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  • Grissom Airman is academic ace

    Senior Airman Christie Kurka received perfect scores for her technical training. Airman Kurka, a graduate of the personnel apprentice course in the 335th TRS, is assigned to Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Kemberly Groue)

  • Employers take Grissom snapshot

    Ron James, an employer from the Indianapolis area, takes a moment to capture a photo of a KC-135R Stratotanker he is about to board during an employer orientation flight held here recently. Mr. James, along with other employers of 434th Air Refueling Wing personnel, visited the base and received a

  • Employers visit Grissom

    Employers of Grissom Reservists take a moment to pose for a group photo prior to departing on a recent aerial refueling mission. The group visited the base to learn about Grissom's mission and the support their employees provide to the Air Force mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W.

  • Establishing communications

    Staff Sgt. Nishant Patel, a computer support specialist, cuts a communications line while at Volk Field, Wisc.  Reservists from Grissom and Guardsmen from Martinsburg, W.Va., teamed together for an operational readiness inspection.  (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Mark R. W. Orders-Woempner)

  • Paying respect

    As part of a wartime skills training scenario, an Airman from Grissom Air Reserve Base pauses to pay respects as he loads a simulated casket into a vehicle. Transporting fallen heroes is a tasking that any service member may be tasked to assist with. The activity took place during a recent

  • Moving cargo

    1st Lt. Chris Tusing and Tech. Sgt. Erin Baker work cargo movement plans during an operational readiness inspection at Volk Field, Wisc. Reservists from Grissom and Guardsmen from Martinsburg, W.Va., teamed together for an operational readiness inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sergeant Emily

  • Updating the board

    Maj. Rebecca Fox, commander of the 434th Communications Squadron, writes notes while in full mission oriented protective posture gear during a recent operational readiness inspection. Personnel from the 434th Air Refueling Wing demonstrated their wartime capabilities to inspectors from the Air

  • Maintainer pedals his way to fitness

    After receiving poor ratings on physical fitness tests in early 2008, Tech. Sgt. Allen Walden, 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron guidance and control system specialist, made physical fitness a top priority in his life and received an excellent rating on his latest physical fitness test in

  • ORI, NORI test wing personnel

    Reservists from Grissom and Guardsmen from Martinsburg, W.Va., combined forces to show their wartime capabilities to Air Mobility Command inspectors during combined nuclear and conventional operational readiness inspections.The scenario called for a deployment to a fictitious base in the Pacific

  • Grissom personnel improving quality of life for fellow servicemembers

    Recent surge operations in the Afghanistan theater have made living conditions here tight. Airmen assigned to the 577th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Base Engineer Emergency Force, known as Prime BEEF, are focused on improving quality of life issues, not only here but in forward operating

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