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AFRC News

  • Operation Pillowcase keeps children, deployed parents close

    The 445th Airman and Family Readiness office does more than offer services to military members and spouses, they provide support to the children too. They do this through the Operation Pillowcase program.The Operation Pillowcase program is designed to boost and maintain morale of the entire family.

  • Track day teaches motorcycle safety to AFRC riders

    Motorcyclists practiced high-speed maneuvering without the distractions of cars, pedestrians, intersections and obstacles during Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command's safety track day at Roebling Road Raceway Nov. 8. "Riding on the track teaches you to focus on looking at what's ahead of you

  • Aeromedical formal training unit opens at Pope Field

    A new aeromedical evacuation formal training unit at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., welcomed its first class of students Oct. 25 as Air Force Reserve Command seeks to meet its training requirements in a more efficient manner.Twenty aeromedical evacuation crewmembers from around the globe reported for

  • Grissom families reunited after recent deployments

    After months away at several locations around the world, including Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Airmen from the 434th Air Refueling Wing were recently reunited with their families as they returned to Grissom in early November. Many of the families made posters as they waited for their loved ones to

  • Employer Partnership launches powerful job search tool on Veterans Day

    The Employer Partnership of the Armed Forces launched its new, state-of-the-art web portal on Veterans Day. The new tools offer Reserve Component personnel, their Family members, Wounded Warriors, and veterans increased capabilities when seeking employment opportunities. The portal also vastly

  • Services, personnel flights merge to form 302nd AW's newest squadron

    From 'PERSCO' to pillows and careers to cooks, all of these and more can now be found "under one roof" after a Nov. 6 ceremony recognizing the 302nd Airlift Wing's newest squadron here.During the ceremony, which honored an official Oct. 15 activation date, the 302nd Force Support Squadron was stood

  • Band of AF Reserve performs holiday concert Dec. 9

    The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve will present its free annual holiday concert at the Museum of Aviation Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. "Throughout this past year, the band has entertained millions of people across the country as well as many of our deployed troops overseas," said Maj. Donald Schofield, band

  • Combat Camera Airmen learn battlefield forensics

    It was a first for the Air Force when a cadre of instructors from Six3 Systems, Inc. arrived at March to teach the Battlefield Forensics Course to 4th Combat Camera Squadron Airmen. In the past, the company, taught the course to only Army and Marine Corps units, but 4th Combat Squadron personnel

  • Veteran campaigns for remembrance

    While pundits all over the nation recently ended frenzied campaigns in races for political office, one man continues at a slow, but steady pace on his campaign for America. One that's taken years, which he hopes will never end.His campaign: remembrance."I came here to talk about what happened to me

  • Reserve units stand up force support squadrons

    In the coming months, reservists serving in mission support and services career fields will realign under force support squadrons in the Air Force Reserve Command.A mix of mission support and services units received authorization Oct. 15 to inactivate or change their unit designation. The result is