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  • Junior officer gives birds-eye view of symposium

    Editor's note: Lieutenant Verduyn, one of 160 Keesler and 2nd Air Force representatives at the Air Education and Training Command Symposium, offers a personal view of last week's event.When I first arrived in San Antonio for the Air Education and Training Command Symposium, I didn't know what to

  • Base supports humanitarian relief to Haiti

    Keesler is providing humanitarian and medical support in the wake of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti.Jan. 13, Keesler was called to support the 818th Contin-gency Response Group from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., according to Maj. Matthew Atkinson, director of operations for the 81st Logistics

  • 81st Medical Group prepares for two no-notice reviews

    Members of the 81st Medical Group are "crossing the t's and dotting the i's" as they fine-tune all aspects of the varied elements necessary to provide top-notch medical service at Keesler community in anticipation of two major inspections in 2010. The tandem survey by The Joint Commission and Health

  • Keesler ramps up inspection preparation

    Keesler's upcoming Unit Compliance Inspection is on the horizon and base officials want Team Keesler to be ready. Brig. Gen. Ian Dickinson, 81st Training Wing commander, expects the wing to remain on a constant state of readiness because of this impending inspection slated for Oct. 24-30. "To ensure

  • Emphasis on traffic safety yields positive results during holidays

    The Air Force had the lowest recorded number of private motor vehicle fatalities during the Thanks-giving-to-New Year's time frame -- one -- to include the lowest number of automobile fatalities -- zero. "PMVs are both motorcycles (PMV-2) and automobiles (PMV-4)," said Col. Roberto Guerrero, chief

  • Keesler contracting team earns command-level award

    The 81st Training Wing's base operations support contracting team is Air Education and Training Command's outstanding contracting team of the year for fiscal 2009. The team, which provided administration of Keesler's BOS contract, was led by the 81st Contracting Squadron's administrative contracting