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  • Happy Holidays from the 477 FG CC

    Reserve Family - This has to be my favorite time of the year... food & spirits are in abundance, football games get better with each passing week, and I'm a sucker for Christmas lights!  More importantly, we get a little down time to make those life long Holiday connections & memories with our

  • What are the keys to FA success?

    Maintaining fitness and weight standards is a way of life in the military--that's not telling you something you don’t already know. So here's the scenario, I know my Fitness Assessment is around the corner; how do I plan for that day? If you are like me, you have questions:-What should I eat? -What

  • Five-score and eight months ago ...

    As iron sharpens iron -- backshops matter. Sorties matter. And that's what you're here to do. (Excerpts from the 477 MXS Assumption of Command Nov. 6, 2016.)

  • Training for lives "Another CPR story"

    Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or “CPR,” is life-saving training military members receive that can reach into our lives when we least expect it. The Acronym CPR will have a different meaning to each person, and while for some it is a reminder of the year-after-year training we all take, for others

  • 477 FG/CC Comments - October 2016

    Reserve Family - Welcome to the October UTA!  School is back in full-swing, we have deployers moving across the planet in both directions, the now standard end-of-fiscal-year drama picks up on Capitol Hill, and there is a football game on...  We'll also elect a new Commander-in-Chief... so there is

  • 477 FG/CC Comments - Sept. 2016

    Citizen Airmen - as you know, AFRC completed our two-year Inspection cycle with a Capstone Visit over the August UTA... and we received an Overall "Effective" assessment = boom.

  • 477 FG/CC Comments - August 2016

    Winners - thanks again for the privilege of leading the finest, exquisitely unique & valuable 5th Gen Airpower Airmen on the planet. Even though we field the world's most lethal weapons system, I demand our human weapons systems participate, train & serve at a rate we sustain as "Citizen Airmen for

  • Commander's Comments -September 2015

    I want to briefly talk to you about your personal and professional development.  You are doing a phenomenal job of setting yourself up for success, growth and advancement in your career field.  Here are the facts:  We had six Majors just get selected for promotion to Lt. Col. and numerous airmen are

  • Thank you for your sacrifices

    According to Merriam-Webster, "Sacrifice," by definition, is "the act of giving up something that you want to keep especially in order to get or do something else or to help some-one." As a reservist, sacrifice has become something that we do without even thinking.In the first part of the

  • Think safety as you enjoy your Alaskan summer

    As the amount of sunshine every day transitions from none at all to keeping us all up at night, it's time to think about getting out and enjoying the great Alaska outdoors.It's also time to think about the legendary, 101-Critical Days of Summer and consider safety as you head out to partake in the