• IVR begins Phase IV change over

    In order to provide improved customer service, the Air Reserve Personnel Center's new Interactive Voice Recording phone menu will change over to Phase IV Nov. 16.The purpose of the IVR is to narrow the focus on what customers' needs are to quickly service them. During high call volumes, the

  • AFRC unveils future headquarters home

    The future home of a new Air Force Reserve Command headquarters building was unveiled here Nov. 13.Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., based in Fort Worth, Texas, led the development of the design project. GRG Group Inc., a subcontractor for Jacobs Engineering, constructed the model.The proposed

  • Commentary: The pain of Isolation

    Most people don't know me as the daughter of a man who committed suicide--but I am. I have spent the last 18 years and 11 months dodging an often-used statistic which condemns me to follow in his footsteps. According to an April 2010 New York Times article, children whose parents commit suicide are

  • 'Airman' magazine enters digital era

    A year after publishing the final print edition of Airman magazine, the Air Force is unveiling a new digital version of the service's official magazine specifically geared for tablet devices."Built specifically for Apple and Android tablet users, this new format gives readers all the in-depth

  • Original member of the Tuskegee Airmen dies

    Retired Lt. Col. Herbert Carter, 93, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, died Nov. 8 at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Ala., according to Tuskegee Mayor Johnny Ford.Carter was a member of the original cadre of the 99th Fighter Squadron, the first black aviatiors in the U.S. military.Born

  • Cody named next Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III has named Chief Master Sgt. James A. Cody to serve as the 17th chief master sergeant of the Air Force.Cody will assume his new position on Feb. 1, following the Jan. 31 retirement of current Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy. Roy's

  • AF Reserve commander visits ARPC

    The Air Force Reserve Command's highest ranking officer talks with Col. Pat Blassie, commander of the Air Reserve Personnel Center, here Nov. 2, 2012. Lt. Gen. James "JJ" Jackson, Chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, visited ARPC during his trip to visit several

  • FEMA Employs Air Guard Base for Storm Relief

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency is using the West Virginia Air National Guard's 167th Airlift Wing base here as a staging area to push out much-needed storm relief supplies to Mountain State residents hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy.Airmen and soldiers from the West Virginia National Guard

  • Reserve units ramp up to provide storm relief

    Airmen and transport aircraft from across the nation converged here Nov. 1 to begin moving relief supplies and equipment to the beleaguered areas of New York and New Jersey in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.Crews from 12 active-duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command bases descended

  • CY13 Enlisted Developmental Education Board (EDEB) Release

    Headquarters, Air Reserve Personnel Center officials here announced selection results from the annual Enlisted Developmental Education Board (EDEB). The selection board convened at the center Oct. 15-19, 2012 to match selected members to their respective schools based upon the needs of the Air Force