Summer – A season to exercise off-duty safety

“There are no second acts in American lives,” F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote. Memorial Day Weekend signals the start of summer, traditionally a time of fun and sun. During the 101 Critical Days of Summer, we sometimes try to do too much because of the extra sunlight. Here are suggestions on how to

Reservists reorganize to be ready for active duty

Air Force Reserve Command with its headquarters here is working with other major commands to streamline management of individual mobilization augmentees. In the past, the Air Force’s 12,900 IMAs in the Selected Reserve reported administratively to the various active-duty units where most of them are

Four vie for outstanding airmen, 1st sergeant honors

Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command announced the command’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year and First Sergeant of the Year during a banquet here April 7. Representing AFRC at Air Force-level competition are: Airman – Senior Airman Erik R. Hofmeyer, 919th Special Operations Wing, Eglin AFB Field 3,

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Reservist searches for American MIAs in North Korea

Master Sgt. Chris Rumley is about to leave for an extended camping trip March 13. He's not taking much with him.When you go camping in North Korea, you tend to pack light.Sergeant Rumley will be part of a 10-member U.S. team heading into Unsan County, North Korea, to search for the remains of

Honor guard member competes for heroism award

Air Force Reserve Command’s nominee for the Air Force Pitsenbarger Award did more than her patriot duty July 4. Staff Sgt. Shelly Dapp and other members of the Air Reserve Personnel Center Honor Guard were on the outskirts of Denver, returning from a ceremony in South Dakota, when they spotted smoke

The Battle of Unsan

Pinned down by a barrage of rocket fire and running out of supplies, American Soldiers staged one of the most valiant stands of the Korean War in the Battle of Unsan. Sheer determination and a strong will to survive were about all the members of the U.S. Army's 8th Cavalry Regiment had to get them

Keesler, Duke Field win 7 command media contest awards

The 403rd Wing at Keesler AFB, Miss., and the 919th Special Operations Wing at Duke Field, Fla., won more than half of the 2004 Air Force Reserve Command Media Contest awards.Keesler AFB dominated the competition with four first-place individual awards, and the wing magazine, Gulf Wing, earned the

Air Force Reserve selects IMAs of the year

A military entomologist in Texas and a supply customer service supervisor in Germany are the Air Force Reserve’s individual mobilization augmentees of the year for 2005. Maj. David E. Bowles is the IMA to the technical director and senior staff scientist at the Air Force Institute for Operational

Reserve recognizes airlift control flight winners

Reservists from Colorado and South Carolina won Air Force Reserve Command’s airlift control flight awards for 2004. Headquarters AFRC here announced the following ALCF winners March 31: Flight – 302nd ALCF, Peterson AFB, Colo. Loadmaster – Master Sgt. Jeffrey A. Flight, 302nd ALCF, Peterson AFB