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  • AFRC eclipses recruiting goal for 8th straight year

    For the eighth consecutive year, the Air Force Reserve met and eclipsed its annual recruiting goal. Reserve Recruiters across the country and around the world tallied the 8,000 mark at 12:38 p.m. EDT, Aug. 28. The recruiting cycle coincides with the Department of Defense fiscal year, which runs from

  • Tropical Storm Hanna forces planes to Grissom

    Six KC-135R Stratotankers from the 916th Air Refueling Wing at Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, near Goldsboro, N.C., arrived at Grissom ARB Thursday to take shelter from Tropical Storm Hanna.The aircraft and crews began arriving Thursday morning to avoid the storm that is currently in the Atlantic

  • Air Force Chief of Staff defines standard of excellence

    Gen. Norton Schwartz, Air Force Chief of Staff, came to Air Force Space Command for a series of briefings and then visited with Peterson AFB personnel at an open forum at the base theater. His comments included what he called "vital things," the foremost of which is the need for the Air Force will

  • GCC Executive Board to meet

    The Grissom Community Council executive board will hold its monthly meeting on Friday, September 5 at noon 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

  • Be safe, enjoy the Labor Day holiday

    Whatever your plans are for Labor Day, your friends at Grissom ARB wish you a safe and enjoyable holiday.  If you are working on outside projects around the house or yard, ensure you wear the proper personal protection equipment such as safety glasses, hearing protection and gloves.If you will

  • September issue of Heartland Warrior now available

    The September 2008 edition of Grissom ARB's E-Paper, the Heartland Warrior, is now available. The Heartland Warrior has eight pages of stories, photos and features on the 434th Air Refueling Wing and its people. Top stories in the September edition include: --Medics test unit's SABC skills--Chief of

  • New issue of Airman Magazine now available

    The September-October issue of Airman Magazine is now available via The Air Force's official internet web site, Air Force Link.  Airman is published bi-monthly by the Air Force News Agency for the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Public Affairs.To check out the latest issue,

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