Active Guard Reserve office moves to Buckley

Officials will realign and relocate some transactional work from the Air Force Reserve Command to the Air Reserve Personnel Center March 4.The Active Guard Reserve Management Office from AFRC will realign functionally as part of the ARPC's Directorate of Personnel Assignments, with a streamlined

Aviation program students visit Colorado reserve unit

If sequestration triggers, furloughs begin in late April

If sequestration is triggered next week, unpaid furloughs for civilian Defense Department employees will start in late April, Pentagon officials said here today.Sequestration is a provision in budget law that will trigger major across-the-board spending cuts March 1 unless Congress agrees on an

Pentagon to honor Westover Airmen Family Readiness Center March 1

Air Force Reserve Command officials announced the Westover Airman and Family Readiness Center staff won the 2012 Department of Defense Reserve Family Readiness Award in late January. We are thrilled to carry on the outstanding legacy of the Westover Airman and Family Readiness Center, with our third

Tinker shop looking for trouble

There's one shop in the 507th Maintenance Squadron that spends its time looking for trouble. Trouble in the form of cracks -- metallurgic imperfections that can play havoc with high-stress machinery if not detected. The forensic specialists in the squadron's Non-Destructive Inspection lab here marry

Panetta notifies Congress DOD preparing for furloughs

Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has notified Congress that the Defense Department is prepared to implement furloughs for civilian personnel in response to the threat of sequestration.In a memo to all employees, Panetta vowed to continue working with Congress to avoid sequestration, which would add

Maintainers earn additional black-letter accolades

A designation that rarely happens during the lifetime of an airframe is occurring regularly at the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing. As of February 2013 there have been 15 instances of a black-letter designation since June 2011 for nine different aircraft. A black-letter on the

Reserve Airman in training helps save infant

A McChord Reservist saved his first life when a baby went into cardiac arrest at the Madigan Army Medical Center emergency room Feb. 12.Airman 1st Class Barrett Rayan, aeromedical evacuation technician in training at the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, was near the end of his 12-hour night

New community center opens at JB San Antonio-Lackland

Selrico Services, Inc. invited members of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to a tour and taste event at a brand new community center and dining facility, Feb. 13.The $175,000 renovated structure is two facilities in one -  a community center named the "Gott Commons Community Center" and the "Heroes"

ARPC welcomes new commander

The Air Reserve Personnel Center welcomed a new commander Jan. 25. During an interview, Brig. Gen. Jay Flournoy talked about what it meant to be selected as ARPC's commander."When I was first notified I was going to become the commander, the first thing I thought of was what a challenge - what an