Oct. 25, 2005 Personnel center stops mailing point credit summary The Air Reserve Personnel Center here no longer mails Air Force Form 526, Air National Guard/Air Force Reserve Point Credit Summary, to Air Force reservists.Guard and Reserve members had been receiving the form annually since October 1972. They must now use the virtual Military Personnel Flight to
Oct. 25, 2005 Reservists overcome challenges of going to Guatemala The 10-day medical training exercise to Guatemala in April presented several challenges for reservists from Air Force Reserve Command’s 710th Medical Squadron at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb.Squadron medical planner Maj. Jerry Hall, nurse Capt. Kami Willet and health services specialist Master Sgt.
Oct. 25, 2005 Airmen travel to Guatemala to train, treat patients Outside a primitive five-room elementary school hundreds of villagers lined up to receive medical, dental and optometry care.Thirty-three Airmen left Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., April 23 to provide that care for 10 days at three different schools in villages surrounding the city of Coban in the
Oct. 25, 2005 New commandwide anti-drug initiative begins Supply and demand are part of life in America. Unfortunately, that life includes a large supply of abused legal and illegal drugs.In an effort to reduce the demand for these drugs, Air Force Reserve Command began its “True Blue” campaign commandwide in April.“In the past, anti-drug or anti-substance
Oct. 25, 2005 BRAC: Information available for affected bases The Secretary of Defense is expected to announce the proposed Base Realignment and Closure list during a press conference May 13.Air Force officials understand the effect BRAC can have on servicemembers, retirees, employees and their families.To assist people with vital BRAC information, the Air
Oct. 25, 2005 Air Force announces aviation resource management awards Air Force officials recently announced the winners of the 2004 Outstanding Air Force Aviation Resource Management of the Year Awards.The 2004 winners are:-- Airman of the Year: Airman 1st Class Dusty S. Stofan, 17th Special Operations Squadron, Kadena Air Base, Japan.-- Noncommissioned Officer of
Oct. 24, 2005 Two Airmen among recipients of military service award Two Airmen were among the six recipients of the annual Government Employees Insurance Company Military Service Awards. For 17 years, GEICO has recognized servicemembers from all branches of the service -- including the Guard and Reserve -- for work in drug and alcohol abuse prevention, fire and
Oct. 24, 2005 Deployed sergeant takes STEP to technical sergeant One of the Air Reserve Personnel Center’s best people received some great news April 24 while deployed to Southwest Asia … “You are out of uniform.” Those words came from Maj. Gen. Norman Seip, Combined Forces Air Component deputy commander, when he spoke to Staff Sgt. Brett Sansone. At the time,
Oct. 24, 2005 Reservists set example at New Horizons 2005 camp In a camp tucked away in southwest Panama, two Airmen are leaving a lasting impression on their fellow servicemembers and the local people they meet. Master Sgt. Steve Axie and Tech. Sgt. George Lyon have grown to call it home, but three months ago, the two arrived to build a base camp on a horse
Oct. 24, 2005 Training ensures reservists ready to go Air Force Space Command reservists tested a common training assembly concept here April 22 and 23 to ensure nearly 350 individual mobilization augmentees were trained and ready for mobilization. Reservists need to be trained at the same level as their active-duty counterparts. While active-duty