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  • Active shooter exercise tests response to mass casualty event

    Keesler is making final preparations for this week's active shooter exercise.Tuesday and Wednesday, Keesler personnel and visitors can expect facility lockdowns and delays at the base's gates while Air Education and Training Command tests the base's ability to respond to a mass casualty event.The

  • Gators get new leader Friday

    Lt. Col. Michael Callender turns over command of the 334th Training Squadron to Lt. Col. Jeffrey McLemore, 3 p.m. Friday at Welch Auditorium.Colonel McLemore comes to Keesler from Oklahoma City, where he served as deputy director of air traffic control and airfield management operations for the Air

  • Personnel center relieves stress for nonprior service students

    As a new member of the military, nonprior service students may deal with a lot of stress caused by training, adapting to their new military lifestyle and many other factors. One organization on base helps these students relieve some of that stress by taking care of tasks that most military members

  • Gospel service celebrates 40th anniversary

    June 23-26, the Keesler gospel service celebrates its 40th anniversary as the oldest continuously running gospel service in the Air Force. "The service has seen many military and civilians since its inception in 1971," said Chaplain (Capt.) Ralph Elliott Jr. "The service is also well known for