• IMAs support multinational USSOUTHCOM exercise

    Two Individual Mobilization Augmentees supported U.S. Southern Command’s PANAMAX 16 exercise at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, July 29 through Aug. 4.Col. Mary Johnson and Lt. Col. Charlotte Jackson supported the annual exercise. PANAMAX is a 7-day, multinational exercise simulating command

  • Q&A with the HQ RIO commander

    Col. Carolyn A. Stickell is the commander of HQ RIO. She assumed command June 24, 2015. What is one thing you've learned about leadership in the past year? Trusting and empowering your people is a powerful leadership tool.  We have an incredible team of professionals with great ideas and tremendous

  • Intel Reservist takes pride in helping maintain peace on Korean peninsula

    Since 1953, when the armistice ending hostilities on the Korean peninsula was signed, the United States has had a contingent of Airmen supporting the defense of the Republic of Korea. Now, 63 years after the signing, both North and South Korea continue to exist within a tenuous peace that could be

  • Initial URC training now available on-demand

    A training for newly appointed Unit Reserve Coordinators is now available 24/7 via the Advanced Distributed Learning System.The course, which was released July 26, takes about one hour to complete, is mandatory for all URCs and provides the tools needed to educate commanders on matters related to

  • Editorial: Exercise, exercise, exercise

    Exercises are an important component of the active-component’s drive to remain combat-ready and IMAs often play a part. Whether you’re an IMA performing your AT and IDTs each year to support your owning organization’s exercise or you volunteer to help elsewhere (thank you for your volunteerism!),

  • Intelligence officer finds research is for the birds

    For many, an Antarctic cruise to spend time with penguins is just a dream. For Capt. Hila Levy, it’s all in a day’s work. Levy is an Air Force Reserve Individual Mobilization Augmentee intelligence officer at the Joint Reserve Intelligence Support Element, Royal Air Force Molesworth, United Kingdom.

  • June HQ RIO newsletter for IMAs now available

    The June 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

  • “Just let me serve the country that has given me everything”

    When Staff Sgt. Olorunyomi Martins talks about the debt of gratitude he owes to his adoptive country, one can’t help believing the American Dream is alive and well. A native of southwest Nigeria, Martins arrived at John F. Kennedy International Airport in 2003 with $750 in his pocket. He felt like a

  • HQ RIO Det 3 welcomes new commander

    Col. Marc K. Rathmann handed control of Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization, Detachment 3, to Col. Jennifer B. McGonigle, April 22. Rathmann retired, May 1, after 25 years of service to the Air Force.  “Col. Rathmann was a tremendous asset to the RIO team. He

  • Individual Reserve Airmen of 2015 announced

    The Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization recently announced the 2015 IR Airmen of the Year.   The award program recognizes the accomplishments of the outstanding Airmen augmenting active-duty forces and government agencies world-wide."The quality of the