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  • Late night host opens Air Force Reserve recruiting site in Alaska

    Tonight Show host Jay Leno opened the newest Air Force Reserve recruiting station in Wasilla, Oct. 14.The king of late night TV watched as 13 Alaskans took the enlistment oath as part of the Air Force Reserve recruiting station grand opening.Leno's appearance is part of the Air Froce Reserve's

  • Regional Yellow Ribbon Program kicks off in The Big Easy

    Air Force Reserve Command kicked off its first regional Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program this weekend at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside hotel, inviting Reservists going to or returning from deployment to attend with their families.The Yellow Ribbon Program was initiated by the Secretary of

  • Aerial porters compete in Port Dawg Challenge

    Reservists representing 22 aerial port squadrons from around Air Force Reserve Command will converge at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., Oct. 25-29 to compete in the command's Port Dawg Challenge.The competition features 11 events, running from Oct. 26 to Oct. 28. The challenge kicks off with opening

  • Reserve Globemaster pilot helps AF win Ironman military title

    "I was beginning to get cold and my body was shivering," said Capt. Jamie Turner. "I was 100 yards from the beach, and I had been treading water for 30 minutes. Finally, I heard the gun and that is when it all started." Captain Turner, a C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 317th Airlift Squadron

  • Rescue reservists join search for missing kayaker

    Rescue reservists from the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing here joined the search for a missing ocean kayaker Oct. 14 off the coast of Patrick Air Force Base. Missing is Mr. Michael Alexander, 49, from Port Canaveral, who left to go fishing Wednesday morning and never returned home, according

  • Reserve pararescuemen finish third in PJ competition

    Eight Air Force Reserve pararescuemen (PJs) from the 920th Rescue Wing finished third in the Pararescue Rodeo at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Oct. 4-10. Two four-man teams deployed from Florida to the southern Arizona desert to train and compete in free-fall parachuting, professional

  • Technology connects deployed father with newborn daughter

    Someday, when Amelie Rea is old enough, her father will tell her the story of when she was born. It was a cool October afternoon in American Fork, Utah. He was right beside his wife when little Amelie arrived. All smiles, he cooed in his daughter's ears and held back tears, as daddies do.Still, he

  • Ohio reservists find help, resources at Yellow Ribbon event

    Nearly 100 Airmen and their family members attended the pre-deployment Yellow Ribbon Program Sept. 24-26 hosted by the 445th Airlift Wing at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dublin, Ohio. Congressionally legislated, the Yellow Ribbon Program is a directive that dictates National Guard and Reserve members

  • Security forces Airman delivers daughter in van

    Staff Sgt. Nathan Kemp and his wife Natalie were anxious on Sept. 21. Their third child was due to be born in four days, but there no signs that the baby was coming anytime soon. "When I left for work at the 934th Security Forces Squadron at approximately 8:20 p.m., nothing seemed out of the

  • Leadership sees Total Force Integration in action

    Lt. Gen. Robert Allardice, 18th Air Force commander, visited the 302nd Airlift Wing Oct. 3 here to see the wing's Total Force Integration during an Air Force Reserve Unit Training Assembly weekend. The general met with both AF Reservists and Regular Air Force Airmen assigned to the 52nd Airlift