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AFRC News

  • New facility makes civilian employment support more accessible

    It's just become a little easier for Freedom Wing Airmen to receive support with civilian employment issues.A ribbon-cutting ceremony held here Dec. 3 marked the official opening of a new facility for the New Jersey Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, an organization dedicated

  • Clues to conquer the holiday "blues"

    Gifts, food, and friends and family symbolize the holiday season many Americans cherish during the winter months. Separated from the sights and sounds normally experienced during this season, many service members stationed across the world long for these comforts and may experience what is described

  • Parents Magazine selects 445th Airlift Wing reservist for best blog

    More than 33,900 people voted when a national parenting magazine asked readers to nominate and choose the best blogs out there, and in the end, a 445th Airlift Wing sergeant and blogger came out on top.Tech. Sgt. Julie Weckerlein, 445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs, and her husband, Martin, earned

  • Reserve Command bringing laughs, lyrics to deployed service members

    Dazzling lights filled the eyes of spectators while vibrations echoed through their bodies as the sounds grew louder and louder. While most Airmen deployed here are accustomed to these sensations as B-1B Lancers take-off and land, these were derived from a more symphonic source on an eventful night,

  • 'Top Shot' becomes American during McChord tour

    The first time British citizen Iain Harrison came to the Pacific Northwest, he landed at McChord Field, Wash. as a Royal Army infantryman. Twenty years later, the first season winner of the History Channel's "Top Shot" returned to become a U.S. citizen aboard a C-17 Globemaster III."It's a very cool

  • New record, old recruit

    Thirty two years may not be old in Sun City, Ariz., but it certainly is in San Antonio, Texas. However, that didn't stop an Airman 1st Class who broke his basic training squadron's record for pushups and sit ups Nov. 9 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Airman 1st Class Francisco Vidal, a personnel

  • Reserve C-130 pilot gives Minnesota boy gift of life

    Just what does it take to save a human life? Would you believe a simple bulletin board?For Air Force Reserve Capt. Robert Wilson, the mundane act of getting up from his desk for a break would plant a seed in his mind. That seed would grow into the decision to provide a live-saving bone marrow

  • Dover reservist saves two lives

    What are the odds of saving two people's lives in the span of three months? Pretty likely if you ask Master Sgt. Rob Kelley.The 512th Security Forces Squadron reservist here saved a woman from carbon monoxide poisoning in July and a fellow wing member from choking in September.Kelley, a full-time

  • Knight named Medical Services Enlisted Mobilization Augmentee of the Year

    Master Sgt. Samantha Knight was chosen as the Air Force Reserve Command Medical Services Enlisted Mobilization Augmentee of the Year Award for 2011. Colonel Brian Masterson, Command Surgeon at Headquarters, AFRC, presented the award at the Medical Awards Luncheon hosted by the Association of

  • Daughtry, Iglesias, Reserve Band begin Tour for Troops

    Rock Band Daughtry, comedian Gabriel Iglesias and members of the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve departed from here Nov. 28 for a 13-day, six concert swing through Southwest Asia and Europe to bring entertainment to American troops and their families as part of Operation Seasons Greetings - Tour