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  • Fallen Warrior: Edward McBride

    Edward McBride was born on December 20, 1930, in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. After enlisting the Air Force Aviation Cadet Program in 1952, he commissioned to 2d Lt. and was awarded his pilot wings on June 16, 1953. McBride’s first duty location was at Itazuke Air Base, Japan. He next served with the

  • Fallen Warrior: SrA Taylor M. LaBrier

    Senior Airman Taylor M. LaBrier was born in Pensacola, Florida, and enlisted in the Army National Guard before transferring to the Air National Guard in 2014. LaBrier served as a radio and communication security repairer, primarily with the Springfield, Illinois-based 3637th Maintenance Company and

  • Art of flexibility, the key to resilience

    Jujutsu is a Japanese system of unarmed combat and physical training that emphasizes the art of flexibility, empowering users to take advantage of any obstacles that come their way.   Before he knew it, Dave Wilson, Heiwashinkai Jujutsu president, began his resilient journey to mastering the art of

  • Giving another breath of hope

    Two patients, each with metastatic lung cancer, were rushed to Keesler’s Operating Room, struggling to breathe with tumors constricting their airways.Maj. Derrell Nettlow, 81st Healthcare Operations Squadron Pulmonary critical care physician, was called to perform the Air Force’s first airway stent