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  • Foreign travel requirements stress safety, security

    You arrived in Cairo on vacation to visit the pyramids of Egypt and settle in for the night. You awake to find rioters, police and tanks filling the streets. Cell phones, the Internet and phone systems don't work. Would you know what to do? Who do you turn to for help? Where are they located and can

  • 18 officers selected for promotion

    Seven Keesler officers have been selected for promotion in the legal, chaplain and biomedical service corps.Eleven first lieutenants in other career fields were chosen for promotion as well. To colonelLt. Col. Brian Casleton, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron.To lieutenant colonelMaj. David Cordry,

  • Online learning resources available at library

    Air Force libraries worldwide offer online learning resources for students of all ages.Rebekah Chapman, director of McBride Library, said that a wide variety of learning tools are available for members of the Keesler community."Universal Class is an online learning database consisting of more than

  • General returns for Scope Warrior

    Lt. Gen. William (Bill) Lord, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force chief of warfighting integration and chief information officer, is back at Keesler Air Force Base to co-host Scope Warrior, an annual strategic planning conference for senior Air Force communications leaders.Lord was the 81st

  • Safe drug disposal offered

    All Department of Defense beneficiaries are encouraged to participate in a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration "Drug Take-Back Day" Oct. 29 to turn in potentially dangerous expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs in an effort to prevent pill abuse and theft.The joint DEA and 81st Training

  • 10 selected for promotion

    Ten Keesler enlisted members have been selected for promotion.To staff sergeant -- Teresa Adens and Ricky Morgan, 81st Medical Operations Squadron, and Benjamin Vanney, 81st Security Forces Squadron.To technical sergeant -- Angela Caulfield and Emanuel Coley, 81st MDOS; Frank Harris, 81st