• Retirements application process centralized for Reservists

    Effective July 31, all eligible members of the Air Force Reserve will submit their retirement application electronically via the virtual Personnel Center Guard and Reserve, a 24/7 customer service Web portal operated by the Air Reserve Personnel Center here. "The ultimate goal is to improve and

  • OSI seeks reserve volunteers for special-agent duty

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is recruiting staff sergeants and technical sergeants to serve as special agents in the Air Force Reserve's Individual Mobilization Augmentee Program. Current reservists or Airmen leaving active duty may apply for the duty. Accepted applicants will

  • ARPC announces promotions to lieutenant colonel, major

    The Air Reserve Personnel Center here announced Aug. 17 the fiscal year 2007 Air Force Reserve Line and Nonline Lieutenant Colonel and Line of the Air Force-Judge Advocate (LAF-J)/Chaplain Major Promotion Selection Boards (V0507A, W0507A, U0507A, V0407B, W0407B, U0407B) results that selected 1,149

  • ARPC launches redesigned Web site

    The Air Reserve Personnel Center public Web site got a new look and feel Aug. 4, similar to more than 74 other Air Force Web sites currently on the Air Force Public Information Management System, or AFPIMS. "The new Web site provides ease of use to our customers, while adhering to Air Force

  • Briefs'

    vPC-GR to launch awards, decorations online Starting Nov. 20, all eligible members of the Air Force Reserve will submit and process awards and decorations via the virtual Personnel Center Guard and Reserve, a 24/7 customer service Web portal operated by the Air Reserve Personnel Center here. This

  • Health care for reservists highlights defense bill

    In addition to a 2.2 percent across-the-board pay raise, Air Force reservists can look forward to better health-care options in 2007. Starting Oct. 1, drilling reservists can enroll in the new Tricare Standard for Selected Reserve health plan. They pay 28 percent of the premiums. The federal

  • DOD to resume anthrax vaccinations

    The Department of Defense announced Oct. 16 a resumption of the mandatory Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program for military members, emergency-essential DOD civilians and contractors, based on geographic areas or roles. For the most part, mandatory vaccinations are limited to military units

  • Qualified reservists offered Tricare Reserve Select

    Thousands of Guard and Reserve Airmen in the Selected Reserve are now eligible to purchase health insurance from Tricare for them and their families. Tricare Reserve Select offers three-tiered medical coverage to all members of the Selected Reserve, said Joyce Nackowicz, a Tricare Reserve Select

  • Air Force Reserve changes officer promotion system

    Air Force Reserve Command is changing its officer promotion system to meet future total force requirements. The command implemented the changes starting with the Oct. 16 Air Force Reserve line and non-line colonel promotion selection board, with results of the board to be announced early next year.

  • Military historians record troops' JTF-Katrina effort

     While much has been publicized about Hurricane Katrina's victims, there has been little media attention on military efforts to help New Orleans citizens cope in the aftermath of the killer hurricane's devastation. Katrina's wrath resulted in the single largest joint military humanitarian relief