The Air Reserve Personnel Center manages personnel records for the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve and it is located at

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.Air Reserve Personnel Center
official site It maintains the virtual Personnel Center, a Web-based portal for Airmen to perform personnel services transactions. The major command direct reporting unit of Air Force Reserve Command with technical and policy guidance provided by the Chief of Air Force Reserve.

Operations

ARPC is responsible for personnel and administrative support to more than 970,000 Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard forces to ensure they are available resources in the event of a national emergency. The center provides support throughout their military careers, from initial entry to retirement, including assignments, promotions and separations

Units

* ARPC Personnel Data Update Branch (DPSD4): provides service to a large customer base including Individual Mobilization Augmentees (IMA), Individual Ready Reservists (IRR) and "Gray Area" retirees. * ARPC Recognition Services Branch (DPSD3): provides service to a large customer service base to include Individual Mobilization Augmentees, Individual Ready Reserve. * ARPC Selection Board Secretariat develops and implements personnel policies and procedures relating to officer and enlisted promotions and evaluations for the Reserve components; as well as, managing individual mobilization augmentte performance programs. * Air Force Reserve Advisory Board: the primary, direct-feed forum to develop and implement clear policies for the Air Force Reserve * Readiness Management Group: established April 1, 2005, at Air Reserve Personnel Center, Aurora, Colo., and transferred to

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, Ga., on July 1, 2005, to align administrative control within the Air Force Reserve Command.

History

: ''Section source: ARPC Factsheet'' The Center was established Nov. 1, 1953, as Detachment 1, Headquarters

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, to centralize the custody and maintenance of master personnel records of Reserve Airmen not on extended active duty. The detachment officially began operations March 1, 1954, and soon had responsibilities for a wide variety of personnel actions, including administrative capability for mobilization of the Air Force Reserve. On Jan. 1, 1957, the organization became Headquarters Air Reserve Records Center, acquiring the status of a numbered Air Force within

. Because of increasing involvement in all areas of personnel management, the Center was renamed the Air Reserve Personnel Center on Sept. 1, 1965. Responsibility for maintaining personnel records of Air National Guard officers was added in July 1971, and enlisted Airmen in March 1978. ARPC was designated a separate operating agency on Aug. 1, 1968, with no significant change in mission. In 1978, its status changed to that of a direct reporting unit and organizational element of the Air Force Reserve. Separate operating agency status was re-established May 1, 1983. The Center was designated as a field operating agency Feb. 5, 1991. With the establishment of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) on Feb. 17, 1997, ARPC was assigned to AFRC as a major command direct reporting unit. The center moved from the former

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to its current location at Buckley Space Force Base Aug. 1, 2011.

Mission

"To deliver strategic Total Force human resource warfighting capability for the Air Force."Air Reserve Personnel Center Mission Statement
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Vision

"To be the recognized leader providing human resource services to generations of Airmen."

Finance

Provides professional financial management services and budget support for Air Reserve Personnel Center headquarters and Select Members of the Ready Reserve.

References

External links

* ''This article contains information that originally came from a US Government website, in the public domain.''
Air Force Reserve Official Website

Air Force Reserve Command Website

Air Force Link Fact Sheet
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