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March 16, 2022
Down-the-Road Deployment: Dover Reservists support mortuary mission

Compared to the 6,825 miles between Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, and Al-Udeid Air Base, Qatar, the quarter mile to get from the Air Force Reserve 512th Memorial Affairs Squadron and the Fisher House for Families of the Fallen doesn’t seem like it would be considered a deployment.However, three
March 16, 2022
A Bright Idea: 307th Bomb Wing one step closer to B-52 innovation

Lt. Col. Warren Carroll and Maj. Brandon Wolf, two Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing, brought a proposed B-52 Stratofortress innovation one step closer to fruition at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, in December.Engineers from the B-52 Stratofortress Systems Program Office
March 16, 2022
'Dream On': Grissom civil engineer from Nigeria loving life in the United States

“Dream on!” That’s what 12-year old Afolabi Jacob was told when fellow Nigerians learned about his ambitions of being an engineer.Jacob knew at age 12 he wanted to be an engineer. Unfortunately for him, in Nigeria that’s a big dream unless you’re from a wealthy family. Jacob did dream on, and in
March 16, 2022
COVID SCHMOVID: Reserve doctor writes light-hearted book to help people cope with pandemic

Shift after shift, an emergency room doctor saw the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, fighting to help keep her deathly-ill patients alive and watching the devastation it caused to so many families.This doctor, despite the darkness surrounding her from the virus, decided to use this situation as an
March 7, 2022
Building Partnerships: Organization dedicated to producing healthy military communities

In order to better understand and mitigate the unique challenges faced by geographically dispersed service members (including new recruits), veterans and their families, many of whom live off the installation, Congress directed DoD to develop a long-term strategy for aligning efforts to improve
Feb. 24, 2022
Yellow Ribbon helps Airmen renegotiate life after deployment

Reintegrating back into a regular post-deployment routine is a jarring experience for Reserve Airmen, but the Air Force Reserve Command’s Yellow Ribbon Program is here to help.
Feb. 4, 2022
New Yellow Ribbon course focuses on single Reserve Citizen Airmen

Air Force Reserve Command’s Yellow Ribbon Program launched a new course to better address single Reserve Citizen Airmen, whose deployment challenges are often much different than those of service members in long-term relationships.
Jan. 24, 2022
Parents of deployer: “We won’t be broken. She will grow”

To help ease the stress, the Air Force Reserve Command’s Yellow Ribbon program hold nationwide events to connect deployers and their loved ones with resource that help them before, during and after deployment.
Dec. 21, 2021
Yellow Ribbon helps spouse find validation

Reserve Airmen and their loved ones who attend Yellow Ribbon events are exposed to a wide variety of deployment-related resources, and one spouse said the event she attended provided her exactly what she was seeking—validation.Johnnetta Bolden attended an Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon event in Los
Dec. 2, 2021
Remembering -- and uncovering -- the legacy of Private Ralph Yeager

I knew that my grandfather, Private Ralph Yeager, was stationed on Oahu on December 7th, 1941 -- and I knew that he survived the attack on Hickam Field and went on to fight in World War II. But I didn't know much more until I moved here and was curious to learn more about the man who inspired my