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  • Fallen Warrior: TSgt Allen Jones Avery

    On September 26, 1997, the Joint Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Accounting Command (JPAC, now DPAA) identified the remains of Tech. Sgt. Allen Jones Avery, Vietnam veteran MIA.Native of Massachusetts, Avery was a member of the 37th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron at Da Nang Air Base, Vietnam. On

  • Fallen Warrior: HM3 Maxton Soviak

    Northern Ohio native, U.S. Navy Fleet Marine Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Maxton W. Soviak, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California, deployed supporting the evacuation of over 130,000 American citizens and allies from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul,

  • Fallen Warrior: SSgt Luther Eugene Davis

    SSgt. Luther Eugene Davis was a pararescue specialist from Anderson County, Tennessee and served three tours in Vietnam. On April 15, 1970 during his final tour, Davis was participating in an aerial flight of an HH-3E helicopter(Jolly Green 27) of the 37th Air Rescue and Recovery Squadron (now the

  • Fallen Warrior: Staff Sgt. Michael R. Conner

    Staff Sgt. Michael R. Conner was born September 17, 1947, in Rockwood, TN. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on November 29, 1966, completing basic training at Lackland AFB, TX and Morse Code training at Keesler AFB, MS. On October 25, 1969, Conner was reassigned to 69 94th Security Squadron, Det 2,

  • Keesler civilian receives Veteran Champion of the Year for Higher Education

    Louis Bridges, 81st Force Support Squadron education service specialist, was selected as one of the 2021 Veteran Champions of the Year for Higher Education.The award is given to individuals who champion the recruitment, hiring, retention and career advancement of veterans. Bridges accomplished this

  • Keesler participates in Ready Eagle exercise

    The 81st Training Wing Inspection Team hosted a full-scale Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear exercise for base personnel here, Aug. 2-6.The exercise was a collaboration between the 81st TRW and the 81st Medical Group to integrate the 81st TRW’s annual exercise with the medical Ready