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  • Public Affairs wins 2 AETC awards

    The 81st Training Wing Public Affairs office claimed two awards in the 2009 Air Education and Training Com-mand Public Affairs Excel-lence awards competition.Tech. Sgt. Chuck Marsh, now assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the Pentagon, is AETC's outstanding communication noncommissioned officer

  • Medic earns full ROTC scholarship

    Senior Airman Melissa Chester, 81st Medical Operations Squadron, has been selected for the Scholarships for Outstanding Airmen to ROTC program.She was officially notified of her selection Jan. 12 during the 81st Medical Group executive staff meeting. Brig. Gen. Ian Dickinson, 81st Training Wing

  • MyBase takes top AETC prize

    The 81st Training Wing's MyBase prototype project team pushed hard to usher in the latest teaching technologies with its virtual classrooms. For its work, the team was recognized at the 2009 Air Education and Training Command Symposium with the top prize in the second annual Learning Innovation

  • Airmen controlling Haiti skies trained at Keesler

    The special operations Airmen who've been controlling the aid planes on a single runway in the wake of Haiti's earthquake began their training in the 334th Training Squadron.Lt. Col. Michael Callender, 334th TRS commander, explains, "We build the foundation of future special operations forces

  • Military enthusiasts boost wrestling popularity

    Wrestling remains a novelty to many sports fans on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but military families are playing a key role in launching the activity in this area.Mississippi holds the distinction of being the last state in the country to make wrestling available to its children. In 2008, the

  • Trainer learns intricacies of joint service mission

    Ten months after returning from a six-month deployment to Iraq, Master Sgt. Shawn Fogg reflected on a memorable assignment as an Airman working for the Army with Navy technology.Sergeant Fogg, a 20-year Air Force veteran, was deployed for the first time in his career from Fort Gordon, Ga., where