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25 Jan 2021
AFR major promotion, captain continuation boards postponed
The Calendar Year 2021 Air Force Reserve Major Line and Nonline Promotion Board has been rescheduled for March 29, pushing it back two months from its original date of January 29. This change is due to new Department of Defense and Department of the Air Force requirements, and the time needed to implement them.
25 Jan 2021
Flexible and Resilient: Pacific Reservists overcome COVID-19 challenges to host Yellow Ribbon event
The stress associated with deployments can pose one of the biggest challenges Airmen face before going “down range.”
25 Jan 2021
Breaking Barriers: Expeditionary wing selects first woman, first Reserve command chief
Chief Master Sgt. Dana Capaldi was recently named the first Reservist and first female command chief master sergeant for the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.
25 Jan 2021
Wingman Saves: Command stands up program to promote crisis intervention
Air Force Reserve Command has implemented the Wingman Saves program, an intervention initiative aimed at recognizing Reserve Citizen Airmen who take the steps necessary to identify and assist those with at-risk behaviors.
25 Jan 2021
Individual Medical Requirements Are Your Responsibility
Staying current on individual medical readiness is mandatory to ensure readiness for duty and continued qualification for military service. It is your responsibility to stay current on your annual physical health assessment, dental exam, immunizations and lab work.The annual physical and periodic labs ensure you have not developed conditions that
30 Nov 2020
Silicon Valley and the DoD: How an innovative fellowship program helps bridge the gap between the two
Reserve Citizen Airmen are playing a vital role in a bold new fellowship program designed to accelerate innovation for the Department of Defense by embedding some of the military’s best and brightest within venture capital firms and technology startups in Silicon Valley.
30 Nov 2020
AFIPPS: Modernized human resource system coming to the Air Force
The Air Force will soon launch a modernized human resource system called AFIPPS, the Air Force Integrated Personnel and Pay System, that will improve financial management and human resource processes for Total Force Airmen.
30 Nov 2020
Stepping Up: Deployed flight nurse helps COVID patients get the care they need
Without knowing where she was going or for how long, Capt. Alyssa Sandquist answered with a resounding “yes” when the Air Force Reserve asked for aeromedical evacuation specialists to volunteer to support COVID-19 relief efforts this spring.
30 Nov 2020
The Cutting Edge: Reservists helping Air Force, MIT cooperative explore artificial intelligence
Four Reserve Citizen Airmen are part of a groundbreaking partnership between the Air Force and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to advance the use of artificial intelligence – computer systems that are able to perform tasks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making and translation between languages.
30 Nov 2020
Opportunities Abound: Edwards is an oasis for Reserve Component Airmen
An hour north of Los Angeles is the center of the aerospace testing universe. It’s here at Edwards Air Force Base, California, home of the Air Force Test Center and the 412th Test Wing, that Chuck Yeager piloted his Bell X-1in 1947 to break the sound barrier. Many other aviation firsts have occurred here since.

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AFR major promotion, captain continuation boards postponed

Flexible and Resilient: Pacific Reservists overcome COVID-19 challenges to host Yellow Ribbon event

Breaking Barriers: Expeditionary wing selects first woman, first Reserve command chief

Wingman Saves: Command stands up program to promote crisis intervention

Individual Medical Requirements Are Your Responsibility

Silicon Valley and the DoD: How an innovative fellowship program helps bridge the gap between the two

AFIPPS: Modernized human resource system coming to the Air Force

Stepping Up: Deployed flight nurse helps COVID patients get the care they need

The Cutting Edge: Reservists helping Air Force, MIT cooperative explore artificial intelligence

Opportunities Abound: Edwards is an oasis for Reserve Component Airmen

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