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  • Working toward deployment predictability

    In September 2020, the 913th Airlift Group conducted a Strategic Alignment where squadron leaders identified goals that would make the organization a more lethal fighting force. Currently, there are five ongoing process improvement projects that will be individually highlighted in future stories.To

  • Air Force Reservist fights against cancer with support from Arkansas unit

    In Aug. 2012, Senior Airman John May joined the Air Force Reserve at Little Rock Air Force Base as a Traditional Reservist working at first with the maintenance squadron and then with the 96th Aerial Port Squadron. He was training for his first deployment with the unit when he was diagnosed with a

  • Senior leaders provide update on strategic priorities

    Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White, AFRC’s command chief master sergeant, issued a memorandum for all Reserve Citizen Airmen November 30 titled AFR Strategic Priorities – Our Current Progress and Future Path. Here is the text of the

  • Fall issue of HOMEFRONT, AFR's Yellow Ribbon Program magazine available

    The Fall issue of HOMEFRONT, the Magazine of the Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Program, is available electronically via the Air Force Reserve Command YRP webpage. This issue includes a feature story on the recent hybrid Yellow Ribbon Event conducted for the 624th Regional Support Group at Joint

  • Profiles in Leadership - Staff Sgt. Valerie Sanchez

    “Find the next thing that scares you and run with that fear,” said Staff Sergeant Valerie Sanchez, Air Reserve Technician. “Don’t let fear tell you how to live your life.” As a quality insurance augmentee, she works alongside active duty members to ensure maintenance work is correctly and safely

  • App for military resources available to service members, families

    The purpose of Military OneSource is to put as many resources as possible in one place, so people have an easier time finding what they need, said Erika Slaton, Military Community Support Programs associate director. The app makes it more convenient when users are away from their computers and are

  • Letters from Home: Commentary by Tech. Sgt. Curtis

    Much like the route of mail, life takes us down many roads before we reach our final destination. However, in life we aren’t given a map or directions. Instead, we are left to choose our own path, with each step hoping that the chosen path will lead us to the place we were meant to be. Some decide