• Wear 'Airman' title proudly

    As I write this I am in the process of my PCS and getting ready to depart for Georgia. Every day I try not to leave work without thanking someone for their work. Please, allow me to say I have been honored to serve with you all. ARPC is an awesome place to work, and you Airmen are the most

  • Space: A first frontier

    The first force development team for Air Force Reserve officers in the space career field met June 12-15 at the Air Reserve Personnel Center. During the four-day visit, the seven-person development team reviewed development plans and records of 276 Reserve officers who started or completed their

  • One suit

    I used the term "purple suit" the other day in a conversation with my co-workers and received that blank stare. You know the blank stare that you are either crazy or you have just seriously dated yourself. Okay, so the term was basically used in the late '80s and '90s to refer to military forces

  • Weekend Warriors

    For more than a year now, Airmen at the Air Reserve Personnel Center have been manning phones on weekends to support Guard and Reserve Airmen who are performing their monthly military training. "(Unit Training Assembly weekends) are another opportunity when our Guard and Reserve customers can get in

  • Directorates combine forces to improve workplace

    Employees at the Air Reserve Personnel Center are proving that taking on more work doesn't always have to be painful. Officials in the Directorate of Personnel Program management recently agreed to take responsibility for updating Total Active Federal Military and Commission Service Dates for Air

  • Combat skills training preps Airmen for war

    Rattlesnakes and cactuses spot the fields of Camp Rattlesnake, the site for field training exercises at Buckley Air Force Base. More than 50 Airmen prepared themselves for upcoming deployments during combat skills training there last week. The Airmen dragged themselves through the weeds, cactuses

  • Tips on how to reduce workplace stress

    A few weeks ago on my way into the building I noticed an ambulance pulled up to the door at the west entrance. The paramedics were loading someone into the ambulance. I glanced at my watch and noticed that it was barely 6:15 a.m. A rush of anxiety came over me as I've seen this occurrence a half

  • ARPC Airmen team up for Colfax marathon

    Lt. Col. Allison Lynch considers herself a middle-distance runner. Running a marathon is out of the question, she says.On Sunday, however, Colonel Lynch and four other Airmen from the Air Reserve Personnel Center teamed up to run the Colorado Colfax Marathon as a relay team. After seeing an e-mail

  • 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