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  • Keesler named AETC nominee for Air Force Installation Excellence Award

    Air Education and Training Command selected Keesler Air Force Base as its nominee for the Air Force 2011 Commander-in-Chief's Installation Excellence Award.General Edward Rice, Jr., AETC commander, made the announcement Oct. 13, referencing Keesler as "Best of the Best" in the command and its

  • Cooperative program enhances patient care at Biloxi VA hospital

    For "John V.," a 67-year-old veteran and patient at the Gulf Coast Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Biloxi, a persistent infection requiring large doses of intravenous antibiotics could have meant an ambulance trip to Keesler Hospital for a special procedure. This recently changed.Usually,

  • Proper safety gear saves lives, required on Keesler streets

    Back in the "good old days," kids whizzed around on bikes and skates without a care in the world, never bothering to strap on a helmet.It's a different world now -- more congested and dangerous. Helmets have become a requirement for children and adults who enjoy bicycles, skateboards, non-motorized

  • 'The Forgotten' <br> Haunted hangar continues annual Keesler tradition

    Hangar 3 is being transformed into a hall of horrors for a Keesler Halloween tradition dating back nearly 25 years.The vacant hangar across from Thomson Hall is the site for "The Forgotten," a Halloween haunted house sponsored by the 335th Training Squadron and the 81st Security Forces Squadron,

  • Drivers wanted for base's street survival school

    Registration is open until Nov. 4 for the inaugural Keesler Street Survival School, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 12-13.The aim of the free two-day school is to reduce deadly car crashes involving teenagers and beginner drivers by providing them a controlled setting where they can gain valuable hands-on

  • Keesler housing privatization latest step in 15-year initiative

    Privatization of Keesler's military housing Sept. 30 marked another step in an initiative that was launched 15 years ago to provide quality homes for military personnel at a faster pace than military construction alone.In 1996, Congress created the Military Housing Privatization Initiative as part