GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Junior ROTC students from Anderson Preparatory Academy, Anderson, Ind., listen to Lance Cpl. William Hogestyn III, a radio operator with Detachment 1, Communications Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, as he explains how to use a field radio outside the Marine Corps Reserve Center at Grissom May 23. The students visited the base to learn about the military.
GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Junior ROTC students from Anderson Preparatory Academy, Anderson, Ind., pose after their tour of a KC-135R Stratotanker at Grissom May 23. The students visited the base to learn about the mission of the 434th Air Refueling Wing and one of its tenant units.
GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Lance Cpl. Darin Ratliff, a data technician, takes down Sgt. Daniel Accatino, a training chief, during a martial arts demonstration for junior ROTC students visiting the Marine Corps Reserve Center at Grissom May 23. Both Marines are with Detachment 1, Communications Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group.
GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Junior ROTC students from Anderson Preparatory Academy, Anderson, Ind., use a fire arms training simulator at the Marine Corps Reserve Center at Grissom May 23. The students visited the base to learn about the Marines and the 434th Air Refueling Wing.
GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Capt. Joel Webley, 72nd Air Refueling Squadron KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, talks to junior ROTC students about the aircraft during a tour of Grissom May 23. The students visited the base to learn about the mission of the 434th Air Refueling Wing and one of its tenant units.
GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Sgt. Keith Koch, a data chief with Detachment 1, Communications Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, teaches junior ROTC students how to use a fire arms training simulator at the Marine Corps Reserve Center at Grissom May 23. The students visited the base to learn about the military.
by Senior Airman Andrew McLaughlin
434th ARW Public Affairs
6/30/2012 - GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- A group of junior ROTC students got a first-hand look at how Grissom Airmen and Marines operate during a base tour May 23.
The students, from Anderson Preparatory Academy, Anderson, Ind., first visited the Marine Corps Reserve Center where they learned about weapons, used a firearms training simulator, witnessed a martial arts demonstration, learned how to use a field radio and got to check out the inside of a Humvee. They also put on Kevlar and took a ride in the back of a large military cargo truck.
Later, the students learned about the mission of the 434th Air Refueling Wing as they toured a KC-135R Stratotanker and talked with some of the pilots, crewmembers and maintainers.
The 434th ARW is the largest KC-135R Stratotanker unit in the Air Force Reserve Command. Airmen and aircraft from the 434th ARW routinely deploy around the world in support of the Air Force mission and U.S. strategic objectives.
Grissom offers tours to groups of at least 15 or more. Tour info and request forms can be found on the questions page.
