• Transition Assistance Program changes lighten the load for IRs

    Until recently, IRs were required to complete the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) at the end of every set of orders of 180 or more days, even if they only had a one-day break in between.An update to the TAP guidance was recently published which included changes to make compliance with the

  • HQ RIO releases full IR survey results

    Headquarters Readiness and Integration Organization’s vision continues to be making it easy for Individual Reservists (IRs) to serve.  In addition to the 40 plus improvements we’ve made to get after that vision, we launched an IR survey and I am grateful for the feedback we received.    How

  • A Message to the Strong

    Help:To make something more pleasant or easier to deal with; to make less severe.Help is one of the simplest words to describe or define. Why isn’t it just as easy to say? We have come to know it as a cry or last ditch effort to get us out of a life or death situation.Imagine you are in the stands

  • HQ RIO first sergeant wins top honors

    Master Sgt. Jerrod Kester, the Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization first sergeant, earned top honors at Air Force Reserve Command.At an awards banquet held at the Waverly Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia, April 15, Kester was named as AFRC’s first sergeant of the year