

IR Program 101

Members for Detachment 11 introduce themselves during the two-day Individual Reserve Newcomers Orientation Course at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, D.C., June 21-22. The course is designed to welome them into the IR program. (U.S. Air Force photo)

IR Program 101

Maj. Gen. Richard Shook, Jr., mobilization assistant to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve, gives an overview of the Air Force Reserve to attendees at the Individual Reserve Newcomers Orientation Course at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, D.C., June 21-22. Twenty reservists and active-duty partners attended the two-day course designed to welcome them to the IR program. (Air Force photo)

Blood Drive

David Bronson, Red Cross operations supervisor, and Tech Sgt. Vincent Demonbreun, 19th Security Force Squadron individual mobilization augmentee, apply pressure after Demonbreun gave blood to the Red Cross June 19, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The Red Cross’ goal is to accumulate 100 units of blood in the next two days. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ellora Remington)

Graduating with Soldiers

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. - Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Lehane, an Individual Reservist, made history when he graduated from the U.S. Army Sergeants Major Academy June 22 at Fort Bliss, Texas. Lehane, a Security Forces Manager for the 673rd Security Forces Squadron, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, became the first Air Force Reservist to graduate from the 10-month academy. (Courtesy photo)

CDPC

Lt. Col. Kim Devoto, a Medical Service Corp. officer from the Office of the Surgeon General, Pentagon, completes the last portion of his out processing, assisted by Senior Airman Karah M. Almond, a team member from the Readiness Management Group’s Centralized Deployment Processing Center, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., May 25. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Peek)

CDPC

Lt. Col. Kim Devoto, a Medical Service Corp. officer from the Office of the Surgeon General, Pentagon, turns in equipment issued to him upon his return from his deployment to Afghanistan. Devoto was the first Individual Reservist to return through the Readiness Management Group’s Centralized Deployment Processing Center, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., May 25. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Peek)

Living a double life

Steven Rose, civilian deputy of the 721st Mission Support Group, poses for the camera in front of a Cheyenne Mountain Complex sign at Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colo. Rose is also an Individual Reserve colonel assigned to North American Aerospace Defense Command/U.S. Northern Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (Courtesy photo)

From Chief to Lt Col

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. - Lt. Col. Chuck Pittman, director of personnel for the Readiness Management Group, takes the oath of office after his promotion to lieutenant colonel May 30 at the RMG Headquarters building here. Pittman entered the Air Force as an airman basic and rose through the ranks to chief master sergeant prior to commissioning. As the director, he is responsible for performing military human resource management work for more than 8,400 Individual Reservists. (Air Force Photo by Capt. Candice Allen)

Reservists work jointly to solve problems at readiness exercise

FORT EUSTIS, Va. -- Reservists from Defense Logistics Agency Joint Reserve Force attempt to maneuver an ammunition box across an obstacle as part of the Leadership Reaction Course during the fifth annual Joint Reserve Training Readiness Exercise here, April 4-10. The LRC challenges teams physically and mentally as they attempt to complete various obstacles. The objective of the exercise was to enhance Total Force readiness while simultaneously completing service-required training and promoting teamwork. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Bryan Lewis)

New commander of the Readiness Management Group

Col. Stephanie Gass receives the Readiness Management Group flag from Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., commander, Air Force Reserve Command, after accepting command of the RMG, Nov. 18, 2010, as RMG First Sergeant MSgt Marshall Magee, Jr. looks on. Col. Nancy C. Zbyszinski relinquished command of the group to serve as the director of Personnel in the Office of the Chief of the AFR at the Pentagon. Colonel Gass was the director of the General Office Management Office of the Air Force Reserve at the Pentagon before assuming command of the RMG. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tommie Horton)

Afghan pilot trains American on Mi-17

Lt. Col. Roger Figueroa flies a sortie in the Mi-17 helicopter simulator with his instructor pilots Qudratullah and Rametullah at the Afghan National Army Air Corps base in Kabul, Afghanistan. (U.S. Navy photo/MC1 Elizabeth Burke)

Tea Time

FRENCH VILLAGE, Iraq -- Maj. (Dr.) Gene Delaune gets a rare chance to visit in the home of an Iraqi family. He was invited to have tea after treating villagers on the opening day of a not-for-profit clinic established here Oct. 18. Delaune is an individual mobilization augmentee deployed from the 89th Medical Group at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed)

Mission Accomplished

Astronaut (and Air Force Reservist) Michael Fossum works in Space Shuttle Discovery's cargo bay during a mission this summer. The astronaut, who is an individual mobilization augmentee colonel assigned to the F-16 Program Office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, performed three spacewalks during Discovery's 13-day, 5-million-mile journey. Colonel Fossum and his crewmates were able to accomplish all of the main objectives of their mission: flying an improved external tank, testing on-orbit shuttle repair procedures and preparing the International Space Station for future assembly. (Photo courtesy of NASA)

Exercise Shared Accord in Benin

Col. Barbara Petersen, Det. 15 program manager, instructs Beninese nurses on the importance of handwashing. Col. Petersen was part of the Exercise Shared Accord team that traveled to Benin. Shared Accord is an annual Joint Chief of Staff exercise led by U.S. Marine Forces-Europe. Shared Accord is a U.S./Benin bi-lateral field training exercise aimed at conducting small-unit infantry training as well as providing a humanitarian assistance effort for the local population.

Pacific Angel puts Medical IMA to the test

KAMPONG CHHNANG PROVINCE, Cambodia -- A young Cambodian boy is being checked out for complaints of breathing trouble by Maj.Nisha Money, a preventive health physician from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, Andrews AFB, Md. A 13th Air Force led total force team of active duty, Reserve and National Guard members are working with doctors from the Royal Cambodian Armed Forces, Cambodian dental students and other non-governmental organizations during Pacific Angel recently to provide cost free medical care to the people of Cambodia at three different operating locations. Operation Pacific Angel is a joint/combined multi-national humanitarian assistance operation conducted in the Pacific area of responsibility in support USCDRPACOM capacity-building efforts. Participating services include the Active, Reserve and National Guard components of the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF), and Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF). (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Tom Czerwinski)

Reservists are reminded: Get Green

Get Green is a reminder for Individual Reservists to keep their readiness up to date, which includes their immunization records. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Jim Ressman)