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  • Charleston Yellow Ribbon event provides relaxation, information

    Reservists and their families were treated to a relaxing and informative, all-expenses paid weekend at the beach Nov. 12-14, here during the Yellow Ribbon Program event hosted by the 315th Airlift Wing.The Yellow Ribbon Program is a Department of Defense-wide effort to help Reserve and National

  • John Legend entertains troops in NW Florida

    Military and family members from three local Air Force bases were treated to some "smooth grooves" Nov. 13 when R & B star, John Legend, performed a free concert at the Mattie Kelly Performing Arts Center in Niceville Fla.The concert was part of the "Stateside Tour for The Troops" program hosted by

  • Review aims to streamline ART hiring process

    Personnel officials from the Air Force Reserve Command and the Air Force Personnel Center met here Oct. 26 through 28 to begin steps in reducing the timeline of the hiring process for air reserve technicians, or ARTs.Leaders from AFRC and AFPC met with civilian force integration officials to

  • Deployed service members can still read their kids a bedtime story

    Describing the fruits the hungry caterpillar ate to become a butterfly or exploring the pitfalls of giving a mouse a cookie can be part of the deep bond formed by parents who read to their kids.It is that same bond that is often fractured in military families by deployments.Military members

  • Operation Pillowcase keeps children, deployed parents close

    The 445th Airman and Family Readiness office does more than offer services to military members and spouses, they provide support to the children too. They do this through the Operation Pillowcase program.The Operation Pillowcase program is designed to boost and maintain morale of the entire family.

  • Aeromedical formal training unit opens at Pope Field

    A new aeromedical evacuation formal training unit at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., welcomed its first class of students Oct. 25 as Air Force Reserve Command seeks to meet its training requirements in a more efficient manner.Twenty aeromedical evacuation crewmembers from around the globe reported for

  • Grissom families reunited after recent deployments

    After months away at several locations around the world, including Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, Airmen from the 434th Air Refueling Wing were recently reunited with their families as they returned to Grissom in early November. Many of the families made posters as they waited for their loved ones to

  • Employer Partnership launches powerful job search tool on Veterans Day

    The Employer Partnership of the Armed Forces launched its new, state-of-the-art web portal on Veterans Day. The new tools offer Reserve Component personnel, their Family members, Wounded Warriors, and veterans increased capabilities when seeking employment opportunities. The portal also vastly

  • Band of AF Reserve performs holiday concert Dec. 9

    The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve will present its free annual holiday concert at the Museum of Aviation Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. "Throughout this past year, the band has entertained millions of people across the country as well as many of our deployed troops overseas," said Maj. Donald Schofield, band

  • Combat Camera Airmen learn battlefield forensics

    It was a first for the Air Force when a cadre of instructors from Six3 Systems, Inc. arrived at March to teach the Battlefield Forensics Course to 4th Combat Camera Squadron Airmen. In the past, the company, taught the course to only Army and Marine Corps units, but 4th Combat Squadron personnel