Recently added articles from Citizen Airman:
FOC: initiative improves way we operate.(From the Top)
Oct 01, 2009; Stenner, Charles E., Jr. ... The 21st century security environment requires military services that are flexible--capable of surging, refocusing and continuously engaging without exhausting their resources and people. Moreover, the 21st century fiscal environment is becoming ever-more constrained as rising nations and ...
Don't just meet, but exceed, standards.(Chief's View)
Oct 01, 2009; Badgett, Dwight ... Our Air Force leadership is constantly looking for ways to ensure we comply with certain standards in security, safety, performance, fitness, uniform wear, etc. Standards by themselves only give us minimum guidelines to strive for, but compliance with these benchmarks can determine mission ...
12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year.(Reserve Snapshot)
Oct 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Sgt. Channel Bolton-Scholl, a crew Chief with the 446th Maintenance Squadron, McChord Air Force Base Wash., is one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen. Each year the Air Force picks its top Airmen from the regular Air Force, Air National Guard and Air ...
Beale unit officially named 940th wing.(Rounds the Reserved: A brief look at what's happening throughout Air Force Reserved Command)
Oct 01, 2009; Johnson, Luke ... Air Force Reserve Command has one less air refueling unit with the redesignation of the wing located at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Maj. Gen. Frank Padilla, 10th Air Force commander, presided over a ceremony July 11 re-designating the 940th Air Refueling Wing as the 940th Wing ....
Members of 477th Fighter Group connect with unit's past.(Rounds the Reserved: A brief look at what's happening throughout Air Force Reserved Command)
Oct 01, 2009; McPartlin, Cary ... Ten members of the 477th Fighter Group from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, met living history at the Tuskegee Airmen's 38th annual convention Aug. 6-9 in Las Vegas. The Tuskegee Airmen were the first American black military pilots and crewmen to serve during World War II ....
Reserve recruiters shatter enlistment record.(Rounds the Reserved: A brief look at what's happening throughout Air Force Reserved Command)
Oct 01, 2009; Flipse, Paul ... Air Force Reserve Command recruiters recorded their 8,800th enlistment of the year Aug. 3, breaking the record for reaching their annual recruiting goal the fastest--a full two months before the end of the fiscal year. The more than 400 men and women assigned to AFRC Recruiting ...
Pope's puns.(Rounds the Reserved: A brief look at what's happening throughout Air Force Reserved Command)(Cartoon)
Oct 01, 2009; Pope, W.C. ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Officials break ground on new ARPC building.(Rounds the Reserved: A brief look at what's happening throughout Air Force Reserved Command)
Oct 01, 2009; Molina, Mike ... History was made as officials broke ground on the Air Reserve Personnel Center's new headquarters building July 23 at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander, spoke to an audience of more than 200 ARPC employees and Air ...
F-22 unit in Alaska provides theater security in pacific.(Rounds the Reserved: A brief look at what's happening throughout Air Force Reserved Command)
Oct 01, 2009; Redente, Jennifer ... Members of the Air Force Reserve's F-22 Raptor unit at Elemendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, deployed to Andersen AFB, Guam, in August to support the U.S. Pacific Command commander's theater security package mission in the Asia-Pacific region. The Reservists, assigned to the 302nd ...
Survivor benefit plan offers financial stability.(Rounds the Reserved: A brief look at what's happening throughout Air Force Reserved Command)
Oct 01, 2009; Mazezka, Kelly ... In unsettled economic times, Citizen Airmen may be comforted knowing they have Reserve retired pay waiting for them and their dependents. But unless Reservists elect to participate in the Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan, retired pay stops upon their death. ...
Returning home from Iraq.(Rounds the Reserved: A brief look at what's happening throughout Air Force Reserved Command)
Oct 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: RETURNING HOME FROM IRAQ--Staff Sgt. Adam Moses of the 445th Security Forces Squadron waits in the baggage claim area at the Dayton International Airport, Ohio. Joining him are his wife, Sheila, and his children (left to right) Rayvin, Dante and ...
Conversion to paperless records continues.(Rounds the Reserved: A brief look at what's happening throughout Air Force Reserved Command)
Oct 01, 2009; Molina, Mike ... The Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver reached an important milestone Aug. 4 when the last paper copy of a unit personnel record from an Air Force Reserve unit was electronically scanned. During the year-long conversion project, employees at the center scanned a total of ...
March Airmen participate in special 'Price is Right' show.(Rounds the Reserved: A brief look at what's happening throughout Air Force Reserved Command)
Oct 01, 2009; Welz, Linda ... U.S. service men and women from all branches of the military formed up at CBS Studios in August for the taping of an all-military audience on "The Price is Right." This episode of the popular TV game show hosted by Drew Carey is scheduled to air on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. ...
Reservist gets ball rolling on donations for Air Force First Sergeants monument.(Rounds the Reserved: A brief look at what's happening throughout Air Force Reserved Command)
Oct 01, 2009; Bergquist, Carl ... The Air Force First Sergeants Academy at Gunter Annex, Ala., is in the process of developing a monument to honor the work and dedication of Air Force first sergeants, said the academy's director of education. Senior Master Sgt. Michael Bellerose said the monument will consist ...
SGLI enrollment a no brainer.(It's Your Money)
Oct 01, 2009; Lunt, Ralph ... I'm a financial guy, so when I see articles about investments and insurance, I typically read them. Recently I saw an article and a related e-marl about troops not participating in Servicemembers Group Life Insurance, SGLI. My reaction to the headline was skeptical. I'm thinking to ...
Provincial reconstruction teams: reservists playing major role in effort to rebuild Afghanistan.(Cover story)
Oct 01, 2009; Abalo, Carlos ... In Afghanistan, a country that has been torn apart by wars for centuries, Air Force Reservists are major players on the provincial reconstruction teams that are helping to take this battle-torn nation from rubble and create a modern country--village by village, town by town and city by ...
Social networking: reservists tweet, blog and post their way through cyberspace.
Oct 01, 2009; Knabe, Ann Peru ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A couple times a day, Master Sgt. Collen McGee logs onto the 433rd Airlift Wing's Twitter account and "tweets" updates to approximately 700 followers located throughout the world. Using the Twitter handle of "@AFRC_433," Sergeant McGee condenses messages ...
Following in his son's footsteps: father of slain soldier volunteers to protect others who deploy.
Oct 01, 2009; McCowan, Shawn David ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In June 2008, Air Force Reserve Staff Sgt. Francisco "Paco" Martinez was finalizing family arrangements before he was to deploy to Iraq. Deployments into strange and dangerous environments are difficult for any Airman. However, this deployment was going ...
All mapped out: geographic software helping AFRC users make better decisions.
Oct 01, 2009; Vandeventer, Gene ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In the 1850s, London was hit by a huge cholera epidemic that was quickly spreading out of control. Thousands died, but thousands more were saved because of the quick thinking of a physician named John Snow. In perhaps one of the earliest ...
Continuum of service: initiative seeks to facilitate movement within various programs.(How Leaders Take Flight: AFRC Force Management & Development)
Oct 01, 2009; Joyner, Bo ... Dennis M. McCarthy, assistant secretary of defense for reserve affairs, uses the analogy of a circuit breaker to describe the Cold War approach to military service that is still being used to this day: The switch is either on or off, an individual is either active or reserve--on or off ...
