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27 Mar 2020
No Off Season: Hurricane Hunters spend their winter flying inside atmospheric rivers
When the Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, commonly known as the Hurricane Hunters, aren't flying into hurricanes they may be found providing aerial weather reconnaissance inside atmospheric rivers - or ARs - over the Pacific Ocean.
27 Mar 2020
Combat Aviation Advisors: Command wants Reservists to fill special operations role
Less than 1% of the American population currently serves in the military. An even smaller percentage can say they are part of a special operations team that integrates into foreign aviation forces to deny potential threats around the globe.
27 Mar 2020
Bouncing Back: Military training instructor shares journey from Article 15 to resilient leader
Life as a child was less than ideal for Nikole Rhodes. Growing up around drugs and alcohol reinforced every negative thing she had come to know and believe.
27 Mar 2020
Complementary Careers: Military experience helps Reserve Citizen Airman transform veteran healthcare
Maj. Daniel Brillman’s passion for helping military veterans led him to co-found a company that is bridging the gap between healthcare and social service providers such as food banks and homeless shelters.
27 Mar 2020
From Port Dawg to Fighter Pilot to Port Dawg
Staff Sgt. Jim Cagle is not your typical E-5. At 6 feet 2 inches tall, he’s taller than most of his fellow staff sergeants, but that’s not what makes him stand out. At nearly 60 years old, he has more gray hair and a few more wrinkles than most other E-5s, but that’s not it either. His Facebook page features videos of him playing the piano and singing, but even that’s not what makes him so atypical.
27 Mar 2020
Arkansas Reservist: 'No one is too big or bad to need help'
Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Matthew Sheley is a prior active-duty Marine, an Arkansas state trooper and not too tough to ask for help.
27 Mar 2020
Reservist embraces resilience while honoring her brother's memory
In 2012, two flight nurses and three medical technicians assigned to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, took part in what they thought was a routine medical evacuation mission to Kandahar Airfield. Upon arrival, they learned there had been two mass-casualty events that resulted in enough casualties to fill their C-130 Hercules to capacity.There were 13
27 Mar 2020
It's More Than Spouses: As Yellow Ribbon shows, Reservists lean on all types of support
When Capt. Kristin Broullire's husband couldn't attend the February Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program event in Denver, she didn't despair.
27 Mar 2020
Innovation Win: McChord Reservists recognized for developing battery cell extraction tool
Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 446th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, are earning a lot of recognition for their innovative solution to a common C-17 Globemaster II maintenance problem.Reservists from the 446th Maintenance Squadron developed a mechanical device that makes extracting depleted battery cells from the C-17 battery
27 Mar 2020
HQ RIO welcomes its first command chief
Chief Master Sgt. Stacy Wilfong is the Headquarters Readiness and Integration Organization’s command chief master sergeant, the first for the office that oversees more than 7,500 individual Air Force Reservists around the globe. She began her new duties in March.

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No Off Season: Hurricane Hunters spend their winter flying inside atmospheric rivers

Combat Aviation Advisors: Command wants Reservists to fill special operations role

Bouncing Back: Military training instructor shares journey from Article 15 to resilient leader

Complementary Careers: Military experience helps Reserve Citizen Airman transform veteran healthcare

From Port Dawg to Fighter Pilot to Port Dawg

Arkansas Reservist: 'No one is too big or bad to need help'

Reservist embraces resilience while honoring her brother's memory

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HQ RIO welcomes its first command chief

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