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  • Prepared for emergencies

    A warm personality greets a sickly patient waiting to be seen.“Right this way ma’am,” said Airman 1st Class Alexandria Smith, 81st Healthcare Operations Squadron medical technician.Smith leads the patient back to an examination room, where she logs the patient’s vital signs and reason for visiting

  • Local vigilance through defense

    One of the Department of the Air Force’s roles in the National Defense Strategy is to provide global vigilance. Global vigilance can be described as the ability to gain and maintain awareness anywhere, provide warning to others, analyze and breakdown information from adversaries and communicate the

  • Fighting more than just fire

    Every year, the Keesler Fire Department responds to over 800 emergencies on or around Keesler. From fires, medical emergencies or aircraft issues, the fire department has embraced their mission to keep Keesler safe.“We operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days a year,” said J.D.

  • Keesler develops First Term Officers Course

    A First Term Officers Course, the first course of its kind offered here for new officers, was held at the Professional Development Center here June 1-3.“I was first a part of introducing the FTOC at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona,”said Capt. Demitrice Steward, Second Air Force

  • Training the modern world

    In late 2018, the need for a commercial wireless internet system was identified as an emerging requirement by the Air Education Training Command to help expand learning opportunities for Airmen in training in and out of the classroom. The Learning Wi-Fi Service was identified as the solution and a

  • Preparing your organization for the 2021 hurricane season

    As we start the 2021 hurricane season it is important to not only prepare your family for possible storms but also your organization on Keesler.Organizational leaders and emergency managers can do several things to get their personnel ready. Anything from tabletop exercises, weekly hurricane safety