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  • Grissom personnel teach local students during Red Ribbon Week

    Going beyond the gate, members of the Grissom team took an important message to local elementary students during Red Ribbon Week. Gary Flook, Grissom's drug demand reduction specialist, spent the last week at Pipe Creek Elementary teaching kids about the dangers of drug, alcohol and tobacco use

  • Cops get real with active-shooter training

    Fourteen members of the 434th Security Forces Squadron got painfully realistic training for dealing with active-shooter situations recently. A team from NAS Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, visited the base recently to provide one day of classroom and tactics training followed by a second day

  • Last call for Veterans Day speaker requests

    Veterans Day is quickly approaching and organizations needing a speaker from Grissom ARB for their event are urged to contact the public affairs immediately.  "The members of Grissom ARB are proud to support Veterans Day activities in the local community," explained Lt. Col. Gary Lockard, chief of

  • VA takes campaign to streets

    Nearly 1,200 life-saving advertisements are going up on city buses, bus shelters, rail and subway stations across the nation displaying a message of hope for those who have served their country and may be facing an emotional crisis. Department of Veterans Affairs officials are advertising the VA

  • Grissom week in photos: 29 Oct

    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

  • GCC executive board to meet Friday

    The Grissom Community Council executive board will hold its monthly meeting Friday at 11:30 a.m. at the base dining facility. The GCC is a civilian non-profit organization that works in partnership with Grissom ARB to promote programs to benefit both the base and the local community. The executive

  • GCC board discusses current issues

    The Grissom Community Council executive board held its monthly meeting recently at the base dining facility. A number of key issues were discussed including the next "State of the Base" address, Honorary Commanders Outreach Program, support for the Marine Corps Toys for Tots program, holiday

  • New forms streamline veterans claims

    The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has released three new disability benefits questionnaires for physicians of Veterans applying for VA disability compensation benefits. This initiative marks the beginning of a major reform of the physicians' guides and automated routines that will streamline

  • Chief Roy issues call for action

    In his latest "Enlisted Perspective," the Air Force's top enlisted Airman wants everyone's help to stem the alarming increase in the number of suicides among the total force Airmen, active duty, guard, reserve and civilians. "We've had a drastic increase this year in the number of suicides among our

  • Air refuelers have busy year supporting deployed operations

    Through the end of September, Airmen flying tanker aircraft in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility off-loaded more than 784 million pounds of fuel to more than 61,600 U.S. and coalition aircraft supporting deployed operations in 2010.Those numbers, compiled by air mobility planners at

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