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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)

Phil Bryant, Governor of Mississippi, presents a graduation certificate to U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Weston Aces, 338th Training Squadron student, during the radio frequency transmission systems course graduation inside Jones Hall at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Nov. 8, 2019. Bryant presented certificates to the nine course graduates during the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Gov. Bryant presents graduating certificates to 338th TRS Airmen

U.S. Air Force Col. Chance Geray, 81st Training Group commander, (center), Lt. Col. Michael Manning, 81st TRG deputy commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy Stewart, 81st Training Support Squadron superintendent, march in the 19th Annual Gulf Coast Veterans Day Parade in DíIberville, Mississippi, Nov. 9, 2019. 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)

Keesler participates in 19th Annual Gulf Coast Veterans Day Parade

A protestant service communion tray is on display during the 335th Training Squadron religious affairs course inside Allee Hall at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Oct. 17, 2019. The six-week-long technical training course has been relocated and revamped to improve the training of their enlisted Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

New direction for religious affairs Airmen

U.S. Marine Capt. Adam Pinkney, Keesler Marine Detachment commanding officer, and U.S. Air Force Capt. Daria Coulthurst, 81st Medical Support Squadron resource management NCO in charge, participate in "A Life-Mapping Experience" exercise during the Leadership Enhancement and Development Seminar inside the Airman Leadership School building at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Nov. 5, 2019. The three-day course, which is open to all supervisors, is meant to enhance effective communication, skillful interpersonal interaction and emotional intelligence in the military environment by using an active learning format that emphasizes discussion and minimizes lecture. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Turning supervisors into LEADers

Members of the 338th Training Squadron regulation drill team perform during the 81st Training Group drill down on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Nov. 1, 2019. 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)

81st TRG hosts final drill down of the year