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  • Cardboard boats face off in regatta at Triangle Pool

    The "Sure Hope It Floats" cardboard boat regatta is 7 p.m. Saturday at the Triangle Pool.Each team is made up of a "skipper" and a "first-mate" that construct their boat, be it a dinghy or a luxury liner, out of cardboard and duct tape for a race across the pool. Hosted by the community centers,

  • Hospital staff mourns long-time employee

    The 81st Medical Group has lost a long-time member. Leonard Frazier passed away July 30 at the age of 65.He was the evening supervisor of the housekeeping staff and was an employee in the department for 22 years.Survivors include his wife Caroline; daughters Sheritha and Chakon, both of D'Iberville,

  • Sunshade work affects base access

    Keesler's gates are being equipped with sunshades that will reduce some of the extreme weather experienced by 81st Security Forces Squadron entry controllers.Installation schedule:Meadows Drive Gate -- 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 27.White Avenue Gate -- 4-9 p.m. Aug. 27; traffic limited to single lanes in

  • Crash kills combat controller who trained at Keesler

    Three Air Force Special Operations Command Airmen died Aug. 6 when their aircraft, a coalition CH-47 Chinook, crashed in the Maiden Wardak Province in eastern Afghanistan. They were among 25 U.S. Special Operations Command operators who died in the crash, which also took the lives of five U.S.

  • Keesler medics shine at EMEDS training

    Five "Dragon Medics" were recognized as outstanding performers following completion of a recent week-long training session at Camp Bullis, Lackland AFB, Texas.Capt. (Dr.) John Dusenbury and Senior Airman Sagan Barber, 81st Dental Squadron; 1st Lt. Bethany Casper and Airman 1st Class Terrance Hines,

  • Wing recognizes quarterly award winners

    The 81st Training Wing's top performers were honored at a quarterly award ceremony Aug. 2.Airman -- Airman 1st Class Ashley Figueroa, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron.Noncommissioned officer -- Tech. Sgt. Dorothy Davis, 334th Training Squadron.Senior NCO -- Master Sgt. John Bowden, Airman Leadership