Defender

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Cpl. Daniel Lewis races toward an enemy position during a joint forces exercise here Aug. 5. Lewis is assigned to Detachment 1, Communications Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Joint forces exercise

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Running through a cloud of smoke, U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Lance Cpl. Brian Napier makes his way to an enemy position during a joint forces exercise here Aug. 5. Napier is assigned to Detachment 1, Communications Company, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Tower shot

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Derrick Ellis, an intern with WFYI Productions, films a KC-135R Stratotanker from the air traffic control tower here as it prepares for takeoff Aug. 1. Indiana media outlets converged on Grissom to experience an aerial refueling flight and learn about the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew McLaughlin)

Finer points

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Maj. Shane Toomay, 434th Maintenance Squadron maintenance officer, points out the specifics of a KC-135R Stratotanker to Josh Lozinak, an intern with WFYI Productions, here Aug. 1. Indiana media outlets converged on Grissom to experience an aerial refueling flight and learn about the base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew McLaughlin)

Tower perks

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Bob Ulibarri, 434th Operations Support Squadron airfield operations manager, highlights the improvements Grissom's new $7.4 million air traffic control tower has over the old tower to Grissom Community Council members during a tour of the new tour here Aug. 3. The new tower offers more space for state-of-the-art equipment, is fully climate controlled, is two stories taller than the old tower, and is located inside Grissom's perimeter offering greater security. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

Tower to tanker

GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind. -- Kevin Ware, 434th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, talks with an inbound KC-135R Stratotanker during a ribbon cutting for a new ATC tower here Aug. 3. Grissom controls all military, civilian and commercial aviation up to 10,000 feet between Chicago Center and Indianapolis Center, going as far West as Lafayette, Ind. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)