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  • A photo of U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. David Popp, 44th Aerial Port Squadron assistant aerial port manager, signing onto a newly installed computer at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, July 28, 2020. The Reserve Citizen Airman was part of a team that conducted a workspace utilization study that led to the creation of his squadron’s first phase of their cybercafe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Tricia C. Topasna)

    Guam’s Reserve Airmen get piece of innovation pie

    Keeping the 44th Aerial Port Squadron’s mission going here is by no means a simple feat. It requires constant training to keep up with the demands of the base’s daily operations. Through the use of Squadron Innovation Funds provided by AFWERX, the Air Force’s innovation program, Reserve Citizen Airmen at the Air Force Reserve Command’s largest aerial port squadron will soon have increased accessibility to facilitate mission requirements than ever before.
  • A photo of U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Pleiades Dolor, 624th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment specialist, leveling the ground in preparation for pavement repairs at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, July 22, 2020, during the unit’s Annual Training. The U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 624th CES provided necessary repairs at Bellows AFS, a Military Welfare and Recreation facility that supports military families and communities, to improve infrastructure and increase individual readiness skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Garrett Cole)

    Maintaining resiliency in paradise

    With Air Force suicide rates rising 33 percent in 2019, and the numbers are trending upwards this year. It is vital for the military to provide the proper tools for resiliency to all members, especially those returning from deployment. Fortunately, Military Wellness and Recreation assists as a part of the whole structure that military resiliency in their recreation facilities, namely Bellows Air Force Station on the northeast side of Oahu. The 624th Civil Engineer Squadron is getting a chance to support military resiliency by sending members to Bellows for facility maintenance and updates mid-July to aid in that mission.
  • Families learn about deployment-related resiliency

    Families learn about deployment-related resiliency

    It wasn’t until Master Sgt. Joseph Vergona returned from his seventh deployment that the Reserve Citizen Airmen and his family participated in a program that promotes the well-being of reservists and their loved ones by connecting them with resources before and after deployments.“It really made the military more like family, especially for the
  • Tech. Sgt. Jairus McCain (right) stands with his wife, Kimberlin, their children and friends April 26, 2019, while registering at a Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program training event in Chicago. McCain is a 302nd Logistics Readiness Squadron supply technician at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison)

    Yellow Ribbon benefits repeat attendees

    It can be hard to take in everything that the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program has to offer in just one training weekend. For many deploying Reserve Citizen Airmen and their loved ones, the solution is coming back again and again.
  • A male in uniform loads a grey C-130J with a vehicle.

    Air Force Reserve family helps Airman go active duty

    With 850 miles in the rearview, a 22 year-old pulled up to Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, with a mixture of nerves and excitement as he focused on the road before him. Once greeted by a smiling Airman, he knew this moment marked the start of a journey he had been seeking for the past year.
  • The National Science Foundation’s McMurdo Station, as seen from the summit of Observation Hill, Antarctica. The station was established in December 1955 and is the logistics hub of the U.S. Antarctic Program, with a harbor, landing strips on sea ice and shelf ice, and a helicopter pad. (Courtesy Photo)

    McChord Total Force wings support science missions

    In conjunction with the 446th Airlift Wing, the 62nd Operations Group kicked off the 2017-2018 season of Operation Deep Freeze (ODF), a mission offering unparalleled Department of Defense support to the National Science Foundation (NSF)-managed U.S. Antarctic Program, with operations that began in late September.
  • Yellow Ribbon strengthens Air Force Reserve families

    Yellow Ribbon strengthens Air Force Reserve families

    A Columbus, Ohio, family used an Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program event here Sept. 22-24 as the official kick-off to prepare for their second deployment.Reserve Citizen Airman Tech. Sgt. Zachary Loechler and his wife, Abigail, participated in their second event to connect with resources designed specifically to help them
  • Master Sgt. Frank Williams, a reservist with the 445th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, poses with his family. Williams and his wife, Kim, adopted four children from Africa to become a family of 10.

    Family puts AF core values into action through adoption

    While traveling with a religious organization in East Africa during the summer of 2005, Master Sgt. Frank Williams, longtime member of the 445th Airlift Wing and current 445th Aerospace Medicine Squadron member, placed a phone call that would ultimately change the course of his life.
  • Shown at home, Lt. Cols. Shelby and Matthew Basler, KC-135R Stratotanker pilots with the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, attended an Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program training event Nov. 18-20 in Florida with their sons John (l) and Luke. Unable to attend was their dog, Atis, whose name is derived from the aviation term Automatic Terminal Information Service. (Courtesy photo)

    Spouses make “emotional banking” deposits

    Two audience volunteers swatted at balloons representing the responsibilities faced by modern Air Force Reserve families, working together to keep any from hitting the floor of the hotel ballroom as a staff member added more inflatables to the mix.
  • Maj. Roxana Hambleton talks to Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program participants May 21, 2016, training weekend in South Carolina. Hambleton was the Yellow Ribbon representative for the 482nd Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, for 2 1/2 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James Branch)

    Wing reps keep Yellow Ribbon in the pink

    Master Sgt. Clay Jennings continually looks for a chance to tell someone at his Air Force Reserve unit in Texas about the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program, which presents information aimed at pre- and post-deployers and their loved ones at weekend training sessions around the country.
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