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  • Reserve combat search and rescue featured on Smithsonian Channel in December

    Air Force Reserve Combat-Search-and Rescue Airmen are featured for their heroics in a newly released documentary titled, "The Taliban Gambit," which will be airing on the Smithsonian Channel throughout December 2010. Deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, nearing the end of their overseas deployment

  • 931st tops AFRC in accessioned referrals

    The recruiters who supply the 931st Air Refueling Group with new Airmen have a lot of help in accomplishing their mission.931st Airmen referred 25 new Air Force Reserve members in fiscal year 2010 through the Get1 program, accounting for 16 percent of the organization's new accessions. The 931st

  • Protect your pets: holiday safety tips

    Safety is always a top priority; however we sometimes forget our four-legged and feathered friends have special safety needs during the holiday season. Here are a few tips to make sure they enjoy the holiday season as much as you do.The holidays are the season for over-indulging, we cook more and

  • Blassie takes command at Air Reserve Personnel Center

    Colonel Patricia S. Blassie took command of the Air Reserve Personnel Center here in a change of command ceremony Nov. 29, 2010. She replaced Brig. Gen. Kevin E. Pottinger in a ceremony officiated by Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, commander of Air Force Reserve Command. Colonel Blassie is the former

  • Homestead first Reserve unit to conduct TASER training

    The 482nd Security Forces Squadron recently became the first unit in the Air Force Reserve Command to complete training with TASER guns, adding a new non lethal option to their arsenal. Security forces must undergo extensive training to be qualified to carry a TASER. Training includes hours of

  • Hill civil engineers BEEF up Bagram

    About 30 Air Force Reservists from Hill Air Force Base's 419th Civil Engineer Squadron are currently deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan supporting the 577th Expeditionary Prime BEEF Squadron to help build new compounds and renovate existing facilities for the 30,000-plus deployed personnel.

  • Homestead personnel deploy to Korea

    Senior military leaders from the 482nd Fighter Wing and local government officials say goodbye to Air Force Reservists as they board a charter aircraft destined for South Korea at Homestead Air Reserve Base on Nov. 28. The deployment of Airman to the Korean peninsula is part of a routine Theater

  • West Coast Yellow Ribbon event strengthens family ties

    More than 600 Airmen and their family members attended the Yellow Ribbon Program in San Diego, Calif., Dec. 3. The event, co-hosted by 452nd Air Mobility Wing, was the sixth Yellow Ribbon event held by March Air Reserve Base and the largest program to date in the region.The Yellow Ribbon Program

  • 200 Reserve families gather in Memphis for Yellow Ribbon program

    When Reservists deploy, they are often sent individually or in small groups. They may hit low points during their deployments, and they may not know how to communicate their feelings to their families. Dave Roever, a patriotic public speaker and Vietnam War veteran, addressed these issues and more

  • Reservists clear path for Air Force's largest rocket

    While many people enjoyed a day of rest on an overcast Sunday on Florida's Space Coast, 920th Rescue Wing Airmen from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., cut a path through the thick-cloud layer that hung along the coast, and went to work securing the Eastern Range prior to the launch of the largest