April 30, 2021 Air Force transitions from CVR Teams to more secure systems Beginning June 15, Commercial Virtual Remote (CVR) Teams will no longer be an option within the Air Force, and all information stored in that system will go away. As the CVR environment goes away, the Air Force network version of Microsoft Teams – a separate application with slightly different
April 26, 2021 AFRC Force Generation Center Col. Lewis "Mike" Ballard, Vice Commander, Force Generation Center (FGC), and Lt. Col. Thomas Albrecht, Chief, Force Generation Center Battle Watch, explain why the FGC was created, describe the different sections within the center, and denote the relevance of the FGC to the Air Force Reserve on
April 22, 2021 Air Force rewrites basic doctrine, focuses on mission command, airpower evolution Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. recently signed perhaps the most sweeping change of Air Force basic doctrine in the service’s history, marking a major milestone in the service’s strategic approach to “Accelerate Change or Lose.”
April 21, 2021 Developing Self: Airman’s Foundational Competencies Category The Air Force has identified 24 Airman’s foundational competencies for all Airmen, these competencies are universally applicable to all Airmen and are categorized into four groups: Developing Self, Developing Others, Developing Ideas and Developing Organizations. Developing Self includes the
April 1, 2021 Gratitude at gunpoint: Flight surgeon uses resiliency skillset to beat adversity Since coming to the United States alone as a teenager, Lt. Col. Sandeep Gill has been robbed at gunpoint, endured poverty, and lived out of his car to make ends meet. And he is grateful for every minute of it.In fact, it was that sense of gratitude, and a love for his adopted country, that drove the
March 31, 2021 Reserve Component receives exception to uniform policy The Air Force has authorized an exception to policy for the Air Reserve Component regarding the April 1 mandatory wear date of Operational Camouflage Pattern uniforms.In a memo signed on March 28 by Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly, Air Force deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services, the Air
March 29, 2021 Cell managing Reserve’s COVID-19 vaccination operations Air Force Reserve Command’s Vaccine Operations Cell has been up and running here since mid-January to help ensure all Reserve Citizen Airmen who choose to get the COVID-19 vaccine receive it safely, efficiently and without waste.
March 25, 2021 Senior leaders discuss Total Force Integration The Space Force, COVID-19, diversity and transitioning between the various Air Force components were among the hot topics when Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, joined the director of the Air National Guard and the Air Force director
March 5, 2021 Total Force, world-wide engagement Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White, AFRC’s command chief master sergeant, participated together to address the AFRC perspective of the Total Force and its world-wide engagement along with Lt. Gen. Michael Loh, director of the Air
Feb. 17, 2021 DOD Officials Testify on National Guard's COVID-19 Response Several Defense Department officials testified before the House Armed Services Committee about DOD's evolving role in responding to COVID-19.