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  • Planning, preparation keys to holiday driving success

    With the approach of the holiday season, Keesler safety officials offer these tips for driving success: Plan ahead: -- "Traveling in a car should be treated like anything else, make sure someone knows your intended route of travel and the timelines that you expect to meet going point to point," said

  • Beneficiaries, government saving time, money with mail order pharmacy

    Nearly 20,000 Tricare beneficiaries are saving money on their prescriptions after switching to mail order through the new member choice center. After only two months of operation, beneficiaries saved approximately $600,000 on prescriptions by switching from retail to the Tricare Mail Order

  • Tricare reassures beneficiaries health care entitlement secure

    Tricare Management Activity wants to reassure its beneficiaries none of them are at risk of losing their Tricare coverage, regardless of the cost of their care or other conditions that might affect commercial insurance policies. "I want to remind our beneficiaries that Tricare is an entitlement

  • Keesler family living proof CFC works

    The recent Combined Federal Campaign held special significance for Master Sgt. David Muns. In addition to being the assistant project officer for this year's fund drive, Sergeant Muns has a personal interest in a long-time CFC beneficiary. The DuBard School for Language Disorders on the University

  • Mailing deadlines

    First-class mail to deployed service members must be sent by Monday to arrive by Dec. 25, according to the Military Postal Service Agency. For Army and Air Force Exchange Service "Gifts from the Homefront" gift certificates that can be sent to deployed troops, go to http:// www.aafes. org or call

  • Specialized training pays off for young patients

    Keesler Medical Center's inpatient medical unit began accepting pediatric patients under 2 years old several weeks ago. However, before the unit could care for the young patients, the 81st Medical Group spent the preceding two months sending the nurses and medical technicians to Wilford Hall Medical