Combat Airlifter of the Week: Airman 1st Class Aleff Gripp

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  • By Senior Airman Rhett Isbell
  • 19th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Name and Rank: Airman 1st Class Aleff Gripp

Unit: 61st Airlift Squadron

Duty title: Loadmaster

Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil

Time in service: 1 year, 3 months

Time at Little Rock: 1 year

Goals:  Make staff sergeant his first time testing

Hobbies: Woodworking, crypto/stock trading, and drums

Air Force Core Value portrayed: Service Before Self

How does the individual portray the core value? Airman 1st Class Gripp has taken it upon himself to learn how to set up the new electronic flight bag publications for 25 Airmen, noncommissioned officers, senior NCOs, and field grade officers. He is also the lead to set up the new squadon loadmaster virtual reality training center.