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  • Air Reserve Component field orientation videos for AFR now available

    Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center Public Affairs has produced and published videos from the November 2020 Air Reserve Component field orientation event, which was held virtually. These videos target the Air Force Reserve force support squadrons and military personnel units, but information

  • A safe unit is a ready unit

    The Air Force Combined Mishap Reduction System (AFCMRS) is a safety culture survey tool that allows commanders to assess the safety of their units by anonymously surveying member’s attitudes and perceptions. This provides a baseline for their safety culture from which to find hidden safety risk,

  • Coping with Financial Issues of COVID-19 - Part 40

    Happy New Year, and good riddance, 2020! Hope everyone had a safe and wonderful Christmas as we look forward to getting ahead of this pandemic and returning to “normalcy” (whatever that will look like!).

  • Benefits of Getting a COVID-19 Vaccine

    We understand that some people may be concerned about getting vaccinated now that COVID-19 vaccines are available in the United States. While more COVID-19 vaccines are being developed as quickly as possible, routine processes and procedures remain in place to ensure the safety of any vaccine that

  • Air Force Trials 2021: A Virtual Experience

    [Editor's Note: You can download and read the full memo here.]The anticipation for how Air Force Trials 2021 will be conducted can now cease. After a lot of consideration, deliberation, and cross talk between multiple organizations the decision has been made to have the 7th Annual Air Force Trials

  • VA administers over 55,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses in two weeks

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced Dec. 30 that it has administered initial COVID-19 vaccine doses to more than 5,000 veterans residing in its community living centers and spinal cord injury and disorders centers and more than 50,000 health care employees in its first two weeks of

  • Competing with China Today

    As the national security apparatus continues to shift toward great-power competition, there is still a significant lack of understanding about the nature of the current competition and how the armed forces can engage within the strategic reality. This article outlines the road to competition with

  • Information on Social Security (OASDI) tax deferment

    In order to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Presidential Memorandum was issued Aug. 8, 2020, and guidance followed from Internal Revenue Service Aug. 28, 2020, to temporarily defer Social Security (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)) tax withholdings. This change is

  • 'Tis the Season for Responsible Drinking

    “Happy holidays!” We hear it every year amidst the hustle and bustle of the season, with countless friends, family, co-workers, and advertisements reminding us that this time of year is meant to be enjoyed. However, the holidays are also fraught with stressors that often stem from these very same

  • Collection of deferred Social Security tax begins Jan. 1

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — The tax collector is coming early in 2021.Paychecks of both military and civilian personnel at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and throughout executive branch agencies will be smaller starting Jan. 1 through April.In an effort to provide temporary relief

  • AFRC History Office releases 2nd edition of AFR coloring book

    The Air Force Reserve Command's Office of History and Heritage released a second edition of the AFR Coloring Book online this month. This recently released edition, created by Tech. Sgt. Katie "Kat" Justen, AFRC HO Combat & Heritage artist, captures a snapshot in time of today’s Reserve members in