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Tech. Sgt. Lether Jones, 940th Aerospace Medicine Squadron medical administration, takes cover during an exercise Nov. 4 at Beale Air Force Base. Airmen stayed low to the ground after their location was hit with a mock strike. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tara R. Abrahams)

Nov. 9, 2017

Suits and boots: Reserve readiness exercise

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — More than 90 Beale reservists demonstrated their readiness capabilities in a simulated chemical environment during their unit training assembly Nov. 4 here.   The Ability to Survive and Operate exercise prepared Airmen for working in hostile locations by allowing them to practice in gas masks and protective suits.   “It was a great exercise,”

Chief Master Sgt. Ericka Kelly, right, Air Force Reserve Command's command chief master sergeant, leads the discussion at a recent Enlisted Force Structure Review meeting. (Master Sgt. Stephen Schester)

Oct. 2, 2017

Enlisted Force Structure Review: Command initiative focused on finding most effective, efficient mix of NCOs

Citizen Airman/Oct. 2017 — Officials from across Air Force Reserve Command are working hard on a new effort to make sure the command’s enlisted force structure is designed to meet the needs of AFRC and the Air Force, both now and in the future.In January 2016, now-retired Lt. Gen. James Jackson, AFRC commander at the time, directed a continuous process improvement event to

Airman John Mendiola, 940th Logistics Readiness Squadron material management, high-fives fellow teammates at the 940th Air Refueling Wing’s first lunch-hour bowling tournament hosted by first sergeants on Feb. 10, 2017 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. Members of the wing from various units gathered at the tournament to build camaraderie and boost morale during the unit training assembly. (U.S. Air Force by Staff Sgt. Brenda Davis/Released)

Feb. 15, 2017

Bowling tournament strikes morale boost

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — The 940th Air Refueling Wing headquarters staff won the unit’s first lunch-hour bowling competition Feb. 10th, 2017. The event was hosted at the beginning of the unit training assembly by the first sergeants of the 940th as a way to boost morale and ignite esprit de corps amongst units.  “We set up this event during a longer weekend than usual,

Chief of Air Force Reserve Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller discusses protecting, building and shaping the future of the Reserve during Air Force Association's Air, Space, Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Md., Sept. 20, 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/Andy Morataya)

Sept. 22, 2016

Reserve commander discusses shaping the force for the future

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. (AFNS) — Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller, the Air Force Reserve Command commander and chief of the Air Force Reserve, said the legacy of citizen Airmen of the past helped strengthen and shape the dynamic force that serves and defends the nation today during a session at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference here Sept. 20. Addressing the

Twenty-eight reserve maintainers were certified as production superintendents on June 25, 2016 at Beale Air Force Base, California. In order to prepare for the air refueling mission, reservists throughout the wing have been attending training like this course. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Staff Sgt. Brenda H. Davis)

July 8, 2016

PROSUPER: "Best Air Force class I've taken"

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — Twenty-eight reserve maintainers were certified as production superintendents on June 25, 2016 at Beale Air Force Base, California. In order to prepare for the air refueling mission, which the 940th returned to earlier this year, reservists throughout the wing have been attending training like this course. The wing is resuming a role it performed