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  • New tuition assistance process eliminates up-front fees

    Air Force Reserve Command will implement a new tuition assistance payment process Oct. 1 that will eliminate up-front fees reservists pay for classes by enabling tuition payments to go directly to a university or college. "This new TA process will be a huge relief for our members," said Col. Heather

  • Leaders discuss roles of reserve components

    Continuing to perform an operational role, while solving manpower costs and dealing with shrinking defense budgets highlighted topics discussed at the Reserve Officers Association 2013 National Security Symposium.More than 300 people attended the conference Aug. 7-10 at the Marriott Wardman Park

  • Commissaries return to normal hours Aug. 18-24

    Military commissaries worldwide will return to normal operating schedules the week of Aug. 18-24, said the director and CEO of the Defense Commissary Agency.The DeCA announcement comes in the wake of the Department of Defense's Aug. 6 decision to curtail furloughs of its civilian workforce from 11

  • SecDef: Civilian furloughs reduced to six days

    When I announced my decision on May 14 to impose furloughs of up to 11 days on civilian employees to help close the budget gap caused by sequestration, I also said we would do everything possible to find the money to reduce furlough days for our people. With the end of the fiscal year next month,

  • A tribute to a warrior, patriot and hero to all Airmen

    I am the very proud son of an American fighter pilot, one of that treasured group who served in three wars, built an Air Force, and gave it an enduring example of courage and mission success. My dad was a hero. As a young man, I asked him who his combat heroes were; he gave me only two names. One

  • Close but no cigar; 931st drops first game of softball tourney

    The 931st Air Refueling Group intramural softball team nearly pulled off a comeback to defeat the 22nd Maintenance Squadron but dropped three runs to lose the first game of the McConnell Double Elimination Intramural Softball tournament, July 31.Down 9-7 in the top of the seventh-inning, the 931st

  • 931st Air Refueling Group commander issues July video message

    Col. Mark S. Larson, commander of the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group, McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., presents his video message for July 2013. Col. Larson discusses the importance of community support for Reservists, the Group's recent participation in an operational readiness