• Cutting the cards Mapping seeks to save time, money

    The handwriting was on the walls, and so were the cards. As part of the Air Force's Smart Operations for the 21st Century initiative, employees here used note cards and other tools as they identified ways to work more efficiently. For one week in May, the team of 17 ARPC employees, made up of

  • JEAC - Promoting unity for junior enlisted Airmen

    Many people, whether they be directors, supervisors or junior enlisted members, ask "What is JEAC?" The Junior Enlisted Advisory Council has an important purpose, and with good unit participation from supervisors and junior enlisted Airmen, we can make this an awesome organization. The JEAC

  • ARPC team selected for Team Excellence Award

    A team from the Air Reserve Personnel Center here was selected as a 2007 Air Force Reserve Command Team Excellence Award winner. Maj. Gen. Allan R. Poulin, the command's vice commander, announced the selection of the Air Reserve Component Personnel Services Delivery Transformation Systems Team as

  • Board seeks nominations for in-residence schools

    The annual Air Force Reserve Development Education Designation Board (RDEDB) will convene at the Air Reserve Personnel Center here in November to select Reserve officers for in-residence developmental education schools for the 2008-2009 academic year. The RDEDB will select qualified Airmen to attend

  • ARPC offers hot tips to advance officers' careers

    As the Air Force slashes 40,000 Airmen from its books to fund aircraft modernization, officers scramble to be retained and promoted. A successful career requires many components, often referred to as the whole-person concept. It requires solid performance, demonstrating leadership, performing

  • vPC-GR Enhancements and Weekend UTA Support

    Commanders- vPC-GR Enhancements: Recently ARPC implemented several enhancements to the Awards and Decorations capability on vPC-GR. There are more to come, but the following are those we have accomplished to date. We are committed to continually improving our processes and look forward to launching

  • Awards and Decs vPC-GR capability

    Commanders, Directors, Since the launch of the vPC-GR Awards and Decorations capabilities in November, we've received many intuitive recommendations from the field -- I want you to know we're listening and taking action. Among our most often voiced questions about the capability are: "Why do I have

  • Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (FSGLI)

    Commanders- OSD identified marital data mismatches between DEERS and MilPDS in September and requested all reservists be notified of possible errors that could affect their Family Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance (FSGLI) coverage. ARPC immediately sent letters to affected Airmen, and again in

  • Deployed reservists receive more downtime

    A memorandum released July 27 by the Air Force Reserve Command vice commander outlines a new post-deployment downtime policy for people gained by the command. Effective Aug. 1, deployed personnel now receive two and a half days of downtime for every 30 days deployed, up to a maximum of 14 days. The

  • ARPC launches RSS feeds, news service

    Air Reserve Personnel Center News can now be delivered directly to Desktops via ARPC's new Really Simple Syndication feeds or to e-mail addresses via the new ARPC news service. "These two new services will serve to enhance our ability to communicate to Air Reserve Component members about new