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  • Keesler medics shine as humanitarian mission in Chile ends

    Members of the Air Force Expeditionary Medical Support team completed a humanitarian mission to build an expeditionary hospital and augment medical care for members of the Angol community here March 26. A team of Airmen built, staffed and equipped a field hospital to serve more than 110,000 people

  • Countdown<br>April 6 is grand opening of commissary, base exchange

    At 9 a.m. April 6, the base community celebrates the opening of the new $60 million base exchange and commissary. The new Army and Air Force Exchange Service facility has 95,250 square feet of sales area and 35,756 square feet of office and warehouse space. The 11,000-square-foot food court opened

  • Deployed security forces protect base 24/7/365

    Operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, Airmen in the 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron are charged with security and force protection of more than 1,900 deployed personnel and billions of dollars worth of deployed assets, equipment and aircraft at a non-disclosed

  • Two at Keesler win JAG awards

    Two of 2nd Air Force 2009 Judge Advocate General award winners hail from Keesler.Capt. Robert Wilder, 2nd Air Force military justice chief, was named outstanding young judge advocate. The captain's accomplishments included serving a year as justice chief at the second busiest military justice

  • Student ministry plans national prayer event

    The 81st Training Group's chaplains are joining with nonprior service students for a National Prayer Event, 6-7 p.m. April 22 at the Triangle Chapel. "We're calling it 'national,' because we will be praying for our nation," explained Chaplain (Capt.) Kenya Thomas, one of the event's organizers. "We