• Post Report: A look at ARPC's contact center

    Working for the government, we all know the potential for getting lost in a maze of acronyms and offi ce symbols. ARPC has its own set of sometimes confusing abbreviations and directorate jargon.     But the more knowledge we have about what makes our organization work, the better service we'll be

  • Personnelists train to support emergency, disaster response

    Officials at the Air Reserve Personnel Center emphasized the importance of military personnelists during an emergency when they conducted Personnel Support for Contingency Operations training Jan. 25. "Our primary goal is to facilitate these Airmen grasping the importance of their role to an overall

  • Guard general visits ARPC

    In her efforts to improve Force Integration amongst the Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and active duty, Maj. Gen. Rita Aragon, Air National Guard assistant to the deputy chief of staff for manpower and personnel, visited the Air Reserve Personnel Center on Jan. 19. "My biggest goal right now

  • ARPC officer first to receive award using new online process

    When officials at the Air Reserve Personnel Center launched the latest online personnel capability to Reservists worldwide, they didn't know it would be one of their own that would be first to benefit from it.Capt. Karrie Bracken, who worked as ARPC's contracting officer from July 1 to Nov. 30,

  • Position Vacancy nominations; April UTA support

    Commanders- PV PROMOTION RECOMMENDATIONS: Beginning with the Reserve lieutenant colonel promotion selection board that meets in June, each Promotion Recommendation, AF IMT 709, for position vacancies must include a rank order within the promotion group. Senior raters must handwrite the rank order

  • ARPC announces major and first lieutenant promotions

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials announced 417 officers for promotion to first lieutenant from the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard for April 1 - Sept. 30.Also, the fiscal 2008 Air Force Reserve Line and Health Major Promotion Selection Board results were released today. This board

  • How to determine Your Active Duty Retirement

    Commanders- Over the years, we've received a number of requests from members asking how to compute active duty retirement. Some interpret it to be 7,200 points and others 7,300 points (365 x 20 years) is the key denominator and it is not. An active duty retirement is based on service, 20 years of

  • Guard retirements go online

    Commanders, Directors - Members of the Air National Guard around the world are now able to apply for retirement by logging on to the vPC-GR, bringing us one step closer to our ultimate goal of improving and streamlining how we deliver personnel services across the Air Reserve Component. This is the

  • Retirement application process goes online for ANG

    Eligible members of the Air National Guard joined their Reserve counterparts Thursday and can submit retirement applications electronically via the virtual Personnel Center - Guard and Reserve. This is the second Guard-specific capability added to the 24-hour customer service Web portal operated by

  • Development Teams guide Reserve Airmen’s career

    Air Force Reserve Command is working on a new program designed to maximize the potential of its Airmen as they chart their future careers. It encourages them to forward their desires up the chain of command, and will prepare future air and space leaders to seize the opportunities afforded them by