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  • New program 'key' to Family Readiness

    Air Force Reserve Command is rolling out a new program to help families better cope when their Reservist is deployed.It's called the Key Family Member Program, or KFMP. Members of the 931st Air Refueling Group can expect to hear a lot about it in the new year. The program focuses on preparation, and

  • Commissaries accepting scholarship applications

    If you're a high school or college student and the child of a military family looking for ways to found your education, you might want to checkout the 2009 Scholarships for Military Children Program. Scholarship applications are available in commissaries worldwide and online.The program kickoff

  • Spirit Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Andrea Robinson

    Staff Sgt. Andrea L. Robinson is a Redding, Calif., native who worked command post positions for the five years as an active-duty Airman before joining the Air Force Reserve two years ago. Air Force job: Dental Assistant, 931st Aerospace Medicine FlightCivilian job: Air National Guard Liaison

  • New TSP limits set for 2009

    The Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board announced an increase in the 2009 elective deferral limit for regular Thrift Savings Plan contributions: $16,500, up from $15,500 for 2008. In addition, contributions for the TSP catch-up plan will increase to $5,500, up from the $5,000 limit set for

  • Talking History: Q&A with the 931st's deployed historian

    Editor's note: Staff Sgt. Scott Gaitley, 931st Air Refueling Group historian, is deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. These are some of his thoughts about what he has seen in a few months.Is this your first deployment to the Middle East? No, this is my third time to the Middle East. I

  • Reservists may qualify for early retired pay

    The Department of Defense has issued new guidelines for early receipt of retired pay for members of the reserve components. Instead of having to wait until age 60 to receive Reserve retired pay, eligible members may receive retired pay prior to age 60 but not before age 50. Under interim changes to

  • Wanna make an Air Force commercial?

    Senior leaders are asking Airmen to get behind the camera and submit a video for the next Air Force advertising campaign. The contest has begun and runs until Jan. 9. Airmen are encouraged to create a video depicting what their unit or they do to support the Air Force mission, as well as highlight