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AFRC News

  • Social media policy balances Web 2.0 with security

    The new policy allowing access to social media from computers connected to the Defense Department's unclassified network balances the mission value of Web 2.0 tools and the need for security, a top defense official said. Since being hired as principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for public

  • Chief helps Airmen deployed to Haiti

    Thirty days in earthquake-devastated Haiti has left some Airmen without basic supplies as they carry on their mission of helping victims in that country.A quick call by the top enlisted person in Air Force Reserve Command's 920th Rescue Wing mobilized children in Texas and members of the LeMay

  • PHOTO ESSAY: Haiti from the Airmen's perspective

    This photo series is a first-hand look at operations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in the aftermath of the enormous earthquake there Jan. 12, as well as the living conditions of the Citizen Airmen who voluntarily deployed to help in the multinational humanitarian effort. Photos were taken by Tech. Sgt.

  • Journalists, photographers win command awards

    Journalists and photographers from six Air Force Reserve Command units won multiple awards in the 2009 AFRC Media Contest.Megan Just from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., wrote the best feature article and the best commentary. Master Sgt. Jason Schaap from the 931st Air

  • Hill reservists 'grateful' for Haiti deployment

    Five reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing who returned today from a month-long deployment to Haiti said their homecoming is "bittersweet."They and 10 other Air Force Reservists from the 67th Aerial Port Squadron helped restore airfield operations at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport

  • Air Force Reserve nurse saves life of commissary employee

    Training, teamwork and quick reactions saved the life of a commissary cashier here Feb. 16.Maj. Heather Everly, a traditional reservist in the 459th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, was shopping when she heard the store public address system ask for a doctor or nurse.When Major Everly arrived at the

  • Command names top public affairs programs, people

    An organization and six individuals are representing Air Force Reserve Command in the Air Force Public Affairs Communications Excellence Award competition. Their selections were announced here Feb. 23.The office with the best issues management program is Strategic Communications in the Office of the

  • Air Force Reserve picks Verne Orr Award nominee

    Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service is the command's nominee for the 2010 Verne Orr Award.Established by the Air Force Association in honor of Verne Orr, a former secretary of the Air Force, the award is presented annually. The award recognizes any unit, regardless of size, that excels

  • Air Force Reserve nominates spouse for award

    Jesika Davis is Air Force Reserve Command's nominee for the 2010 Joan Orr Air Force Spouse of the Year Award.Mrs. Davis is the wife of Lt. Col. Thomas Davis, chief of public affairs for the 482nd Fighter Wing, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.The annual award is in honor of Joan Orr, wife of former

  • Reserve rescuers save lives after Afghanistan avalanche

    As the helicopter door slid open Feb. 9, snow flurries swirled inside stinging the cheeks of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Jonathan Grant, 33rd Expeditionary Rescue Squadron pararescue team leader, as he leaned out slightly into the whipping winds and minus-40 degree air to survey the scene