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AFRC News

  • OPM announces steps to protect workers from cyber threats

    The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced the results of the interagency forensics investigation into a recent cyber breach involving federal background investigation data and the steps it is taking to protect those impacted. As information has become available and verifiable, the agency

  • Reservist prequalifies for 2016 Olympic Trials

    Standing at the 10-meter firing line, Capt. Caitlin Harris slowly raises her precision air pistol. She takes careful aim as she steadies her breathing; a slow, steady in and out. She knows that the moment to pull the trigger will surprise her. A sharp crack pierces the calm. The Air Force Reserve

  • Civil engineer squadron inactivates at Keesler

    The 403rd Civil Engineer Squadron was inactivated in a ceremony held here July 12 as a result of overall U.S. defense budget cuts stemming originally from the fiscal year 2015 President's Budget Proposal."The Air Force has to find a way to be leaner," said Maj. Quinton Sasnett, 403rd CES commander.

  • Reservist is logistics planner for Emerald Warrior exercise

    A 919th Special Operations Wing reservist served as the Emerald Warrior 2015's first lead logistician for this year's joint-service exercise.Capt. Julie Farrand, 919th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, was selected to fill the newly-created, yet vital position for the two-week special

  • Chief earns Army Air Assault Badge

    It isn’t every day the Air Force sends an Airman to attend the Army’s brutal Air Assault School in Ft. Benning, Georgia, and its inconceivable for that Airman to be a chief master sergeant with more than 25 years of service.Until now.At 48, Chief Master Sgt. Robert Grimsley, 315th Security Forces

  • Patrick hosts joint medical readiness exercise

    More than 200 Air Force reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here participated in MEDBEACH 2015, a joint-service medical readiness exercise July 9-12 to prepare rescue Airmen for real-world wartime emergencies.The 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron conducted the exercise to prepare medical

  • Reserve medics train for land navigation

    Medics from the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron map out their routes during land navigation training for the Care Under Fire exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, July 12, 2015. The Care under Fire exercise was designed locally by the 446th ASTS in order to simulate combat conditions and

  • Duke maintainers prepare for mission change

    A year after taking over maintenance responsibilities for their new C-145A aircraft, Airmen of the 919th Special Operations Maintenance Group now prepare their fleet for the boneyard. Each group of C-145As that takes its final flight from the Duke Field

  • Commissary offers nearly 500 value brands

    Six months into the start of the Commissary Value Brands program, patrons now have nearly 500 products available at savings comparable to low-cost private label items in commercial stores.Since the emergence of the Value Brands' signature orange label in December, the Defense Commissary Agency has