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  • October Heartland Warrior now online

    The October issue of the Heartland Warrior is now available.The official online paper of the 434th Air Refueling Wing includes 14 pages of stories, photos and features pertaining to Grissom and the U.S. Air Force.To read this issue of the Heartland Warrior, click here.Top stories include:- ATC Zero:

  • Grissom Marines kick off annual Toys for Tots drive

    There are only so many days before Christmas, and the Marines at Grissom are wasting no time in getting in the festive spirit.The 2014 Toys for Tots drive began Oct. 1, with Marines from Detachment 1, Communication Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 45, 4th Marine Logistics Group making contacts

  • ATC Zero: Grissom steps up, supports air traffic crisis

    Chicago's Air Route Traffic Control Center controlled more than 3 million air operations last year with hundreds of millions of lives in the hands of their air traffic controllers, but when Chicago's radar scopes went black last Friday, many of those lives fell safely into the hands of Grissom's

  • Sixteen graduate Grissom's NCO leadership course

    Sixteen noncommissioned officers recently completed training designed to foster leadership skills to become more effective NCOs.An Air Force Reserve NCO Leadership Development Course was held here Sept. 8-19."The course is designed to bridge the gap between Airman Leadership School and the NCO

  • Gullion pins on 'full bird' colonel

    Airmen and family members filled a room to witness a long-standing tradition as one of Grissom's own was pinned with an eagle.Col. Douglas Gullion, 434 Operations Support Squadron commander, was recently promoted to the rank of colonel in front of family, friends and peers during a pin-on ceremony

  • Donnelly staffer 'impressed' with Grissom, Hoosier Wing

    One might find it hard to impress a congressional staffer with an extensive background in defense and homeland security and a master's degree in strategic studies from the National Defense University, which made it all the more special that Grissom's Hoosier Wing Airmen did just that.Rachel Lipsey,

  • Stars, 'butter bars' combine to build emerging AF leaders

    From the moment they put on their first gold bars, Air Force officers are tasked with the enormous responsibility of training, equipping and leading Airmen, and that mission takes both dedication and education.Providing those in an effort to prepare its junior officers for greater responsibility,

  • Grissom announces Airmen promotions

    From their first to their last, America's Airmen earn each stripe of rank.Twenty-five 434th Air Refueling Wing Airmen earned their next stripe as they were recently promoted here. Their names are as follows:To master sergeant:- Jessie Rood, 72nd Air Refueling Squadron- Michael Young, 434th

  • Under watchful eye Grissom Airmen step up to defend base

    The right attitude fueled by the wingman concept led more than two dozen Airmen to accept a challenge that was far from their primary duties in order to keep Grissom safe. Twenty-five reservists from around the 434th Air Refueling Wing recently took part in a week-long security forces augmentee

  • Air Force Reserve adapts to new AEF Construct

    The Air Force's re-designed Air Expeditionary Force construct will modify how reservists mobilize for contingencies and support combatant commander. The new AEF construct, scheduled to start in October, is intended to make deployments more predicable for reservists and improve opportunities for them

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