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AFRC News

  • Dietary supplements: Know what you're taking to avoid positive drug tests

    Air Force reservists should be careful when taking dietary supplements because of their potential health risks but also because they could lead to a positive urinalysis test result, according to officials with Air Force Reserve Command’s Medical Services Directorate and staff judge advocate’s

  • Complex connection between social media, suicide, prevention

    Wingman ToolkitAs social media continues to grow in popularity, mental health specialists across the country are taking a closer look at the relationship this fusion of technology and social interaction has with suicide and other destructive behaviors.Dr. Heather Thanepohn, Air Force Reserve

  • PTSD Awareness leads to positive treatment

    Post-traumatic Stress Disorder can be debilitating in some patients, but thanks to advancements in research and the continued training of mental health providers, treatments are getting better all the time.Maj. Joel Foster, Chief of Air Force Deployment Mental Health, said treating PTSD has improved

  • Last C-130 brings new opportunities

    U.S. Air Force Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, Air Mobility Command commander, departs a C-130J prior to an aircraft delivery ceremony at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., June 20, 2016. Everhart delivered the final C-130J to the 19th Airlift Wing form Lockheed Martin. On Jan. 1, 2016, the 913th

  • AF announces total force award

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James announced the annual General Mark A. Welsh III One Air Force Award during a retirement dinner held in honor of the award’s namesake in Washington, D.C., June 23, 2016.This new Air Force-level award will be presented to the service’s top total force team that

  • Air Force bids farewell to Welsh

    Stealing a moment of silence, looking into the eyes of his wife, he takes a deep breath and prepares for what’s to come. Standing tall and proud, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III walks into a hangar in front of hundreds of onlookers, all there to bid him farewell.

  • Navigator surpasses 9,000 C-130 flying hours

    Nine thousand is a big number in the flying world, especially when considering hours aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft. That is the number navigator Lt. Col. Barry Cupples, Jr. of the 328th Airlift Squadron surpassed, June 10. “It makes me feel old, honestly,” Cupples joked as he spoke of his

  • Chief recalls Khobar Towers bombing 20 years later

    This year marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, which occurred June 25, 1996. For one 403rd Wing member, that day proved to be a vivid and marked experience.Chief Master Sgt. Josephine Keller, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron chief enlisted

  • Air Force Reserve honors Vietnam Veterans

    The Air Force Reserve partnered with the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration organization to pay tribute to 22 veterans during a Vietnam recognition ceremony here June 21. This Air Force Reserve event is in support of the 50th Vietnam War Commemorative Partner Program. Veterans from

  • Charleston reservists support Central Accord 2016

    U.S. Air Force Reserve MSgt. Johnny Gomez (left), an aeromedical evacuation technician with the 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, and a member of the Cameroonian Armed Forces transport a simulated casualty during aeromedical evacuation training at this year’s Central Accord exercise in