• November newsletter for IMAs available

    The November 2016 edition of the Readiness Report newsletter for Individual Reservists is now available for digital download.The Readiness Report is the official newsletter of Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization and is designed to deliver news and information to

  • 16 EPLOs support Hurricane Matthew relief efforts

    As Tropical Storm Matthew intensified and morphed into a category 5 Hurricane over the Caribbean this past September, Air Force Reserve Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officers in the Southeast United States prepared for the worst. 16 EPLOs from Federal Emergency Management Agency Region 4 were

  • HQ RIO Det 2 leadership changes hands

    Lt. Col. Sharon Stehlik, who helmed Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization Detachment 2 for four years, transferred command to Col. William R. Bridgemohan during the month of October.The hand-off was billed as a soft-transition, with Bridgemohan in the driver’s seat

  • Fitness, teamwork draw Reservist to rucking

    After running a 5K race each month during his deployment in 2014, and improving his time by ten minutes, Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Robert Hattan was looking for a way to stay fit when he came home.That’s when he heard about a new challenge called GORUCK, an events series that focus on the

  • Lawyer finds path to service in Air Force Reserve

    Rumbling tanks, riot police, tear-gas grenades and hungry citizens standing in lines for bread and meat rations.  These could be scenes from many war movies or deployments, but they are not. These are Capt. Tomasz Nowak’s memories from his childhood in Communist Poland in the early 1980s.Nowak, who

  • September newsletter for IMAs available now

    he September 2016 edition of the Readiness Report newsletter for Individual Reservists is now available for digital download.The Readiness Report is the official newsletter of Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization and is designed to deliver news and information to

  • Website redesign streamlines resources for Individual Reservists

    In an effort to better serve the unique needs of the Individual Reserve population, HQ RIO has redesigned their public website. The site also has a new, shorter URL: www.arpc.afrc.af.mil/hqrio.aspx. The HQ RIO website is managed specifically for the more than 7,200 Individual Reservists around the

  • Reservist aims to change national veteran narrative

    The average American has three categories for all veterans: hero, victim and monster.So says Capt. Melissa Boatwright, the founder of Battle Tested Veterans, a not-for-profit dedicated to changing the national veteran narrative through the use of data and first-person stories.The idea for the

  • Reservist augments MAJCOM, earns quarterly FGO award

    An individual Reservist voluntarily supporting the financial management office at Air Combat Command was named the FM field grade officer of the third quarter.Maj. Jason J. Bishop, an Individual Mobilization Augmentee budget analyst assigned to Los Angeles Air Force Base, has been on loan to ACC

  • August newsletter for IMAs available now

    The August 2016 edition of the Readiness Report newsletter for Individual Mobilization Augmentees is now available for digital download. The Readiness Report is the official newsletter of Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization and is designed to deliver news and