ARPC hosts ARC Field Training

Col. Ashley Heyen, Personnel and Total Force Services director at Air Reserve Personnel Center, briefs Air Reserve Component field orientation attendees, Nov. 7, 2018, at ARPC, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. The two-day course leverages the expertise of the members at the Air Reserve Personnel Center and covers a wide variety of topics to include point credit, retirements, awards and decorations, promotions, evaluations, entitlements and more. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katrina M. Brisbin)

ARPC hosts ARC Field Training

A panel of subject matter experts answer questions from Air Reserve Component Field Orientation attendees Nov. 7, 2018, at the Air Reserve Personnel Center on Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. The quarterly, unit-funded course is designed to foster cooperation between ARPC and members in the field. It focuses on various changes in processes that have been made and what members in the field can do to help spread the word. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Katrina M. Brisbin)

ARPC hosts ARC Field Training

Published Nov. 9, 2018
By Staff Sgt. Katrina M. Brisbin

BUCKLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. -- About 50 Guard and Reserve members gathered here at Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center for an Air Reserve Component Field Orientation Course Nov. 7, 2018.

This course leverages the expertise of ARPC subject matter experts and covers a wide variety of topics to include point credit, retirements, awards and decorations, promotions, evaluations, entitlements and more.

“We want to provide a different perspective of what we do here,” said Chief Master Sgt. Sandra Ahern, ARPC Personnel and Services superintendent. “We also want to communicate that we are a united front. We are collectively working together to provide support and ensure that the Guard and Reserve Force Support Squadrons and our 1.3 million customers are taken care of to the best of our abilities.”

Attendees represented 30 commander support staff and force support units across the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve. The ARC field orientation was created as an open forum for members to discuss the various challenges and successes they are experiencing out in the field. This forum also provided a way for attendees to get one-on-one assistance for specific cases.

“Having the opportunity to come here gives our members the chance to ask questions and receive vital hands on training,” said Lt. Col. Victor Marcelle, 189th Force Support Squadron commander, Arkansas Air National Guard. “This has been a huge benefit for us and has allowed us to reduce our enlisted and officer performance report overdue time down to 6 percent for our entire wing.”

The quarterly, unit-funded course also aims to foster cooperation between ARPC and members in the field. It focuses on various changes in processes that have been made and what members in the field can do to help spread the word.

Members interested in attending this training should check the ARC Field Orientation Course page for available dates. Courses are posted at the beginning of the calendar year. Class size is limited to 70 and is available on a first-come first-served basis.