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  • Keesler vocalist wins top honors at Air Force talent competition

    Staff Sgt. Rick Rosales, a dental technician with the 81st Dental Squadron, has been named the Air Force Worldwide Talent Competition's best male vocalist for a second time. Sergeant Rosales participated in the event, held at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 11-19. He also garnered the honor in

  • Housekeeper ends 41 years of service to Keesler

    Annette Jackson retires Friday after more than 41 years of service with the Inns of Keesler. Ms. Jackson, who recently celebrated her 70th birthday, was raised on a farm where she began helping to cook for the farmhands when she was only 5 years old. She developed a strong work ethic and still

  • Bronze Star for safety chief

    Lt. Col. David Poage, 81st Training Wing safety office chief, was awarded the Bronze Star Jan. 21 for his work as commander of Laghman Provincial Recon-struction Team in Afghan-istan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. As commander of the PRT from January to November 2008, Colonel Poage

  • Former political refugee becomes Air Force doctor

    The doctor is IN! Senior Airman Mauricio De Castro Pretelt has achieved his long-sought goal of becoming a physician in the U.S., and more specifically, the U.S. Air Force. Currently a laboratory technician with the 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, the native of Colombia and recent U.S.

  • Biloxi Back Bay closes for air show

    Biloxi's Back Bay, north of the base, will be closed intermittently from 12:30 to 5 p.m. April 2 - 5 to civilian and commercial maritime traffic in preparation for and during Keesler's Thunder on the Bay Air Show and Open House.The Federal Aviation Administration directs closure of the waterway to

  • Gum problems? Dental residents training to help

    Keesler Dental Clinic's periodontics department is looking for patients with gum problems for treatment in their dental residency program. According to Col. (Dr.) Bryan Ellis, 81st Dental Squadron support flight commander and chief of periodontics, the warning signs of periodontal disease include