403rd Wing reservists depart for deployment training

About 30 reservists with the 403rd Security Forces Squadron departed for Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, today for combat and expeditionary skills training in preparation for their deployment to Southwest Asia next month.This group is the second wave of 403rd SFS Airmen to head to Nevada for the

Tools to safeguard PII scheduled for December rollout AF wide

The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool is scheduled for Air Force-wide integration Dec. 5, providing Microsoft Outlook email users with an interactive, automated virtual assistant to help ensure the security of personally identifiable information."I can't overstate the operational importance of

Commander sends Holiday Greetings

DOD launches 2014 Health Related Behaviors Survey for Reserve Component

The Department of Defense has launched the third iteration of the DOD Health Related Behaviors Survey for the Reserve Component. The purpose of the confidential survey is to gather lifestyle and health related data from randomly selected Reservists and National guardsmen in the United States, Puerto

December issue of Citizen Airman is online

The December issue of Citizen Airman is available on the web at http://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/.The cover story focuses on Air Force Reserve Command's Key Spouse Program and the volunteers who are working hard to make the program a success. In the first in a series of articles called Profiles in

Ohio Senator discusses C-130 upgrades during Youngstown visit

The 910th Airlift Wing welcomed Senator Sherrod Brown for an installation visit, Nov. 24.During the visit, the Democratic Senator from Ohio met with wing leadership, took a windshield tour of the installation, visited the 910th's Avionics Shop, viewed one of the unit's Modular Aerial Spray Systems

41 total-force Airmen selected as KC-46 aircrew

Forty-one officers and enlisted members from active duty, Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard have been selected as KC-46 Pegasus initial operational test and evaluation aircrew, Air Force Personnel Center officials said Nov. 24.The KC-46 is slated to enter the Air Force inventory, pending

Communicator leads in fight against Ebola

A team led by a reservist is providing command and control capabilities in Monrovia, Liberia, for the fight against the Ebola virus.Maj. Kyle Johnson commands the Joint Communications Support Element at the Barclay Training Center. His detachment of more than 30 civilian and military

Changes coming to officer board documents

Changes are coming to the advanced academic degree and developmental education information visible on officer selection briefs for promotion boards.Beginning Dec. 1, advanced academic degree information for line officers will be masked for promotion selection boards below the grade of

Grissom completes 'flawless' transition to commercial fuel

The smell of jet fuel in the morning remains the same, but something different is putting thrust behind Grissom's tankers.Following an Air Force cost savings initiative, Grissom Air Reserve Base transitioned from JP-8, a jet fuel used specifically by the Department of Defense since the late 1970's