March 20, 2006 Program streamlines training for IMAs A partnership between Air Force Reserve Command and Air Force Space Command may signal a change in the way individual mobilization augmentees train. A common training assembly at Patrick AFB, Fla., March 8-10 allowed more than 200 IMAs to fulfill more than 20 hours of training and readiness
March 20, 2006 19 compete for outstanding airmen, first sergeant honors Nineteen bluesuiters from around the nation are vying for one of four spots in the 2005 Air Force Reserve Command Outstanding Airman/First Sergeant of the Year competition. They will learn April 20 who will represent the command at the Air Force level. Command officials will announce the winners of
March 20, 2006 Reservists earn awards for service in war on terrorism Air Force reservists who deploy in support of the Global War on Terrorism need to ensure they receive credit for their service. Since Sept. 11, 2001, nearly 30,000 have been mobilized and thousands more have volunteered to serve at home and abroad. Many of them have served in combat with virtually
March 17, 2006 Westover athlete ‘presses’ to the top An aircraft maintainer from here is pumped up for the Amateur Athlete Union National Bench Press Championships in Baltimore, Md., March 25. Senior Airman Rick F. Marrama of the 439th Maintenance Squadron lifted 556 pounds to win the single-lift bench press event in the 198-pound body weight class in
March 15, 2006 Testing terror response skills Air Force reservists from the 482nd Fighter Wing held a mass casualty exercise here March 14 based on a simulated suicide car-bombing near the base's main entrance. The training was part of a week-long operational readiness exercise, which acts as a self-assessment of the wing’s ability to go to
March 15, 2006 Saving lives at 30,000 feet Doctors, nurses and medical technicians feverishly rushing around, yelling for pain medication and working on patients in an environment that looks like controlled chaos, sounds like a familiar scene from a popular television drama or a busy emergency room. The only difference is this scene often
March 14, 2006 Space aggressor receives info ops award A reservist with the 26th Space Aggressor Squadron, Schreiever AFB, Colo., is Air Force Reserve Command’s top information operations senior NCO (Level II) for 2005. Senior Master Sgt. Ken Trousdale received the award for spotting potential vulnerabilities and providing solutions to protect space
March 14, 2006 Command selects airlift control flight award winners Three 4th Air Force units won Air Force Reserve Command’s airlift control flight awards for 2005. The 452nd ALCF from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., claimed the top unit award. Capt. Robert Acosta and Master Sgt. Gerardo Zuniga of the 433rd ALCF, Lackland AFB, Texas, were named the top officer and
March 14, 2006 Interior designer wins Air Force award A civil engineer interior designer for Air Force Reserve Command won an Air Force design excellence award. Patricia McCutchin of Headquarters AFRC’s civil engineering division here learned about her award March 6. She will join other Air Force facility design winners in a ceremony Aug. 3 in
March 14, 2006 Newsletter wins award, advances to DOD contest Air Force Reserve Command public affairs people took one first-place award and two thirds in the 2005 Air Force Media Contest. The Midnight Express won the newsletter format category. The 919th Special Operations Wing publication from Duke Field, Fla., will compete against other Department of