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  • Patient shows appreciation with 'victory bell'

    Roger Salois had undergone chemotherapy at the Keesler Hospital Hematology/Oncology Clinic for six weeks and wanted to show his appreciation to the staff.Salois, a retired Navy Seabee senior chief petty officer, decided to donate a special "Chemotherapy Victory Bell" to the 81st Medical Operations

  • Top 10 questions about Samslist answered

    Samslist is a new initiative to provide an electronic billboard for people at Keesler to reuse supplies. As the old saying goes, "someone's junk may be someone else's treasure." Yet in this case, the items are not necessarily "junk." Ultimately, this initiative is a way to avoid incurring new

  • Five promoted to staff sergeant

    Five Keesler Airmen were selected for promotion to staff sergeant during the supplemental promotion release Nov. 15.They are:Jonathon Chida, 81st Medical Operations Squadron.Sheila Jones, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron.Al Nicholson, 81st Security Forces Squadron.Steven Payne, 81st MDOS.Samantha

  • 81st Training Wing announces quarterly award winners

    The 81st Training Wing announced its quarterly award winners at a luncheon Nov. 6 at the Bay Breeze Event Center.They are:Volunteer -- Tech. Sgt. Sean Garrette and Ricky Crawford, 81st Training Group.Honor Guard Airman -- Senior Airman Lluvia Cabonilas, 81st Medical Operations Squadron.Honor Guard

  • 81st MDG adds new physical therapy internship

    The 81st Medical Group has added to its training platform with a program for physical therapy interns. The current class of six interns completes their training in December.Physical therapists Kevin Wait and Brett Beuning, both members of the 81st Surgical Operations Squadron Physical Therapy Clinic

  • Keesler responds to shooting incident - UPDATE

    UPDATE: The Keesler Family Campground area is now back to normal operations.   The victim's identification has been to deferred to the Harrison County Coronor's office.  One person is dead and one injured after an incident near Keesler Air ForceBase.  At approximately 8:15 a.m. there were reports of