Baby boom

Brenda Valdez, Maj. Amber Barker and Maj. (Dr.) Kermit Helo care for a record number of infants Nov. 2 in the 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron’s labor and delivery unit. Valdez is a lactation consultant, Barker is the squadron’s maternal child flight commander and Helo is the family birthing center’s pediatrician from the 81st Medical Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Pivnick)

Brazilian Air Force tour

Chief Master Sgt. Richard Boulanger, 334th Training Squadron, briefs officer students Davi Medeiros, Flavio Diniz, Aramys Baptista, Carlos Mendes, and Edson Rodrigues, Brazilian Air Force, during a tour of the air traffic control school at Cody Hall, Keesler Air Force, Base, Miss., Nov. 16, 2011. Members of the Brazilian Air Force also toured base operations and ate lunch at Bay Breeze Event Center. Brig. Gen. Andrew Mueller, 81st Training Wing commander, noted Keesler’s cooperation with the Brazilian military over the past 67 years. Brazilian soldiers completed aircraft mechanics courses At Keesler beginning in 1944. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

America Recycles Day

Petty Officer 3rd Class Anthony Moye, Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 7, Gulfport, Miss., receives recycling handouts Nov. 15, 2011, at the base exchange, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., from Douglas Smith, contractor for Zero Waste Solutions at the Keesler Recycling Center and Amanda O’Neal and Aaron Carter, Lanier Environmental. The booth was on display to promote America Recycles Day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

HAMming it up

Harry Samuelson, president of the Keesler Amateur Radio Club, inspects the power supply of various antique radio equipment Nov. 7, 2011 at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. There are currently six club members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Marines celebrate 236th birthday

Sgt. Ricardo Asa, Keesler Marine Corps Detachment, stands at attention while Capt. Jason Taylor, MARDET Executive Officer, reads a birthday message from Gen. John A. Lejeune during the Marine Corps Ball Nov. 10, 2011, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Convention Center in Biloxi, Miss. Gen. Lejeune was the 13th Commandant of the Marine Corps and his birthday message was read at all Balls across the Marine Corps. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Marines celebrate 236th birthday

PFC. Jordan Fleet, Keesler Marine Corps Detachment, receives a piece of cake from Maj. Nieves Villasenor, MARDET Commanding Officer, as Lance Cpl. Adam Bouwman watches during the Marine Corps Ball Nov. 10, 2011, at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Convention Center in Biloxi, Miss. Villasenor was the Oldest Marine present and Fleet was the youngest Marine present. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)