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AFRC News

  • Atlanta Falcons, Dobbins team up in Rookie Olympics

    Servicemembers from Dobbins Air Reserve Base had a unique opportunity to team up for training with Atlanta Falcon rookies in the Inaugural Rookie Olympics in Flowery Branch, Georgia, June 1. “I was so excited, just on the way there,” said Airman 1st Class Jeffrey Williams, 94th Aircraft Maintenance

  • New program prepares Airmen, families to bounce back after deployments

    Air Force services recently added a new tool to encourage service members and their families who are affected by deployments to participate in morale, welfare, and recreation programs and activities. The “Recharge for Resiliency” (R4R) initiative was designed to help Airmen readjust to life at home

  • Reservist joins Air Force Rugby coaching staff

    Lt. Col. Timothy Taylor, a Headquarters RIO Detachment 2 Individual Mobilization Augmentee, played Rugby for the Air Force when the sport was relatively new to the service in the early 2000s. Now he's helping to train up the next generation of Air Force Rugby athletes.   Taylor’s history of playing

  • Andrews reservist studies abroad

    A reservist with the 459th Air Refueling Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, is taking advantage of a vocational training program he learned about at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce “Hire Our Heroes” job fair.Staff Sgt. Joe Castro, a 69th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation specialist, is attending

  • Distance learning PME demands greater commitment

    The Air Force’s new enlisted professional military education distance learning courses are demanding and require more study time.That’s according to a memo from the Air Force Barnes Center of Distance Education at Maxwell AFB, Alabama."The new EPME is a game changer," said Chief Master Sgt. Cameron

  • Chaplain describes deployment role

    It is said that most large problems require a simple solution. I believe this to be true, as did my grandparents. I’m completing a seven-month tour in northern Italy. As one can imagine, going from a stateside Reserve Wing to an overseas active-duty base has required a tremendous reality-shift.What

  • Air Force Reserve merges headquarters directorates

    The Air Force Reserve Command headquarters is merging its A4 Logistics and A7 Installation and Mission Support directorates.  AFRC’s new A4 Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection directorate was approved by Headquarters Air Force May 19. The merger will be conducted in phases over the next

  • Reserve wing ready for 2015 fire season

    Airmen from the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing and their U.S. Forest Service partners wrapped up their annual Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training May 18 here.The four days of currency and re-currency certification ensured the Wing's 10 MAFFS aircrews, support personnel and