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  • Grissom wishes everyone a happy Hanukkah

    The men and women of the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom want to wish everyone a happy Hanukkah.Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday also known as the Festival of Lights, is celebrated for eight nights and days starting on the eve of the 25th of the Hebrew month of Kislev. This year the celebration

  • Happy Thanksgiving from Grissom

    The Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines of Grissom Air Reserve Base wish everyone a happy Thanksgiving. And, as many Americans gather around their dinner tables surrounded by family and friends to celebrate all for which they are thankful, there may be a few seats empty this year. These empty

  • Grissom Airmen awarded medals

    For their meritorious service in the U.S. Air Force, 32 Grissom Airmen were recently awarded medals.Meritorious Service MedalSixteen 434th Air Refueling Wing Airmen were recently presented with Meritorious Service Medals. President Lyndon Johnson established the MSM by Executive Order 11448 on Jan.

  • Grissom to begin land use compatibility study

    Good neighbors often look out for one another, which is exactly what Grissom is doing with a new study set to begin here in December. Starting Dec. 5, the Air Force Reserve Command will conduct an air installation compatible use zone study, which will analyze the effects of noise and established

  • Make the season bright: Grissom holiday angels, food needed

    Around the holidays, angel decorations can be seen all around, but this year, some real angels are needed to help some Grissom families. Grissom's Airman and Family Readiness Center is once again looking for volunteers through their annual angel tree, a program that matches up families who may need

  • Grissom's new nature trails add beauty, save money

    In an era of people looking for a win-win scenario, Grissom's civil engineers cultivated just the thing.New nature trails have been recently cut into fields on base that were left to become natural habitat as part of an energy savings plan."We were looking for areas that we could refrain from mowing

  • Grissom honors all who served

    Service before self, one of the Air Force core values, is rooted in a characteristic found in one of that nation's greatest assets, the veteran.Since 1775, Americans have been putting their service to the United States above their own personal needs, wants and desires.Celebrating that spirit of

  • Hands unite against domestic violence

    Joining hands, Grissom recently united against domestic violence in an exercise aimed at educating people on how they can help end abuse. As part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the base organized an "I can, we can unite to end abuse" project here Oct. 17.Each participant expressed their

  • AFRC first: Grissom goes geothermal to heat, cool

    Breaking ground on a building renovation also meant breaking ground on a first for Grissom and the Air Force Reserve Command.When the renovations began in the spring for Bldg. 671, housing Grissom's maintenance operations and command post, base civil engineers sought a way to move into the green and

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Material contained on the Official Grissom Air Reserve Base Internet Web Site is written and produced by members of the 434th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Office. The award-winning staff includes:

Ben Mota
Chief, public affairs

Maj. Elias Zani
Public affairs officer

Master Sgt. Wendy Day
Staff writer

Tech. Sgt. Alexa Culbert
Staff writer

Senior Airman Elise Faurote
Staff writer

Senior Airman Benjamin Cowles
Staff writer