Policy helps reservists keep per diem, avoid paperwork

About 3,000 Air Force reservists will not have to submit a waiver this summer to keep getting per diem.The Air Force has authorized reservists on active-duty orders for more than 180 days at one location supporting Operations Noble Eagle, Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom to continue to get per diem

Lessons about Afghan culture

Pit stop for Shuttle Atlantis

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'Cake' ceremony for firefighter

Speed bumps help make base safer

Up, over and down. Drivers here may find speed bumps annoying but they are helping to thwart terrorists at security checkpoint gates. After Airmen in the 506th Air Expeditionary Group's antiterrorism force protection section identified a vulnerability in base security, the 506th Expeditionary Civil

Budget request calls for more people, money

President Barack Obama recommended more people and more funding for Air Force Reserve Command in his fiscal 2010 defense budget request. Under the proposal released May 7, the command's military personnel account would increase by 7.4 percent. The account represents about a third of the command's

June issue of Citizen Airman now available

Reservists shower island home with cheer

It was business as usual, hauling loads of supplies to and from St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where Keesler's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron maintains a detachment for use during hurricane season. That changed when Master Sgt. Paul Wood of the 403rd Maintenance Squadron did a little

Fort Bragg honors Air Force Reserve neighbor

Attending Army functions is part of the job for Col. Merle D. "Maddog" Hart, 440th Airlift Wing commander. The Air Force reservist from here internalizes strategic partnerships with the Army. "It is kind of like visiting with your neighbors," said Colonel Hart, who frequently visits the 82nd