When stress weighs you down, check in with PHAP

Paying bills, scheduling doctor appointments, going to work, spending time with family, doing homework, making dinner: for many people, this sounds like life. Add unit training assemblies, annual tour and deployments to the mix and it sounds like Air Force Reserve life.Add one more thing to that and

McChord recruiters sweep Western region production awards

Recruiters from the Western Recruiting Squadron, headquartered out of March Air Reserve Base, Calif., but assigned to recruit for the 446th Airlift Wing here, set a new standard by sweeping the squadron's fiscal year second-quarter production awards. Challenged with the task of recruiting and

Barksdale unit receives 2011 Golden Derrick Award

The 307th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight here has brought home the 2011 Golden Derrick Award recognizing the best fuels management operation in Air Force Reserve Command.An inspection team consisting of Col. Robert Straw, chief, Logistics Readiness, and John Campbell, chief,

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AF Reservists, Army, British soldiers honor French village for D-Day support

Air Force Reservists and other U.S .and Allied military members paid their respects to the people of this small French village June 1 as part of a number of ceremonies recognizing the 68th Anniversary of the Normandy D-Day invasion.Airmen from the Air Forced Reserve Command's 302nd, 910th and 440th

Development and Training Flight welcomes future Airmen

The 931st Air Refueling Group's Development and Training Flight welcomed 15 future Airmen during its first day of training, June 2.The DTF ensures new enlistees are ready for basic training and started off on the right foot with perfect attendance."I think it demonstrates this first group is

U.S., allied forces remember D-Day sacrifices in Picauville

U.S. Airmen and soldiers, together with allied paratroopers, joined June 1, 2012, to take part in the annual commemorative ceremony in Picauville, France honoring the Airmen and soldiers who lost their lives during the famous Normandy D-Day invasion. U.S. and allied forces attended the ceremony in

Command chooses Key Spouse of Year

The wife of a reservist from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., is Air Force Reserve Command's 2011 Key Spouse of the Year.Stephanie Smith is married to Lt. Col. Raymond Smith, a C-5 pilot in the 337th Airlift Squadron at Westover.The command announced Smith's award selection in a memorandum May

Several directorates moving to new AFRC building

A new building off Robins Parkway will welcome about 400 occupants starting June 15.About 100 dignitaries and staffers from Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command toured the 93,000-square-foot modular facility and attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 30.Construction on the two-story structure

Air Reserve Personnel Center members honor fallen heroes

Seven members of the Air Reserve Personnel Center participated in the 13th Annual Veterans Memorial Day Tribute in Denver May 26.Col. Pat Blassie, ARPC commander, was guest speaker at the event. Blassie reflected on her family's experience following the death of her brother, 1st Lt. Michael Blassie,