• ARPC in the 1990's

    The world was a different place in 1990. The promise of peace had grown with the demise of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall. Things were looking up, both for the world at large and Air Force Reserve, despite the conflicts to come.At the dawn of the decade, Air Reserve Personnel Center leaders

  • Mahaney posts four tenets of leadership

    ONE: If you take care of your people, they will take care of the mission"As leaders, our people are our mission. There is nothing we can accomplish without first caring for our folks."TWO: Foster a culture of respect"Respect for people, their passions, their purpose and their position is the

  • Personnel center "surges" to keep up with manpower shortfalls

    Manpower is among the biggest needs in today's Air Force, and the job isn't getting any smaller. While initiatives like Human Capital Transformation are working to improve efficiencies and cut down on waste, simpler efforts such as "surging" help offices low on people keep up with demands of a

  • Three moves and forty years: Burroughs recalls history of ARPC

    Air Reserve Personnel Center has seen many people and processes come and go over its long evolution, but very few have been along on that journey as long as Accountability Officer Margaretta "Gretta" Burroughs.The near-40-year veteran of the center began her career in records management at

  • From cancer to calendar model: Airman raises awareness

    She might be next year's Miss October in the annual Buddy Check9 Calendar by Safeway, but her experience as a breast cancer survivor, mother and Airman is a year-round example for women in and out of the service. Her road from survivor to calendar model, however, wasn't easy.Tech. Sgt. Kimberly

  • Air Reserve Personnel Center celebrates 60 years of historic service

    (The 1950s - how the Air Reserve Personnel Center began. This feature is the first of a monthly series celebrating ARPC's 60th birthday. Each month will highlight a new decade until ARPC's 60th birthday which is March 1, 2014.)When World War II ended in the fall of 1945, former President Harry S.

  • ARPC welcomes new commander

    The Air Reserve Personnel Center welcomed a new commander here Jan. 25. 2013.During an interview, Brig. Gen. John C. Flournoy, Jr., talked about what it meant to be selected as ARPC's commander."When I was first notified I was going to become the commander, the first thing I thought of was what a

  • AF officials reschedule MilPDS upgrade

    Originally slated for December of last year, Air Force officials will perform a major upgrade to the Military Personnel Data System, or MilPDS, in March.The Air Force Personnel Operations Agency here will upgrade and transfer MilPDS to the Defense Information Systems Agency Defense Enterprise