April 13, 2017 HQ RIO announces 2016 Individual Reservists of Year The Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization announced the 2016 Individual Reservists of the Year, April 4. The award program recognizes the accomplishments of the outstanding Airmen who augment active-duty forces and government agencies world-wide. A team of Airmen
April 5, 2017 HQ RIO announces top Individual Reservists of 2016 Two enlisted and two officers were named Individual Reservists for 2016.
March 16, 2017 Retiring PA Chief emphasizes power of story Sitting in a small Mexican restaurant in Centennial, Colorado, during the waning hours of the final day of an Air Force career that touched five decades, Chief Master Sgt. Tom Kimball exercises a craft he has spent his entire life perfecting - storytelling. Kimball, who told the Air Force’s story as
Feb. 9, 2017 Reservist wraps up two-year mobilization, supports OIR in Turkey Over the past two years, Individual Mobilization Augmentee Col. Carl Magnusson has travelled the globe in support of a variety of U.S. operations.The U.S. Pacific Command Air Force Reservist has seen Japan, the Philippines, and Mongolia as a joint exercise control group director, and most recently,
Feb. 6, 2017 Individual Reserve offers unique opportunities to serve The Individual Reserve program offers service members a flexible way to continue serving.
Jan. 25, 2017 Reservist shares civilian skills to support SOCOM Para-Commandos Bill Walsh is a familiar face to the people of Charleston, S.C. He’s been the lead weather forecaster for the #1 station there for 30 years. His face is on billboards and his professional Facebook page has 17,000 followers. Many Charleston residents have come to rely on Bill for his forecasts;
Jan. 19, 2017 Reservist leads active-duty squadron As commander of the 460th Comptroller Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, Air Force Reserve Individual Mobilization Augmentee Maj. Christopher Humphrey is responsible for an organization that provides customer support to 80,000 customers in the Denver area, manages the 460th Space Wing’s
Jan. 18, 2017 January newsletter for IMAs available The January 2017 edition of the Readiness Report newsletter for Individual Reservists is now available for digital download. The Readiness Report is the official newsletter of Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization and is designed to deliver news and information to
Oct. 6, 2016 Lawyer finds path to service in Air Force Reserve Rumbling tanks, riot police, tear-gas grenades and hungry citizens standing in lines for bread and meat rations.These could be scenes from many war movies or deployments, but they are not. These are Capt. Tomasz Nowak’s memories from his childhood in Communist Poland in the early 1980s.Nowak, who is
July 14, 2016 Intelligence officer finds research is for the birds For many, an Antarctic cruise to spend time with penguins is just a dream. For Capt. Hila Levy, it’s all in a day’s work.Levy is an Air Force Reserve Individual Mobilization Augmentee intelligence officer at the Joint Reserve Intelligence Support Element, Royal Air Force Molesworth, United Kingdom.