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  • Nominations open for public administration award

    Air Force officials are accepting nominations for the 7th annual Department of Defense David O. Cooke Excellence in Public Administration Award. This award recognizes non-managerial career civilian employees who demonstrate great leadership potential as future federal executives. To be eligible,

  • Grissom week in photos: 5 Nov

    This week's slideshow features recently published photos from Grissom Air Reserve Base and the 434th Air Refueling Wing. This weekly features showcases the activities of the dedicated military and civilian workforce at the base. Grissom ARB is one of only five Air Force Reserve Command bases in the

  • 434th ARW announces Airman promotions

    The 434th Air Refueling Wing recently announced promotions for the ranks of airman through senior airman. Those promoted are listed below:To airman: · Lance Blackwell, 434th MXS· Dustin Pervine, 434th LRS· Michael Santiago, 434th Logistics Readiness Squadron To airman1st class:· Alex Barone 434th

  • Grissom NCOs promoted

    The 434th Air Refueling Wing recently announced the promotions of eleven people noncommissioned officers from Grissom. Those promoted are listed below: To staff sergeant:· Travis Bender, 434th Civil Engineer Squadron· John Carroll, 434th Security Forces Squadron· Chassity Howieson, 434th Logistics

  • November Heartland Warrior now available

    The November edition of the Heartland Warrior is now available. The official E-Paper of the 434th Air Refueling Wing includes six pages of stories, photos and features pertaining to Grissom ARB and the U.S. Air Force. Top stories include: --Grissom personnel teach local students about the dangers of

  • Grissom announces civilian award winners

    Grissom ARB officials recently announced the names of those selected for this quarter's civilian awards program.  The award winners and their respective categories were:  Dan DeAngulo, civilian supervisor of the quarter; and Paul Hamilton, GS/NAF non-supervisor of the quarterGrissom ARB is one of

  • Air Force school focuses on cybersecurity

    "The wars of the future will be fought in the cyber domain" sounds like a bad movie tagline from 20 years ago, but it's becoming truer by the day, and the Air Force is readying troops for that battle.Brig. Gen. Walter D. Givhan, the commandant of the Air Force Institute of Technology at

  • 'Stop Loss' special pay application deadline approaches

    Defense Department officials are working to remind veterans and current servicemembers who were involuntarily retained in the military under the "Stop Loss" program to apply for special pay before the Dec. 3 deadline.Servicemembers whose service was involuntarily extended or whose retirement was

  • AF initiates upgrade to Windows 7

    In a continuing effort to meet emerging threats, Air Force officials initiated the service-wide upgrade of operating systems to Windows 7 Oct. 29. "This upgrade keeps with life cycle management best practices for information technology systems," said Col. Mark Ware, 24th Air Force director of

  • 434th STF Airmen take flight, see 'big picture'

    Members of the 434th Seasoning Training Flight recently took to the skies to witness an in-flight refueling mission between one of Grissom's KC-135R Stratotankers and a C-17 Globemaster III from the 437th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C. "Regardless of their jobs, the mission of the (434th

Public Affairs Staff

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