Wing Commander Col Rusty Ballard Public Affairs Officer 2d Lt Jason Grabiec Public Affairs Superintendent MSgt Lealan Buehrer Public Affairs Specialists SSgt Paul Helmig II SSgt Wynndermere Shaw SrA Avery Litton A1C Noah Hardin Administration Specialist AB Maya Hartung 182nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs 2416 South Falcon Boulevard, Peoria, Illinois, 61607-5004 Comm: 309-633-5118 (DSN: 312-724-5118) Email: 182.AW.Public.Affairs@us.af.mil
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May Newsletter Deadline: April 24
Friday (1100-1230) - Soft shell taco with beef / Super Nachos-n-Cheese / Breaded Fish - Corn, Pulled Pork, Jasmine Rice - Bacon Cheeseburger Soup - Salad Bar - Cookies, ice cream Saturday (1100-1230) - Parmesan Crusted Chicken / Corned Beef-n-Cabbage / Hamburgers / Vegetarian Parmesan Cheese-n-Pepper Spaghetti - Steamed broccoli with cheese sauce, mashed potatoes and gravy, dinner rolls - Salad Bar - Brownies, chocolate mint pie, ice cream
Sunday (1000-1130) - Hamburgers / Scrambled Eggs / Pancakes - Peas-n-Carrots, diced potatoes, bacon - Salad bar - Cinnamon rolls, ice cream Pepsi machine will be available, as well as coffee, milk & chocolate milk Any to-go meal requests outside of normal serving hours or over the amount of five meals should be precoordinated through Staff Sgt. Cortes. Please be prepared to supply names, ranks and last 4 of SSN for those members.
Meal rate is $6.85.
Members required to pay are AGRs, officers and anyone in an active duty status. If you are required to pay for your meal please bring exact change. For planning and budgeting purposes, please notify MSgt Kurt Peeler at 309-633-6116 or by e-mail at kurt.peeler@us.af.mil of any RSD deviations, or if guests of 10 or more will be dining in at least 30 days in advance. Please complete a food service survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2WYJX5Q
Enlistments ETS/Discharges/Transfers Promotions Lt Col John Day Lt Col Jason Grindel Lt Col Seth Heimer CMSgt Andrew Guise SMSgt Seth Tuggle MSgt Lane Hamm MSgt Kurt Peeler MSgt Joseph Rizzo MSgt Cyrus Snider TSgt Zachary Lee TSgt Allison Ottenfeld TSgt Edward Smylie TSgt James Smylie TSgt Christopher Strnad SSgt Paige Craig SSgt Douglas Curlee SSgt Connor Donath SSgt Dalton Duhs SSgt Olivia Hatton SSgt Kolby Hinckle SSgt Jillian Neal SSgt Brandon Roberts SSgt Luke Rudebeck SSgt William Yemm SrA James Barnhill Jr. SrA Kade Helm SrA Dustin Morris SrA Briyanna Smith Amn Emma Baker Reenlistments Retirements 90+ Club A1C Nicole Pudlo (182 OG) CDC 3F551: 90%
Please refer to (FOUO) Special Order MM-1, 26 April 2023, 182 AW/CC, for the commander-directed Fiscal Year 2024 Regularly Scheduled Drill dates.
This order is located on the 182nd Airlift Wing’s SharePoint (CAC-access only) under Lists > Wing Calendars > RSD Orders.