Gators grab another drill down win

Airman Basic Chance Walker, 335th TRS, hits the ground during the freestyle competition. His squadron placed second in that category. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Gators grab another drill down win

Airman 1st Class Katlyn Ayres, freestyle drill master for the 334th Training Squadron, twirls a rifle during Friday’s 81st Training Group drill down competition. The Gators claimed first place in all three categories — freestyle drill, open ranks and regulation drill — to win the overall title for the third time this season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Keesler’s auto hobby shop services automotive passions and problems

Master Sgt. Patrick Key, left, 81st Logistics Readiness Squadron, is getting his hands dirty with his dad, Albert Key, who’s on vacation from Canton, Miss. They’re restoring a 1962 Ford Galaxy in one of the covered storage units behind the shop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Dog day relay

Cody Spitler, protocol office, takes his turn around the Triangle Track during Saturday’s Dog Day Baton Relay. Six four-member teams ran the 20-mile race in ¼-mile segments. The winning team included Spitler and Guillermo Hernandez, Mark Bautista and Dominic Ancona from the 81st Medical Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Former top enlisted leader visits Keesler

The fifth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Robert Gaylor, speaks at the senior noncommisssioned officer induction ceremony Aug. 5 at the Roberts Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Facility. During his whirlwind one-day visit, Chief Gaylor also spoke at Airman Leadership School, Mathies NCO Academy and an enlisted call. In addition to touring the base and meeting with senior leadership, the retired chief had breakfast with the Keesler 5/6 Council, lunch with the Top III and participated in a guard mount with the 81st Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

‘Legend’ speaks at grandson’s graduation

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Chris Moore, left, a former air traffic controller; Kevin Smart, an air traffic control instructor in the 334th TRS; and Airman 1st Class Kiefer Luth, 334th TRS, listen to retired Col. Derrel Dempsey, a "living legend" in the air traffic control arena. Airman Luth was an Aug. 5 graduate of the air traffic control course at which his grandfather spoke. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

All in the family

Retired Maj. Jack Jordan, left, administers the oath of office to his daughter, Maj. Amber Barker, during her July 30 promotion ceremony in the 81st Medical Group Hospital’s Don Wylie Auditorium. Other members of Major Barker’s family were her mother Jenny; sister Maj. Amalia DiVittorio, a nurse at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., and brother Staff Sgt. John Jordon, Barksdale AFB, La. Major and Mrs. Jordan reside in Tulsa, Okla., where he is an Air Force Junior ROTC instructor. The new major is element leader and nurse manager of the 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron’s family birthing center. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Pivnick)

Dickinsons bid farewell to Keesler family at barbecue

Lt. Col. Scott Solomon, 81st Training Group deputy commander, signs a farewell print for the Dickinsons. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Observe special customs, courtesies during Reveille, Retreat, National Anthem

Military members salute and civilians place their right hand over their heart during Monday’s change of command ceremony as the National Anthem is sung. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Youth center roars with ‘Jungle Book’

From left, Kaylee Hamann, Tyler Stamm and Britney Cheney rehearse for Friday’s presentation of “Jungle Book” by the Missoula Children’s Theater. Kaylee, 14, is the daughter of Capt. Ronald Hamann, 333rd Training Squadron. Britney, 12, is the daughter of Tech. Sgt. Alisha Baxter, 81st Medical Operations Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Michael Baxter, 335th TRS. Mr. Stamm served as tour director with Jonathan Brantley for the week-long camp conducted by the theater. Fifty-eight young people from the youth center performed in the play and another 150 were in the audience for Friday’s performance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Technical training students achieve perfect scores

Staff Sgt. Tamara Thompson has graduated from technical training with perfect scores in the personnel apprentice course in the 335th TRS. Sergeant Thompson is assigned to Barksdale AFB, La. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Technical training students achieve perfect scores

Airmen Basic Schynequa Mathis has graduated from technical training with perfect scores in the personnel apprentice course in the 335th TRS. Airman Mathis returns to McChord AFB, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)