News

  • Secretary of Defense visits JBLM

    On a two-day visit to the Pacific Northwest, the 25th Secretary of Defense, Ash Carter, took a day to visit with the service members of the Puget Sound here, March 4.The secretary started his day with seeing a C-17 Globemaster III static, a 22nd Special Tactics Squadron and 1st Air Special

  • Wingman Day schedule of events

    Wingman Day events are in the works for the March Unit Training Assembly, including a Commander’s Call in hangar 9 at 8 a.m., March 6.

  • AE: Caring for wounded warriors

    The mission of the 379th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar is to provide medical care for wounded service members, while flying them to locations where they can receive further treatment.The unit provides this service to U.S. military members, as well as

  • Air Force stands up Chief Master Sergeant Academy

    The Chief Master Sergeant Academy faculty here is preparing for their first class of students in April. The academy's activation reestablishes the fourth level of enlisted professional military education and marks the first time the Air Force has had a stand-alone faculty and facility dedicated to

  • President's FY17 budget impacts Air Force Reserve

    The Department of Defense budget request for fiscal year 2017 includes a number of proposed changes for the Air Force Reserve.If enacted into law, the DOD budget request would reduce the Air Force Reserve manpower end-strength by 200 positions and increase the Air Force Reserve’s presence in a

  • Process improvement helps units work smarter not harder

    One Grissom officer is working hard at helping others work smart while leading the charge of innovation.Lt. Col. Patricia Latham, 434th Air Refueling Wing process manager, is responsible for overseeing effective process improvement in an effort to ensure processes here are efficient, cost saving and

  • ARPC Spread the Word Program

    ARPC NOTAM 175 - Commanders -- ARPC is currently booking Spread the Word visits to units for the FY16 cycle.

  • Inspector General sworn in

    Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command received a new Inspector General Jan. 16.Brig. Gen. Allan L. Swartzmiller was sworn in by Lt. Gen. James Jackson, Air Force Reserve Command commander, during a directors meeting here.Swartzmiller replaced Brig. Gen. John J. Mooney, who retired in December

  • Blended Retirement Talking Points

    Blended Retirement Talking Points• There is no need to be anxious about the blended retirement system in the current FY2016 NDAA. Everyone who is currently serving as well as those who enter the force on or before December 31, 2017 is grandfathered under the current military retirement system.