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The US Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) has
a mission to defend the United States by the means of air and
space. It has 37 flying wings, have their own aircraft and seven
associate units. There are some 620 mission support units in the
AFRC. The Office of the US Air Force Reserve, in Washington D.C.
is headed by the Chief of Air Force Reserve, a Reserve Major General.
Air Force Reserves make a recruiting goal every
year, and for the fourth year in a row, the Air Force Command
recruiters have exceeded their goal. Air Force Reserve had succeeded
in getting 9636 new recruits by the end of August,2004; where
their goal until September 30, was 9600.
Apart from the Air Force Reserve, Air Force
has a number of career options available, but is still over populated.
In order to reduce the population in the US
Air Force, a revised Career Job Reservation (CTR) list has
been formed. This will be beneficial for the US Air Force Career.
Under this program, first-term airmen are supposed to compete
for a limited number of re-enlistment groups or slots, and get
into one to have a good Air Force Career.
As far as Air Force Recruiters
are concerned, the Air Force Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is
the largest source of trained officers for Air Force. It offers
two educational programs-Air Force Senior ROTC and Air Force Junior
ROTC. Its units are located at 143 colleges and universities in
USA and Puerto Rico. Another Air-Force Recruiter is Air Education
and Training Command (AETC) and offers more than 1350 active technical
courses.
The US Air Force Pay has been
designed in a manner, that it can provide maximum benefit to the
ones who need it the most. The air-force pay is determined by
the rank, marital status and years of service provided by the
officer. There are also many incentive pay programs for which
an officer may qualify including health, housing and education
benefits.
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