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  • Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Marshall Irvin briefs dozens of Airmen on leadership skills during a virtual Yellow Ribbon event held March 21, 2021. Yellow Ribbon is an event-driven program designed to help service members and their families prepare for, see-through and reintegrate after deployments. (Image is a screenshot from event)

    Leadership Lesson: Rank means nothing if you don’t know what you’re doing

    Reserve Citizen Airmen and their families attended a virtual Yellow Ribbon event March 21-22 as they prepared for deployments and for the transition back home.In addition to learning valuable information about things like financial benefits and spiritual fitness, this month’s keynote speaker, retired Air Force Col. Marshall Irvin, provided
  • U.S. Air Force Reservist Capt. Erin Rost, United States Air Force Academy admissions liaison officer, conducts an interview with a prospective academy student while teleworking from home during the COVID-19 pandemic May 7, 2020, at Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina.

    The Future Work Environment: AFRC mapping out a tomorrow highlighted by more alternative workspace arrangements

    Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, Air Force Reserve Command was dipping its toes into the pool of telework work and other alternative workspace arrangements. The pandemic pushed the command into the deep end, forcing AFRC to immediately shift to a work-from-home business model.
  • Graphic image of Capt. Anna Sanchez, a clinical nurse with the 94th Airlift Wing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, leads a discussion on the importance of individual character strengths in overcoming adversity Feb. 28, 2021.

    Building upon personal strengths help Airmen, families overcome stress

    Fortunately, the Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Program exists to help alleviate this stress. The program consists of a series of events designed to provide members and families with essential resources prior to deployment, stability and support while deployed, and successful re-integration techniques after the deployment cycle ends.
  • Captain D’Anthony Harris, who coordinates psychological health initiatives for the Air Force Reserve Command’s Yellow Ribbon Program, delivers a presentation on the importance of resiliency during a Yellow Ribbon event Jan. 23, 2021. Harris stressed the need to build a resiliency profile that is made up of four parts: building optimism and positive emotions, establishing a personal moral compass, practicing mental and emotional flexibility, and focusing on meaning and purpose.

    Where the rubber meets the road: building your resiliency profile

    During the Jan. 23-24 virtual Yellow Ribbon event, keynote speaker Capt. D’Anthony Harris delivered a speech on resiliency and how to build a four-part resiliency profile in order to equip Airmen and their families for life’s challenges.According to Harris, who coordinates psychological health initiatives for the Air Force Reserve Command’s Yellow

  • 624th Reserve Citizen Airmen administered COVID-19 vaccine first dose

    Medical personnel and first responders assigned to the 624th Regional Support Group received the initial dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 22 at Hickam Memorial Fitness Center on Joint Base Pearl-Harbor Hickam.

  • Finance coach provides advice on pandemic, deployment

    The ongoing pandemic provides an opportunity for Airmen to resituate their financial lives, create actionable financial goals and offer options to grow wealth, said Kristy Tubbs, a financial coach with Piece of Heart Financial Counseling, during a virtual Yellow Ribbon event Dec. 18-19.Tubbs, a military spouse of 32 years who has experienced
  • Senior Airman Jeremy Miller, fuels technician, and Tech. Sgt. Richard Blake, NCO in charge of operations, 445th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management flight, service liquid oxygen (LOX) carts during the Nov. 6, 2020 unit training assembly. The FMT conducts samples prior to filling the LOX carts. If the sample results in an odor that is similar to rotten eggs, then the batch of LOX is discarded.

    Fuels management flight keeps 445th C-17s flying

    Fuel keeps the world moving and on the go. With the global mission of the 445th Airlift Wing, it is essential that the wing has the resources needed to keep flying around the world. One critical component that keeps operations running smoothly in the wing is the 445th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s Fuels Management Flight. The flight performed their November 2020 unit training assembly during the week, Nov. 5 and 6, 2020.
  • Tech. Sgt. Charita White, 940th Civil Engineer Squadron, Beale Air Force Base, California, poses for a photo with her husband, Jonathan Shephard and newborn daughter in Missouri City, Texas, Oct. 2, 2020. White attended the virtual Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon event held Nov. 21-22, 2020. She took advantage of several of the event’s sessions focused on mental, physical, so-cial and spiritual wellness. (Courtesy photo)

    Virtual Yellow Ribbon event strengthens spiritual fitness

    In the comfort of her Houston home, Tech. Sgt. Charita White rocked her newborn as she watched the virtual broadcast of the Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon event held Nov. 21-22.The event promotes the well-being of Reserve Citizen Airmen and their loved ones by connecting them with valuable resources such as educational benefits, interpersonal
  • Master Sgt. Adam Raley, a native of Florida, first started his military journey in the U.S. Army as an enlisted artillery soldier in 1994. After 11 years of service he decided that it was time for change. Following a short stint working as a contractor overseas, Raley found his opportunity to continue serving his country.

    Aviation Resource Management – Keeping flying squadrons on track

    Master Sgt. Adam Raley, a native of Florida, first started his military journey in the U.S. Army as an enlisted artillery soldier in 1994. After 11 years of service he decided that it was time for change. Following a short stint working as a contractor overseas, Raley found his opportunity to continue serving his country.
  • Reserve Citizen Airmen and loved ones with the 514th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Md. participate in the first fully-virtual Air Force Reserve Command Yellow Ribbon Program event, October 24 to 25, 2020.

    Virtual Yellow Ribbon Event Provides Resources to Help Airmen Before, During, After Deployments

    Eighteen Reserve Citizen Airmen and seven of their spouses with the 514th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, participated in the first fully virtual Air Force Reserve Command Yellow Ribbon Program event, Oct. 24-25, 2020. This event was held in order to conform to COVID-19 restrictions while also maintaining AFRC's commitment to reform the organization in key areas to compete, deter, and win in all environments while maintaining its cost-effectiveness.
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