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Airman 1st Class Michael Enkouang-Mekanda, 336th Training Squadron regulation drill team drillmaster, requests permission to enter the field of regulation drill competition during the 81st Training Group drill down on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad Nov. 3, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Airmen from the 81st TRG competed in the final quarterly open ranks inspection, regulation drill routine and freestyle drill routine. The 338th TRS Dark Knights took first place this quarter, while the 334th TRS Gators took first place for the year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Military children are escorted to the next check list item during Operation Hero at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 6, 2019. The event, hosted by the Airman and Family Readiness Center in recognition of the Month of the Military Child, gave military children a glimpse into the lives of deployed military members. Children received Operation Hero dog tags and t-shirts as they made their way through the mock deployment line as well as the opportunity to experience medical triage demonstrations, gas mask training and have their faces painted. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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A Keesler firefighter uses a hand-held hose to extinguish a fire inside a mock C-123 training device during an aircraft rescue fire fighting training on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, June 4, 2019. The joint agency training allowed the Keesler Fire Department, Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center Fire Department, Stennis Airport Fire Department and the U.S. Naval Air Station Pensacola Gulf Coast Fire Rescue to meet the semi-annual training requirement to practice aircraft rescue and live fire training evolutions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Airmen from the 81st Training Group carrying the 50 state flags march in the 18th Annual Gulf Coast Veterans Day Parade in Gulfport, Mississippi, Nov. 10, 2018. Keesler Air Force Base leadership along with hundreds of Airmen attended and participated in the parade in support of all veterans past and present. More than 70 unique floats, marching bands and military units marched in the largest Veterans Day parade on the Gulf Coast. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

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Airmen from the 81st Training Group march during the 81st Training Wing change of command ceremony on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, May 16, 2019. Col. Heather Blackwell assumed command from Col. Debra Lovette. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Tobler)

Military training instructors lead graduating Airmen onto the drill pad during the basic military training graduation ceremony at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, May 15, 2020. Nearly 60 Airmen from the 37th Training Wing Detachment 5 completed the six-week basic military training course. Due to safety concerns stemming from COVID-19, the Air Force sent new recruits to Keesler to demonstrate a proof of concept to generate the force at multiple locations during contingencies. The flight was the first to graduate BMT at Keesler since 1968. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

First Airmen graduate BMT at Keesler since 1968

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Erin Massey, 335th Training Squadron student, completes class work for the finance management course inside Allee Hall at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 3, 2020. This course, which graduated 220 students this past year, takes nine academic days to complete. Approximately 7,400 students go through the 335th TRSs 13 Air Force Specialty Codes each year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

335th TRS is home to finance management course

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Agyei Butler, 335th Training Squadron instructor, plots data on weather charts used for training inside of the Joint Weather Training Facility at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Jan. 27, 2020. The weather apprentice course, which graduated 650 students this past year, takes 151 academic days to complete. Approximately 7,400 students go through the 335th TRS’s 13 Air Force Specialty Codes each year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Weather training course graduated 650 this past year

Royal Saudi air force Senior Master Sgt. Obaid Al-Bogami, 81st Training Support Squadron Military Training Leader course student, recieves a blue rope during the MTL course graduation ceremony outside the Levitow Training Support Facility at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, March 5, 2020. Al-Bogami was the first international student the MTL schoolhouse graduated in approximately three years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Spencer Tobler)

Keesler graduates Saudi Arabian MTL, reinforces international partnerships

Keesler personnel participate in the Dragons March Fourth ruck march on the flightline at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, March 4, 2020. Keesler personnel carried backpacks during the three-mile walk which symbolized the weight one carries through life. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Dragons March Fourth

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Ethan Fowler, 335th Training Squadron freestyle drill team member, spins a rifle during the 81st Training Group drill down on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 21, 2020. Airmen from the 81st TRG competed in a quarterly open ranks inspection, regulation drill routine and freestyle drill routine. Keesler trains more than 30,000 students each year. While in training, Airmen are given the opportunity to volunteer to learn and execute drill down routines. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

335th TRS "Bulls" place first overall in drill down