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  • Droppin' the hammer

    Tech Sgt. Jeff Engel, a heavy equipment operator with the 434th Civil Engineer Squadron, pounds a stake into the ground with a sledge hammer at a new training site for civil engineers just west of State Road 31. The site will allow Airmen to practice using the equipment in a safe environment. The

  • Quick and easy shine

    Senior Airman Jennifer Permenter, a health services management apprentice with the 434th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, uses an electric buffer to put a shine on her boots before heading back to the clinic during the November unit training assembly.

  • Feeding the troops

    Reservists from the 434th Air Refueling Wing take time out from a busy Unit Training Assembly for lunch at the Grissom Dining Facility.   The 434th Services Flight manages the dining facility and works to ensure tasty and healthy meals for wing personnel.

  • Workin' the grill

    Senior Airman Christina Williams, 434th Services Flight, works the grill during the November unit training assembly. Airmen dining at the base on unit training assemblies are afforded a variety of food choices from fast-type food to more conventional sit-down type fare.

  • Passing the plaque

    Grissom first sergeants pass a plaque around the room before presenting it to Master Sgt. Kevin Smith, 434th Mission Support Squadron first sergeant. Sergeant Smith retired recently and was recognized by his fellow first sergeants.

  • Detail....march!!!

    Tech. Sgt. Lachelle Marable, right, Staff Sgt. Gerald Merchant, center, and Senior Airman Michaela McClintock, all from the 434th Logistics Readiness Squadron, march away after a flag raising ceremony during a recent Unit Training Assembly. Members of the 434th LRS conducted the flag honors for

  • Flag Day

    Today is Flag Day and citizens throughout the country are proudly displaying the American flag.  The history of Flag Day can be traced to June 14, 1777 when the Second Continental Congress passed a resolution adapting the original American Flag.  President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation in

  • Standing ready

    Staff Sgt. Gerald Merchant, an information management specialist, and Senior Airman Michaela McClintock, an inventory specialist, both with the 434th Logistics Readiness Squadron, await the sounding of reveille.  Members of the 434th LRS stood in formation for the ceremony during the November unit

  • LRS forms up for reveille

    Members of the 434th Logistics Readines Sqaudron, stand in formation for reveille in the early morning hours on Nov. 4. Grissom plays reveille at 8 a.m. and retreat at 4 p.m. daily.

  • Academy physicians discuss H1N1 lessons learned

    Senior medical officials who successfully slowed the spread of H1N1 flu virus at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., published what they learned in an October article featured in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Air Force Lt. Col. (Dr.) Catherine Witkop, a preventive

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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:

Douglas Hays
Chief, public affairs

Maj. Elias Zani
Public affairs officer

Ben Mota
Public affairs operations chief

Master Sgt. Rachel Barton
Staff writer

Tech. Sgt. Alexa Culbert
Staff writer

Senior Airman Elise Faurote
Staff writer