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  • Keesler hosts medical simulation symposium

    Keesler Medical Center recently completed the first-ever Gulf Coast Regional Simulation Symposium. Medics from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Columbus AFB, Miss., Maxwell AFB, Ala., and Eglin AFB, Hurlburt AFB, Patrick AFB and MacDill AFB, Fla., attended. In addition, Biloxi's Veterans Affairs Gulf

  • Airlift squadron wins flight safety award

    The 45th Airlift Squadron is Air Education and Training Command's flight safety award winner for 2008. The award recognizes the organization for outstanding achievement in or contribution to flight safety. Some of the squadron's accomplishments are: Logging more than 1,500 hours of accident-free

  • Finance office earns AETC honors

    The 81st Comptroller Squadron is the Air Force Special Acts and Services Award winner for 2008. In 2008, the 81st CPTS had many obstacles to overcome, according to Maj. Bob Paleo, 81st CPTS commander. "During Hurricane Gustav, our squadron members worked the travel cash advance line while others

  • Medical center parking reduced

    Ongoing construction projects will impact about 200 parking spaces on the north, east and west sides of Keesler Medical Center for at least three months. Except for about 15 parking spaces on the north side of J Street adjacent to the emergency department, parking won't be permitted on J Street

  • 2nd deployment in year for Stewart family

    Staff Sgt. Jamee Stewart can give two different perspectives of deployment -- as an active-duty member and the spouse left behind to keep the home fires burning. "We're coming up on our third wedding anniversary, and we've only spent one together," said Sergeant Stewart, an instructor in the 338th

  • Ground radio trainer keeps crews safe in Kuwait

    Deployment is nothing new for Staff Sgt. Stacy Stewart, a ground radio instructor in the 338th Training Squadron. Right now, he's on his third deployment to Kuwait, and he served in Iraq for eight months in 2003. He's also deployed to Poland, Germany, Italy and Denmark for training exercises. So