• Navigating the retirement application process

    Retiring from the Air Force Reserve is a significant, emotional event, filled with anticipation and uncertainty. Because Airmen only retire once in their lifetime, they have no past experience to serve as a resource, and typically learn what is required as they go through the process. There are

  • HQ ARPC hosts 2019 Joint IRR Conference

    Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center hosted the 2019 Joint Individual Ready Reserve Conference here June 13-15.The Joint IRR Conference included representatives from the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, and Navy, educating one another on their service-specific IRR programs. While each

  • Colonel Kelli Smiley becomes HQ ARPC's 36th commander

    U.S. Air Force Col. Kelli B. Smiley assumed command of Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center during a ceremony here, June 11. She is the newest leader and 36th commander of the organization responsible for executing personnel policy and programs for the Air Force Reserve and Air National

  • What is the Reserve Student Loan Repayment Program?

    Applicable to: Air Force ReserveThe Student Loan Repayment Program is an Air Force Reserve program that makes one annual payment, per qualifying loan account number, directly to the lending institution toward the balance of an individual’s student loans. It is a program designed to attract and

  • Airman 'moonlights' as bat rehabilitation specialist

    A Reserve Citizen Airman said she received a message from the universe one fateful summer day in 1999 that changed the course of her life.Air Force Staff Sgt. Sachiko Boland, a reserve separations specialist at the Air Reserve Personnel Center at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., said she unexpectedly

  • New location, contact info for IR Travel Office

    The Individual Reserve Travel Office, formerly IMA Travel, will complete its relocation to the Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, Nov. 15.

  • RIO Connect app revolutionizes access to information

    The latest release of the RIO Connect Individual Mobilization Augmentee Mobile Wingman application now enables Reserve Citizen Airmen to access common access card-secured sites from their mobile devices when paired with a mobile CAC reader and associated software.

  • CY18 CCM Screening Board instructions for Individual Reservists

    Applications for the CY18 Air Force Reserve Chief Master Sergeant Screening Board (CCM) are due to the Air Reserve Personnel Center by Monday, Nov. 6.Application packages must include: CCM Screening Board Worksheet AFFMS report Biography Letter of intentFor eligibility and detailed