Water wagon keeps trees growing

Command post controller headed to Academy

Going above and beyond, one Grissom Airmen is making his dreams of greatness come true as he prepares to enter the U.S. Air Force Academy Preparatory School. Senior Airman Christopher Danielson, 434th Air Refueling Wing command post controller, was recently selected to attend the school on his path

Advisors help Airmen make career choices

Managing an Air Force career can be a daunting task, however there is help.  At Grissom that help comes from the 21 career advisors led by Master Sgt. Juanita Withrow, chief of career enhancement. While retention is a major goal of the Grissom advisors, a large part of this effort involves educating

Backpacks help deployers stay connected

A reservist in the Air Force is required to be ready for a deployment with only a moments notice. Airmen often deploy to remote locations that make it difficult to stay connected with family members at home. A new program makes the communication process easier for the children at home that miss

Wing sets sights on Combat Dining In

Leave your blues behind and grab your rain gear--Grissom's 2007 Combat Dining In is quickly approaching. This is Grissom's first year to conduct a Combat Dining In. Approximately 300 Airmen from all areas of the base will come together for fellowship, esprit de corps, and social rapport in an event

Maintainers deploy, keep birds flying

Deploying is something that every Airmen must deal with, and a group of maintainers from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., have done that and more. More than 120 of Grissom's finest deployed to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. "Our main job over

Grissom roadways get new names

Motorists making their way around Grissom may have noticed a change recently. Roads on base got a makeover with new street names and building addresses. The project brings Grissom inline with other military bases having physical street addresses for buildings. While the traditional building numbers

Project TRANSAM continues to flourish

Caring people with big hearts...that's how the director of Indian Health Services described those working with Project TRANSAM. Steve Caesar, from IHS in Rockville, Md., was one of about 25 people who met at Grissom to discuss TRANSAM, its mission, its accomplishments and its future. The visitors

Pruning for progress

Off the wall