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  • Reservists overcome challenges of going to Guatemala

    The 10-day medical training exercise to Guatemala in April presented several challenges for reservists from Air Force Reserve Command’s 710th Medical Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.Squadron medical planner Maj. Jerry Hall, nurse Capt. Kami Willet and health services specialist Master Sgt. Debbie Bernhardt started planning the MEDRETE
  • GUATEMALA -- Lt. Col. (Dr.) Gene Gaspard (left) and Tech. Sgt. Ray Salazar give a dental examine to a Guatemalan girl. Airmen from the Air Force Reserve Command medical community deployed here for a medical readiness training exercise. During the 10-day deployment, the medical teams treated nearly 1,000 people a day. Sergeant Salazar and Dr. Gaspard are assigned to the 710th Medical Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

    Airmen travel to Guatemala to train, treat patients

    Outside a primitive five-room elementary school hundreds of villagers lined up to receive medical, dental and optometry care.Thirty-three Airmen left Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., April 23 to provide that care for 10 days at three different schools in villages surrounding the city of Coban in the mountainous region of central Guatemala. Air Force

  • New commandwide anti-drug initiative begins

    Supply and demand are part of life in America. Unfortunately, that life includes a large supply of abused legal and illegal drugs.In an effort to reduce the demand for these drugs, Air Force Reserve Command began its “True Blue” campaign commandwide in April.“In the past, anti-drug or anti-substance abuse efforts were all negative and centered on

  • BRAC: Information available for affected bases

    The Secretary of Defense is expected to announce the proposed Base Realignment and Closure list during a press conference May 13.Air Force officials understand the effect BRAC can have on servicemembers, retirees, employees and their families.To assist people with vital BRAC information, the Air Force will provide a toll-free number, (888)

  • Air Force announces aviation resource management awards

    Air Force officials recently announced the winners of the 2004 Outstanding Air Force Aviation Resource Management of the Year Awards.The 2004 winners are:-- Airman of the Year: Airman 1st Class Dusty S. Stofan, 17th Special Operations Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan.-- Noncommissioned Officer of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Roderick E. Fernandez, 317th

  • Two Airmen among recipients of military service award

    Two Airmen were among the six recipients of the annual Government Employees Insurance Company Military Service Awards. For 17 years, GEICO has recognized servicemembers from all branches of the service -- including the Guard and Reserve -- for work in drug and alcohol abuse prevention, fire and safety prevention, and traffic safety and accident

  • Deployed sergeant takes STEP to technical sergeant

    One of the Air Reserve Personnel Center’s best people received some great news April 24 while deployed to Southwest Asia … “You are out of uniform.” Those words came from Maj. Gen. Norman Seip, Combined Forces Air Component deputy commander, when he spoke to Staff Sgt. Brett Sansone. At the time, the sergeant was deployed with the CENTAF Forward
  • MACARACAS, Panama -- Tech. Sgt. George Lyon (right) instructs Marine Lance Cpl. Leaphy Khim on construction site protocol here. Both are deployed to Joint Task Force Armadillo, part of New Horizons 2005, a U.S. Southern Command-sponsored readiness training humanitarian exercise. He is a power production craftsman with the 349th Civil Engineer Squadron at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Lono Kollars)

    Reservists set example at New Horizons 2005 camp

    In a camp tucked away in southwest Panama, two Airmen are leaving a lasting impression on their fellow servicemembers and the local people they meet. Master Sgt. Steve Axie and Tech. Sgt. George Lyon have grown to call it home, but three months ago, the two arrived to build a base camp on a horse pasture provided by Panamanian officials. They were

  • Training ensures reservists ready to go

    Air Force Space Command reservists tested a common training assembly concept here April 22 and 23 to ensure nearly 350 individual mobilization augmentees were trained and ready for mobilization. Reservists need to be trained at the same level as their active-duty counterparts. While active-duty Airmen have all year to meet their ancillary training

  • Air Force Reserve announces senior officer moves

    Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command personnel officials here announced several senior officer actions April 21. These actions include: Col. Frank K. Brooks Jr. from director of communications and information, Headquarters AFRC, Robins AFB, to director of communications and information, Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph
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