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  • 334th TRS runs memorial 5k

    The 334th Training Squadron hosted the annual A1C Holt 5k Memorial Run on base, April 15. This tradition started in 2017 to commemorate Airman 1st Class Antoine Holt, 603rd Air Control Squadron command and control battle management operations operator, and give his family the ability to interact

  • Deploying education: Equipping families with resources

    The Keesler Airman and Family Readiness Center hosted Operation Hero, a mock deployment for children of military members, at Heritage Parkon April 2.Bringing a strong start to Month of the Military Child, Operation Hero featured a military K9 demonstration, HC-130J Hurricane Hunter tour and the

  • Fallen Warrior: Pvt. Martin August Treptow

    U.S. Army Private Martin August Treptow, Company M, 168th Infantry, 84th Brigade, 42nd Division, was working as a barber in Eagle Point, Wisconsin when he enlisted in the Army on 15 July 1917.Treptow was serving on the Western Front during World War I when he volunteered to deliver an important

  • Fallen Warrior: Tech. Sgt. Allen Avery

    Tech. Sgt. Allen J. Avery, from Auburn, Massachusetts was a pararescue specialist assigned to the 37th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron and was killed during a mission over Vietnam. On April 6th, 1972, Avery was one of six crew members aboard an HH-53C Super Jolly Green Giant on a mission to rescue

  • Fallen Warrior: Sgt. Jaime "Gonzo" Gonzalez

    Sgt. Jaime “Gonzo” Gonzalez was killed in action on August 3rd, 2008, while conducting Protective Services Detail in Kabul, Afghanistan. Gonzalez was a member of the 436th Chemical Company, Texas Army National Guard, Laredo, Texas, when he was killed by a 20 lb. improvised explosive device, which