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AFRC News

  • AF expands drug testing to include abused prescription drugs

    The Air Force and other military services will expand their drug testing to include testing for commonly abused prescription drugs beginning May 1, 2012.On Jan. 31, 2012, the Secretary of Defense gave a 90-day advance notice of the drug testing expansion which aims to counter the nation's growing

  • POW shares reintegration tips with Reservists and their families

    Having spent more than five years in prisoner of war camps during the Vietnam War, Lee Ellis knows better than just about anyone how difficult it is to reconnect with family and friends after a long military separation. Ellis shared his experiences and tips for reintegration with about 450 Air Force

  • 3 win awards in Air Force Media Contest

    Three Air Force reservists won top honors in the 2011 Air Force Media Contest, according to an announcement Feb 27.The winners from Air Force Reserve Command are Tech. Sgt. Shawn Jones, print journalist of the year, 514th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.; Senior Airman

  • Fiscal Year 2013 is the year of 'Force Rebalance'

    Building the Fiscal Year 2013 budget and planning future force structure and manning reductions is a path of tough choices said Air Force senior leaders at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 23.The new defense strategy and the nation's need to cut the deficit

  • Collaborative effort in making force structure changes

    Air Force total force officials discussed the strategic planning efforts that resulted in making the 'hard choices' affecting future Air Force viability and force structure here Feb. 22. Driven by the 2011 Budget Control Act and new defense strategy, the Air Force needed to align the current force

  • President recommends $5.062 billion for AF Reserve in FY13

    Under the Fiscal 2013 President's Budget Request announced Feb. 13, Air Force Reserve Command is slated to receive an annual operating budget of $5.062 billion starting in October.The FY13 budget includes $1.885 billion for military personnel, $3.166 billion for operations and maintenance to pay for

  • Airmen prove they are 'Tough Mudders'

    Capt. Kelli Rabideau proudly wears her bruises, scrapes and cuts like a badge of honor. Last weekend, she and 10 other Airmen battled 20-degree temperatures, and some would say, better judgment to complete the Tough Mudder, a grueling 11-mile obstacle course near this north Georgia city.Among her

  • Basic Military Training needs Reserve instructors

    Click, clack. Click, clack. You hear the taps on the boots colliding with the pavement, in a rhythmic pattern coming towards you. Your spine stiffens, and you notice the shadow of the Smokey the Bear hat looming over your shoulder, you immediately know you are in the presence of the one who taught

  • Air Force Reserve Command screening board scheduled April 10

    The CY12 Air Force Reserve Command Screening Board is scheduled to convene at the Air Reserve Personnel Center April 10.The RCSB will nominate eligibles for consideration for wing commander, vice wing commander, operations group commander, space wing commander, space operations group commander,

  • Airmen halt nighttime training ops to aid accident victims

    Combat-search-and-rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing here halted their nighttime training operations at a remote drop zone in Central Florida to transport accident victims to the hospital.Four people were injured, one seriously, when their airboat flipped on the St. John's River, approximately