Policy changing to allow reservists to carry leave balance

Air Force Reserve officials are working to change policy to allow reservists who earn days of leave to carry those days over from year to year.New laws and Department of Defense instructions permit reservists to carry over the leave days. However, policy and procedures have not caught up with the

June issue of Citizen Airman now available

The June issue of Citizen Airman magazine is now available. The issue salutes Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander and chief of Air Force Reserve, as he prepares to retire. The June issue also includes stories about new heavy equipment simulators being used at Dobbins

Citizen Airmen, employers to get awards

The Air Force will honor two reservists and their civilian employers in September at the Air Force Association Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington, D.C..Air Force Reserve Command picked Lt. Col. Robert J. Sweet, 476th Fighter Group, Moody AFB, Ga., and Southwest Airlines

McChord aerial porters assist injured citizen

Some quick thinking and basic first aid training by two 446th Airlift Wing Reservists helped a man suffering from an apparent seizure and head wound in Lakewood, Wash., June 2. Senior Airman Andrew Moser and Airman Micah Myers, aerial transportation specialists from the 36th Aerial Port Squadron

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