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

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

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

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

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

Development center offers seminars for junior officers

Air Force Reserve Command’s Professional Development Center here is taking applications for a series of junior officer leadership development seminars this summer in the United States and Germany. The JOLDS seminars train company grade officers in leadership, teambuilding, cultural diversity,

Recruiters seek recruiters in Air Force Reserve

If you are motivated and perform above the status quo, you might consider a career in recruiting. Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service is always looking for enthusiastic, qualified people who are physically and morally fit. Recruiting is not an ordinary 9-5 job. Recruiters are the Air Force

LEAP allows recruits to attend civilian nursing schools

The first non-prior service recruit to enroll in Air Force Reserve Command’s Licensed Practical Nurse Education Assistance Program will graduate March 24. Senior Airman Elizabeth Quartullo will receive her diploma of practical nursing from the ATS Institute of Technology, Highland Heights,

Sunset in Manas, Kyrgyzstan

Reservists go to El Salvador to train, provide medical care

Twenty-nine Air Force reservists from here and four from other locations deployed March 4 for a two-week medical humanitarian mission to El Salvador. The volunteers include medical doctors, nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, optometrists, dentists, gynecologists and medical technicians.