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  • AFA hosts membership drive at Sablic Center Aug. 31

    The Air Force Association John C. Stennis chapter hosts a membership drive with a free catered lunch, 11:30 a.m. Tueday in Room 108A, Sablich Center."Our chapter's mission is to educate the Mississippi Gulf Coast in air, space and cyberspace," explained Lt. Col. Janet Haug, chapter president and

  • Keesler's social media 'tweets' bring higher risk and reward

    The 81st Training Wing at Keesler has joined the migration of millions of other organizations and individuals into the vast realm of the social network. Social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter have become some of the most popular ways to connect with friends and related organizations

  • Airman's Attic settled in new location

    Airman's Attic reopened this week in its new home at the corner of Meadows Drive and 1st Street which it shares with the Keesler Thrift Shop. Airmen's Attic, a volunteer nonprofit program sponsored by the Keesler Top III, assists junior enlisted members in pay grades E-1 through E-5 with obtaining

  • Five years after Hurricane Katrina<br>Looking back, heading forward

    Katrina was five years ago -- get over it!Similar sentiments have surfaced these past few weeks as Keesler and the Mississippi Gulf Coast prepare for the five-year anniversary of the most devastating natural disaster in U.S. history. But if you were at Keesler in Katrina's aftermath, it's hard to

  • August 26 News Briefs

    Retroactive stop loss pay claimsAir Force News ServiceAirmen, veterans and beneficiaries who were involuntarily extended under stop loss between Sept. 11, 2001, and Sept. 30, 2009, are eligible for retroactive stop loss special pay. If your enlistment was involuntarily extended due to stop loss, and

  • Family Health Initiative offers team approach to health care

    The Air Force's Family Health Initiative will be fully implemented in Keesler's family health clinic during September.The FHI, launched in August 2008 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., and Edwards AFB, Calif., is modeled on the patient-centered medical home, a 1960s concept making a comeback as the