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  • ARPC employee interprets for President Obama

    Twenty-eight years ago, opportunity and initiative led Glory Randolph to begin learning sign language. In 1980, she was a technician at the Air Reserve Personnel Center here working in the microfilm department when she was asked to train two deaf employees. With no experience training the deaf, she

  • Chief's experience serves hurricane relief

    Following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, Chief Master Sgt. Chris Vandenberg served for two years as a mobilized Individual Mobilization Augmentee on the Air Force Crisis Action Team at the Pentagon. Nearly three years ago, he led the National Guard Bureau's manpower, personnel and services staff as

  • ARPC Airmen, Sailor recount deployment experiences

    Four Air Reserve Personnel Center Airmen and one citizen Sailor who recently returned from overseas deployments spoke to their fellow Airmen and civilian employees at ARPC's Warrior Day on June 18. Senior Master Sgt. Vince Devera discussed his 120-day deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam,

  • ARPC officer shooting for success at interservice pistol competition

    When Col. Mark Teskey began target shooting as a boy scout at age 12, he didn't know it would lead to competition against some of the world's best marksmen. Colonel Teskey, the Staff Judge Advocate at the Air Reserve Personnel Center here, is captain and one of nine current members of the Air Force

  • ARPC employee wins weight-loss competition

    Looking for some motivation to get back on track after your New Year's resolution to lead a healthier lifestyle? While winning Buckley Air Force Base's 2008 Biggest Loser competition on April 15, Charlie George, an Air Reserve Personnel Center promotion technician from the Reserve of the Air Force

  • Art appreciation -- A history of the Air Force Art Program

    By now, many of you may have noticed a change in scenery as you walk down the east hallway at the Air Reserve Personnel Center, here. The old directorate picture boards are gone, and in their place are framed paintings with small metal plates bearing the names of the artwork and the artist. These

  • The Air Force Reserve at 60 -- Still going strong

    Last Sept. 18, we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Air Force. It was a special time for all Airmen ... past and present, uniformed and civilian. Air Force people worldwide took time to remember the glories of the past while preparing for future challenges. And now, in

  • Longtime ARPC employee serves as athletic director at area school

    "For when the One Great Scorer comes To write against your name, He marks - not that you won or lost - But how you played the Game." (Grantland Rice, 1920s sportswriter) Jim Jenkins of the Directorate of Manpower has been coaching youth sports for nearly 20 years. During that time he has developed a

  • Contact center rep serves in Iraq

    As a contact center representative at the Air Reserve Personnel Center here, Mike Grunwald is usually serving Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve customers over the phone. In December, the 52-year-old Colorado native was serving in Iraq as part of a 45-day deployment with the 140th Wing of the