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  • Keesler Medical Center's chief nurse retires

    Col. Elizabeth Bowers-Klaine, chief nurse for the 81st Medical Group, will be honored for her 30-year Air Force career during a formal retirement ceremony May 22 in Keesler Medical Center's Don Wylie auditorium. Maj. Gen. Kimberly Siniscalchi will officiate. General Siniscalchi is assistant Air

  • Awards presented at CCAF graduation

    The Community College of the Air Force presented 129 associate degrees to 118 enlisted members at the spring commencement ceremony, April 28 at Welch Auditorium. Col. Christopher Valle, 81st Training Wing commander, presented the diplomas, and Chief Master Sgt. Alex Perry, command chief, gave the

  • Dragon of the Week

    Name -- Airman 1st Class Anthony Hinton Unit -- 81st Security Forces Squadron Position -- Falcon patrolman Time in the Air Force -- 14 months Time at Keesler -- eight months Noteworthy -- attended the electronic security systems course at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas Hometown -- Richton, Miss. Why

  • Base hosts foreign enlisted leaders

    Keesler was one of the stops on a two-week tour that gave senior enlisted leaders from partner nations a cradle-to-grave look at the careers of U.S. Air Force enlisted members. Enlisted leaders from Australia, Bulgaria, Japan, New Zealand, Romania, Singapore and Malaysia participated in the

  • Lifesaver 2009 exercise offers preparation for disaster

    Keesler joined with area, state and federal agencies to conduct a successful Lifesaver 2009 exercise, May 5-7. With an estimated 2,000 participants, this year's major Federal Coordinating Center and National Disaster Medical System exercise was the largest Lifesaver event since May 2005. Lifesaver