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  • Reservists take part in the 20-meter High Aerobic Multi-shuttle run at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. (Courtesy photo)

    HAMR Time: Indoor alternative to 1.5-mile run can help boost fitness, resilience

    Jason Ham, Air Force Reserve Command’s fitness, health promotion and resilience program coordinator, is very excited about a new initiative he thinks will boost both fitness and resilience throughout the command.
  • Chief Master Sgt. Stacy Wilfong, Headquarters Readiness and Integration Organization command chief, and Col. Amy Boehle, HQ RIO commander, speak to members during a virtual all-call in August. This was the first all-call for the Individual Reservists of HQ RIO and was streamed live for more than 450 attendees. (Courtesy photo)

    HQ RIO holds first-ever all-call for individual Reservists

    The Headquarters Readiness and Integration Organization held its first-ever all-call for individual Reservists Aug. 28. More than 450 Airmen from around the world attended the virtual event.
  • Airmen assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing pose for a portrait photo at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania, June 23, 2020. The 911th AW, like every organization within U.S. Air Force Reserve Command, is made up of many individuals with diverse backgrounds. (Joshua J. Seybert)

    A Turning Point: National events spur Reserve to take a closer look at race relations, diversity, inclusion

    The spring and summer of 2020 will long be remembered as a tumultuous and pivotal time in our nation’s history – a time of civil unrest, protests and demonstrations. The deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and other African Americans inspired thousands to take to the streets to demand an end to racial profiling, discrimination and

  • Diversity and Inclusion: The Urgency of Now

    “We the people of the United States of America in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our prosperity.”The preamble to the Constitution of the United States promises all citizens five key

  • #ShareYourStory

    In light of the Air Force’s renewed focus on diversity and inclusion, the Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs Office has launched its #ShareYourStory campaign – a unique opportunity for members of the Reserve Citizen Airman team to share their stories of overcoming or addressing discrimination in the Air Force.“While racial
  • Air Force Reserve Command is looking for Security Forces personnel to join the Phoenix Raven program. Ravens are specially trained to protect aircraft and aircrews in areas where there is limited or unreliable levels of security.

    Reserve Ravens: AFRC looking for Security Forces to fill critical new positions

    Air Force Reserve Command officials are looking for Security Forces personnel interested in serving on special teams trained to protect aircraft and aircrews in areas where there is limited or unreliable levels of security. “AFRC formalized its Phoenix Raven program in October of 2019,” said Chief Master Sgt. Michael Caldwell, AFRC Security Forces
  • The first KC-46 Pegasus lands at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, June 12. The KC-46 will fall under the 916th Air Refueling Wing, replacing the KC-135 Stratotanker. (Maj Cruz A. Dolak)

    Pegasus Lands in North Carolina: 916th Air Refueling Wing receives its first KC-46

    In a low-key, COVID-compliant closed ceremony on June 12, the Air Force Reserve’s 916th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, accepted its first of 12 KC-46 Pegasus aircraft.Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White, senior
  • In his first full year of being an Air Force Reserve recruiter, Tech. Sgt. Kyle Hauser met his yearly accession goal in less than four months.Hauser has spent his 14-year Air Force career bouncing back and forth between recruiting and air transportation. (Courtesy photo)

    A Winding Path: Recruiter follows unusual road to success

    In fiscal year 2020 – Tech. Sgt. Kyle Hauser’s first full year of being an Air Force Reserve recruiter – he met his yearly accession goal in less than four months. How did the personable Airman achieve such remarkable success? By applying what he learned throughout an already successful Air Force career.Hauser, a line recruiter with the 351st
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    ARPC creates safe space for honest conversations

    In response to recent national events, Chief Master Sgt. Billi Baber, Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center’s command chief, and Senior Master Sgt. Tony Peel, HQ ARPC’s first sergeant, have hosted a pair of virtual safe-space conversations for members of the ARPC team.“We have all experienced a trauma,” Baber said. “This is not a campaign to
  • Air Force Reserve physician assistants who deployed to New York City to serve on the front lines of America's battle against COVID-19 pose for a photo. Left to right are Capt Kamille Resetz, Lt. Col. Matt Bershinsky, Maj. William Steele, Lt. Col. Troy Houston, Capt. Andrew Cruz, Col. Ari Fisher and Capt. Heather Duggan. (Army Sgt 1st Class Greg Sanders, 22nd Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

    A Different Kind of Enemy: Reserve medics discuss what it's like to battle COVID-19

    Air Force Reserve medical specialists are highly trained to provide critical care to service members injured in battle; they aren’t typically trained to care for patients fighting for their lives on ventilators in crowded city hospitals. But that didn’t keep hundreds of Reserve medics from answering their nation’s call and volunteering to serve on
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