• vPC-GR Decorations Nomination Improvement, September UTA support

    Commanders/Directors, Decorations Nomination Improvement: ARPC continues to seek improvement to provide the best service for vPC-GR online applications and to develop solutions to the issues our customers have identified. We would like you to know that your concerns are heard and many will be

  • Simplified Tricare Reserve Select Opens Oct. 1

    Commanders- A simplified Tricare Reserve Select (TRS) program open to all Guardsmen and Reservists will debut Oct. 1, 2007. New TRS provides an across-the-board health care plan similar to the active-duty coverage but open to all Guardsmen and Reservists. The only group excluded is Guardsmen and

  • New Performance Reports Processing

    Commanders- The Air Force implemented new performance evaluation reports Aug. 15. This outlines the interim procedures the Air Force Reserve will use until we roll out a more complete evaluation and roles-based routing solution in October. - Unit assigned Reserve AGRs, ARTs and unit assigned

  • Assignment Facilitators Added to Force Development Team

    Commanders- Since becoming host for AF Reserve Force Development Teams in May 2006, ARPC has facilitated 24 Development Team events for 15 career fields, providing nearly 10,000 deliberate career and developmental education vectors to officers. Development Teams use the online Reserve Officer

  • Reserve Personnel Contact Center supports Aug. 4-5 UTA

    Commanders-The Reserve Personnel Contact Center has been supporting UTA weekends since March 2006 by operating from 0730-1600 MT, the first weekend of each month. This enhanced customer service gives drilling Reservists and Guardsmen the opportunity to speak with a customer service counselor during

  • Position Vacancy Clarifications

    Commanders- The Air Force Reserve position vacancy program gives senior raters the means to nominate exceptionally well qualified candidates for early promotion to fill vacancies. This program is limited by eligibility constraints outlined in AFI 36-2504, Officer Promotion, Continuation, and

  • 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

  • ANG MSD updates, May UTA support

    Commanders- ANG Military Service Dates: Starting today, Air National Guard Airmen can request changes and corrections to their military service dates online through the virtual Personnel Center - Guard and Reserve. This online capability is not yet available to Air Force Reserve servicemembers.