Name and Rank: Staff Sgt. Tyler Gruber
Unit: 19LRS/LGRV
Official Duty title: Farm and Material Handling Equipment (MHE) section chief
Hometown: Kelliher, Minnesota
Time in service: 9.5 years
Time at Little Rock: 9 years
Goals: Become master certified in medium and heavy trucks
Hobbies: Amateur radio, two-step dancing and working on vehicles
19th Airlift Wing priority portrayed and why?
Staff Sgt. Gruber plays a critical role in ensuring the fire truck, refueling, and materiel handling fleets are in good working order to support Little Rock AFB’s combat airlift and training missions.
Recently, Gruber rapidly responded to a generator fire on a mobile maintenance truck. Wasting no time, he moved the mobile maintenance truck away from the fuel yard and extinguished the fire. Gruber’s quick thinking prevented the fire from spreading to nearby fuel trucks and causing major damage.