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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)

Airmen from the 81st Training Group participate in a bubble ball soccer tournament at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 21, 2020. The 81st TRG held various events for Airmen to participate in throughout the holidays, to include ice skating, inflatables, a scavenger hunt and a bubble ball soccer tournament. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

81st TRG provides fitness fun for Airmen

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. La'Kisha Mays, 81st Healthcare Operations Squadron medical specialties flight chief, administers the COVID-19 vaccine to Col. Wayne Latack, 81st Medical Group internal medicine residency program director, inside the Keesler Medical Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 21, 2020. Members of the 81st MDG administered the COVID-19 vaccine to Keesler first responders and members of the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Gulfport, Mississippi. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Dragon medics receive COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Zachary LeBlanc, 81st Security Forces Squadron supply NCO in charge, poses for a photo inside the security forces building at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Nov. 19, 2020. LeBlanc joined the military to adventure and grow as a person so he can bring improvements to his home upon return. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kimberly L. Mueller)

Strengthening family through diversity

Airmen from the 81st Training Group participate in the Dragon March on the Levitow Training Support Facility drill pad at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 8, 2020. The theme of the three-mile walk was "Stronger Together." (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Dragons March Stronger Together

U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thompson, command chief of Air Education and Training Command, attends a military training leader schoolhouse brief at Lott Hall at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 8, 2020. Thompson visited Keesler to learn more about the current MTL development and technical training processes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Force generating military training leaders at Keesler inspire future force

Keesler leadership congratulates its newest chief master sergeant selects outside the Bay Breeze Event Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Dec. 2, 2020. Five Keesler Airmen earned their chief master sergeant stripe during the 2020 promotion release. Air Force officials selected 518 senior master sergeants for promotion to chief master sergeant out of 2,763 eligible for a selection rate of 18.75 percent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Keesler welcomes five new chief selects