New device heralds WR-ALC Published June 25, 2010 By Wayne Crenshaw 78th Air Base Wing Public Affairs ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- A group of Team Robins members, businesses and community members joined together recently to create a new heraldic device for the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center. Military tradition calls for commanders to bring the device to CORONA to "herald" their units in meetings with other commanders. The device is a small statue serving as a visual representation of the commander's unit. The new device was designed by Senior Airman Columbus Cook, 116th Civil Engineer Squadron. He was the winner of a contest to design the new device after the old one was broken. No government re-sources can be expended in the process of creating heraldic devices, so Bonnie Jones, project manager, helped bring together a group of volunteers to create the WR-ALC device on their own time and with their own or donated resources. "We had a talented group of people who worked very hard not just to create a heraldic device, but to create one that tells the Robins story," she said. The Georgia heart pine wood used for the device was harvested from Bldg. 657, a warehouse erected in 1958 and now slated for demolition. One side of the device represents Robins' past with its former name "Wellston Air Depot" and an inscription of the Western Union telegram announcing the decision to locate an air base in Middle Georgia. The other side represents the present and future of WR-ALC, with a metal plate inscribed with the Center's P3I initiative and the core workload of Vehicles; Electronic War-fare; Command and Control Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance; F-15; Ground Support; and Airlift. A gear is visible from both sides and symbolizes logistics and our industrial mission. A crystal globe is also visible on both sides; it depicts global sustainment and our support to the warfighter in all areas of the world. Members of the team included Jones; Cook; Doug Monahan, Museum of Aviation; Mike Daniel, 584th Combat Sustainment Squadron; and Danny Butler of the 78th Civil Engineering Squadron. Local groups and businesses who contributed to the effort were Viktor Zsigrai, a local woodcarver, the 21st Century Partnership, MT Communi-cation & Consultation, A-1 Glass, Yelverton Jewelers, and Lamps by Ingleside. The Robins hobby shop, wood shop, and WR-ALC History Office also contributed.