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  • Traffic manager retires after 54 years of service

    Roy Carter, 81st Logistics Readiness Squadron, has kept the military on the move for 54 years.After 30 years of active duty and 24 years of civil service, Keesler's traffic management officer is retiring Saturday."It's been a fast 54 years," said the native of Mangham, La., who enlisted in the Air

  • Housing officials provide leasing information

    What amenities are to be included at Sandhill? Soccer fields and a row of landscaping for privacy are being added.Is it true we'll have a paid move? Yes, if you don't sign a lease.Will my basic allowance for housing be taxed? No.Will there be an inspection of the units with the resident before the

  • Friday is lease-signing day for base's privatized housing

    Friday is the day for current and prospective Keesler residents to "sign on the dotted line" for privatized base housing. The lease-signing event is 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Bay Breeze Event Center for Keesler's 1,188 housing units in Thrower Park, East and West Falcon Park, Bay Ridge and Sandhill

  • Students receive training through paid internship

    College students can intern in Air Force youth and recreation programs -- and get paid for it.The Air Force Services Agency Student Intern Program is open to college juniors or older to become Air Force nonappropriated fund employees at nearly any Air Force installation worldwide and earn college

  • Keesler defenders complete 148-mile march

    Nine members of the 81st Security Forces Squadron completed their 148-mile leg of the Air Force Security Forces 9/11 Ruck March to Remember Sunday."Security forces units from around the country are conducting the march to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and to pay