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  • 315AW Citizen Airman leads AFRC team at 26th AF marathon

    Master Sgt. Jimmie Wilbourn, who manages the 315th Airlift Wing Yellow Ribbon Program at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., recently had the opportunity to lead the Air Force Reserve Command team in the 26th Annual Air Force Marathon.

  • Virtual Yellow Ribbon event strengthens spiritual fitness

    In the comfort of her Houston home, Tech. Sgt. Charita White rocked her newborn as she watched the virtual broadcast of the Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon event held Nov. 21-22.The event promotes the well-being of Reserve Citizen Airmen and their loved ones by connecting them with valuable

  • IBM’s GRIT mobile app helps Veterans and their families transition

    Getting Results in Transition, or better known as GRIT, was developed in response to the growing concern about the rate of suicide among Veterans, especially during the transition from activity duty to civilian life. Social determinants, like health, employment, housing, social connectedness, and

  • Yellow Ribbon doubles down on security

     Armed local law enforcement officers are teaming with Air Force Reserve security forces at Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program events.The Reserve added the extra level of security starting in December 2015, prompted in part by the fatal shootings five months earlier at a Chattanooga, Tennessee,

  • Psychological Health Program offers Reservists a place to find help

    The Air Force Reserve Psychological Health Program offers short-term psychological treatment to Reservists in need of assistance.The first of these positions was established at Joint Base Charleston and is run by Regan Morris, a licensed clinical social worker and an international certified

  • State Department Welcomes Vets to Fellowship Program

    Veterans took the forefront as Secretary of State John F. Kerry welcomed the inaugural fellows of the Veterans Innovation Partnership Feb. 13.Speaking in the Benjamin Franklin Room at the State Department, Kerry said the fellows will bring a unique way of looking at America's foreign policy.Air

  • Healthy minds: 315th gains AFRC’s first director of psychological health

    Reservists have always shown incredible strength in the face of hardship. Nevertheless, a decade of high-tempo operations in support of two wars has taken its toll on the mental health of many servicemembers.That's why the Air Force Reserve Command established a new program aimed at assisting Airmen

  • Reserve Components' Yellow Ribbon Program Remains Vital

    A program that has helped ease the post-deployment process for thousands of Guard and reserve members and their families in recent years will remain vital even after combat operations wind down in Afghanistan, a senior defense official who helped establish it told American Forces Press Service.The