Two vie for leadership award

Staff Sgt. Benjamin McQuagge, 81st Security Forces Squadron, and Petty Officer 1st Class Clarence Hartenstine II, an instructor from Keesler's Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit, are two of the six military nominees for the 2009 Thomas V. Fredian Community Leadership Award. The award

Outside the wire: Reconstruction project shifts to lifesaving mission

Staff Sgt. Jonathan Okeefe, a satellite, wideband and telemetry systems instructor in the 338th Training Squadron's Detachment 1 at Fort Gordon, Ga., recently returned from a 12-month deployment to Afghanistan. Sergeant Okeefe, who's been in the Air Force for more than 5½ years, served as the chief

Dragon of the Week

Name -- Staff Sgt. Ian Harbaugh Unit -- 85th Engineering Installation Squadron Position -- airfield systems team chief Time in Air Force -- 13 years, four months Time at Keesler -- three years, nine months Hometown -- Clewiston, Fla. Why did you join the Air Force? I was a military brat and wanted

Keesler rolls out red carpet for 2nd Air Force leaders

Keesler nurse striving for 'doctor' designation

Soon nurse Juanita Mullins can be called "doctor." Ms. Mullins, a clinical nurse with the 81st Surgical Operations Squadron post anesthesia care unit, is currently working on her doctorate in nursing practice at the University of South Alabama College of Nursing. "I am in the first class to be

Keesler CDC on track for NAEYC accreditation

Keesler submitted its candidacy package for National Association for the Education of Young Children this week, said child development center director Roveta Simmons. "We've always maintained NAEYC accreditation, but all the criteria are different this time around," she explained. Cherrie Tiggeman,