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AFRC News

  • Your mama wears combat boots, football cleats

    They tackle like other football players, score touchdowns and show uncommon toughness. There's just one major difference - they're women. Women throughout the local Shreveport-Bossier area have joined forces to become the Shreveport ShockHers, a first-year expansion team for the National Women's

  • Deadlines near for officer education opportunities

    Sept. 15 is the deadline for Air Force Reserve Command officers to apply for next year’s in-residence intermediate and senior developmental education courses. Intermediate courses include the Air Command and Staff College, and the Joint Military Intelligence College. Senior courses include the Air,

  • Hurricane Hunters track down Alberto

    Air Force reservists from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron’s “Hurricane Hunters” began flying the year’s first storm missions June 10 into Tropical Storm Alberto. Fueled by the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico, Alberto strengthened. By the morning of June 12, the Hurricane Hunters found

  • New civilian personnel system starts for AFRC employees

    About 70 people assigned to Tinker AFB, Okla., are Air Force Reserve Command's first civilian employees to convert from the General Schedule personnel system to the National Security Personnel System. They were among 3,100 Air Force employees who made the switch to NSPS April 30. "Their conversion

  • Reservist paddles famous New York waterway

    An Air Force reservist from here paddled a scenic route famous in American colonial history and took first place in the women’s division of a racing canoe regatta. During Memorial Day Weekend, Master Sgt. Helen Crouch maneuvered her racing canoe 70 miles down New York’s Susquehanna River from

  • Kansas reservists help people in need in Hawaii

    Most people go to the Hawaiian Islands to enjoy a sun-filled vacation on the beach, complete with leis, hula girls and coconuts. A group of Air Force reservists from the 931st Civil Engineer Squadron here, on the other hand, spent their time in Hawaii with power tools, heavy machinery and elbow

  • AFRC command chief: Look for opportunties to advance career

    Visiting reservists May 24 for a wing-sponsored career workshop, the command chief master sergeant for Air Force Reserve Command sees opportunity for career advancement at work here in the 446th Airlift Wing. As impressed as he is with the Airmen of McChord, Chief Master Sgt. Jack Winsett will not

  • Wear of AFRC patch becomes mandatory Oct. 1

    Air Force Reserve Command is in the process of making the wear of the AFRC patch mandatory on battle dress uniforms and flight suits for unit reservists and headquarters staffers. These people, who include those assigned to the AFRC headquarters and the Air Reserve Personnel Center, can start

  • Stolen VA records: Airman urged to be vigilant

    Air Force officials are asking Airmen to stay extra vigilant in protecting their credit and themselves from identity theft in light of the recent theft of 26.5 million veteran’s records from the home of a Department of Veterans Affairs employee in May. The VA announced over the weekend that the

  • Current servicemembers possibly affected by VA data loss

    Active-duty servicemembers and members of the National Guard and Reserves may be affected by the recent personal data loss by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the VA announced June 6. The VA announced over the first weekend in June that the records stolen from the home of a VA representative in