• ARPC member graduates from NCO Academy

    A technical sergeant from the Air Reserve Personnel Center graduated from the Forrest L. Vosler NCO Academy Class 15-3 March 27, 2015, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.Congratulations to:Air Reserve Personnel CenterTech Sgt. Pamela Torrez460th Force Support SquadronTech Sgt. Christopher Garcia

  • ARPC commander's message: Sexual Assault Awareness Month

    ARPC Professionals, this month is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. As you know, our approach is to emphasize Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention daily. Even so, we will provide special emphasis during the month of April and we have additional training scheduled for our Wingman Day May 7. To kick

  • Sexual assault prevention: moving beyond awareness

    Every April since 2001, the nation has focused its attention on sexual assault awareness and the impact this crime has on those who have experienced it. This year, the Department of Defense deliberately renamed the annual effort Sexual Assault Awareness and PREVENTION Month. I want to take this

  • Preventing sexual assault in the Air Force is our enduring responsibility

    As we begin Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, clear signs point to the progress we have made in combating sexual assault. We can cite encouraging numbers in the areas of prevalence, reporting and convictions; however, this serves as only the beginning of an enduring effort. This effort

  • ARPC member graduates from ALS Class 15-C

    A senior airman from the Air Reserve Personnel Center graduated from the Buckley Airman Leadership School Class 15-C at the Leadership Development Center here March 26, 2015.Congratulations the following senior airmen:Air Reserve Personnel CenterSrA Maurice BrownAerospace Data Facility-ColoradoSrA

  • One Airman, Global Impact | Tech. Sgt. Mark Parker

     When Tech. Sgt. Mark Parker first enlisted as a security forces Airman in 2001, he already knew his long-term goal was to become a civilian law enforcement officer. After four years on active duty, which included a deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he was ready to pursue his goal,

  • From initiation to execution: ARPC changes the face of strategic planning

    When the mission is high and workload stressful, members of Air Force units around the world can find it difficult to take the time to make strategic planning part of daily operations, which can mean endless cycles of reacting to problems instead of managing and growing. To overcome this, the Air

  • My four tenets of leadership

    Over the last 29 years, I have read a lot of books and blogs. I have served with and spent time with great leaders from all services and the interagency. Most of all, I have spent a lot of time at the school of hard knocks.Now, as a brigadier general, I have boiled these experiences down to four

  • Individual Reservists to begin using HQ RIO Reserve Pay Office

    Beginning April 1, all Individual Reservists (individual mobilization augmentees and participating individual ready reservists) will begin utilizing the HQ RIO Reserve Pay Office, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. Members who are on orders that extend beyond April 1 will remain with their current

  • HQ RIO March "Readiness Report" newsletter now available

    The March edition of the Readiness Report is now available for digital download. The Readiness Report is the official newsletter of Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization.Click the link below to download the full PDF:The Readiness Report - March