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HELP ME WELCOME OUR NEW COMMAND CHIEF

Commander graphic for Citizen Airman magazine June-July 2023.

June 2023 Issue

THE FOUR R’S THAT WILL GUIDE OUR ENLISTED PRIORITIES

Command Chief graphic for Citizen Airman magazine June-July 2023.

Unique Exercise Prepares Defenders for Austere Conflict

Across the country, Reserve Citizen Airmen are constantly sharpening their wartime skills to ensure they are always Ready Now. Citizen Air Commandos from the 919th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron at Duke Field, Florida, for example, recently completed a four-day field training exercise

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Warriors Take Aim at Breaking Barriers at Inaugural ARC Athena Event

Some of the top minds in the Reserve Component gathered to focus their attention on removing long-standing barriers to women’s service at the inaugural Air Reserve Component Athena event in Moon Township, Pennsylvania in April.

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The Road to Recovery: Command Chief Fights Back After Tragedy

Chief Master Sgt. Barbara Gilmore, the command chief of the 403rd Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, has always liked to push her limits. From running 5Ks or half marathons to skydiving to participating in the 26-mile Bataan Memorial Death March through desert terrain and conditions, she was

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Youngstown Wing Tests New Electronic Aerial Spray System

When members of the 910th Airlift Wing returned to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, in March for their annual aerial spray mission at the Utah Test and Training Range, this year’s product sprayed just a bit faster out of the unit’s aerial spray-modified C-130H Hercules aircraft.

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Reserve Transitions to Defense Travel System

Air Force Reserve Command is continuing steps to prepare for the transition to a single travel management system which, when completed Oct. 1, 2023, will mark a transformational effort for the command.

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One Team, No Seam: Travis Hosts Large Readiness Exercise

The Air Force Reserve’s 349th Air Mobility Wing was a major player when the active-duty 60th Air Mobility Wing executed Exercise Golden Phoenix, a large-scale readiness exercise synchronizing full-spectrum support from installation partners at Travis Air Force Base, California, in May.

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Civil Engineers Train with Defenders to Promote Multi-Capable Wingman Concept

More than 80 Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing’s Civil Engineer Squadron deployed from Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, this spring for a 96-hour contingency training with a detachment of defenders assigned to the 910th Security

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Design Thinking: A Valuable Addition to Your Continuous Improvement and Innovation Toolkit

If you’ve been around the Air Force Reserve for any amount of time, you probably know that the Reserve has used tools like Continuous Process Improvement (CPI), which utilized Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, for years to try and improve efficiency and quality in most of its processes.

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Dover Reservists Head West for Off-Station Readiness Training

With readiness at the forefront of their minds, more than 40 maintainers from the 512th Airlift Wing traveled from their home at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, to Honolulu for off-station readiness training this spring.

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The First 75 Years: Reserve celebrates three quarters of a century of unparalleled service

Over the past 75 years, hundreds of thousands of men and women have answered their nation’s call and served as Air Force Reservists, ready at a moment’s notice to leave their families and civilian jobs to serve their country.

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Accomplished Musician, Guardian Celebrating Autism with TACT

Danny Combs is on a mission to change public opinion of what individuals with autism are capable of.

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70 Dog Years Later, Storied Combat Stress Therapy Canine Calls It a Career

During Operation Enduring Freedom, a military hospital in Afghanistan was bearing the brunt of caring for service members wounded in combat. While the staff worked around the clock to save lives, they found comfort in what would become the country’s first and last combat stress therapy dog.

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At Home or Off Station, Keesler Maintainers Get the Job Done

When it comes to maintaining aircraft, it doesn’t matter if the members of the 403rd Maintenance Group are at home at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, or at an off-station location, they get the job done.

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Key Spouse Highlights Importance of Connection

Dr. Sonny Kelly is an Air Force veteran, college professor, Key Spouse and someone who lost his brother to suicide. When Col. Douglas Stouffer, commander of the 512th Airlift Wing at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, heard he was going to speak at a Key Spouse training session in January, he opened

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Cancer Survivor Becomes Airman For a Day

On a normal Monday morning, most children begrudgingly wake to get their school week started. But on a recent February Monday, Nolan Madsen started his week as an Airman for a Day at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.

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HELP ME WELCOME OUR NEW COMMAND CHIEF

June 2023 Issue

THE FOUR R’S THAT WILL GUIDE OUR ENLISTED PRIORITIES

Latest Citizen Airman Features

Unique Exercise Prepares Defenders for Austere Conflict

Warriors Take Aim at Breaking Barriers at Inaugural ARC Athena Event

The Road to Recovery: Command Chief Fights Back After Tragedy

Youngstown Wing Tests New Electronic Aerial Spray System

Reserve Transitions to Defense Travel System

One Team, No Seam: Travis Hosts Large Readiness Exercise

Civil Engineers Train with Defenders to Promote Multi-Capable Wingman Concept

Design Thinking: A Valuable Addition to Your Continuous Improvement and Innovation Toolkit

Dover Reservists Head West for Off-Station Readiness Training

The First 75 Years: Reserve celebrates three quarters of a century of unparalleled service

Accomplished Musician, Guardian Celebrating Autism with TACT

70 Dog Years Later, Storied Combat Stress Therapy Canine Calls It a Career

At Home or Off Station, Keesler Maintainers Get the Job Done

Key Spouse Highlights Importance of Connection

Cancer Survivor Becomes Airman For a Day