• 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Up-to-date personal data key to timely travel payments

    In order to receive timely travel reimbursement and mailings of credit balance refund checks from CitiBank, it is important for Individual Reservists to ensure their mailing address and banking information is up-to-date in the Defense Travel System. To review and update a DTS profile, members should

  • Airmen provide care to shooting victim

    In the fall of 2015, a Saturday night dinner outing during 7-level paralegal school found two Airmen testing their self-aid buddy care training in the real world.Tech. Sgt. Amanda Knotts and Tech. Sgt. Brandon Lancaster had just arrived in downtown Montgomery, Alabama, for dinner on the night of

  • HQ RIO September "Readiness Report" newsletter now available

    The September 2015 edition of the Readiness Report newsletter is now available for digital download. The Readiness Report is the official newsletter of Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization.Click the link below to download the full PDF:The Readiness Report -

  • Reservists prep first responders for Pope's visit

    In July a group of Individual Mobilization Augmentees spent two days training Philadelphia-area first responders on how to respond in the event of a nuclear or radiological terrorist attack. Four IMAs taught the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Introduction to Radiological and Nuclear Incident

  • Editorial | It's a wonderful life

    In the classic 1946 Christmas movie “It’s a Wonderful Life,” Jimmy Stewart (who by the way flew 20 combat bombing missions in World War II, earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses, rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the Air Force Reserve, and was the Reserve Commander of Dobbins Air Reserve