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  • New U.S. Surgeon General has Keesler kin

    Staff Sgt. Felita Ballard has met with new U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin on a regular basis in their hometown of Daphne, Ala., and also was a guest at her Jan. 11 swearing-in ceremony in Washington, D.C. Sergeant Ballard is Dr. Benjamin's second cousin. The close-knit family routinely met

  • Medic's e-mail gives glimpse of Haitian disaster

    Editor's note: Colonel Williams, 81st MSGS anesthesia flight commander, is a nurse anesthetist deployed to Honduras to support the training mission underway there. He and 81st MSGS operating room nurse Capt. Elberta Carter were deployed from Honduras to Haiti to assist with the relief effort. This

  • New radiation oncology clinic opens in March

    The staff of Keesler Medical Center's new radiation oncology clinic is gearing up to begin treating patients in March, said Maj. (Dr.) Clayton Chen, 81st Medical Operations Squadron chief of radiation oncology. Plans are already underway for a formal ribbon-cutting for the new facility in the near

  • contest determines group coin design

    A new 81st Training Group challenge coin is unveiled April 30 at the group's formal dining out at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Coliseum and Convention Center. The winner of the coin design contest, which runs through Feb. 26, is recognized during the coin's unveiling at the dining out.Varying stories

  • Keesler navy instructor on hand for State of the union address

    At the invitation of a congressman from Mississippi's 4th District, an instructor from the Keesler Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit attended the State of the Union address given by President Barak Obama to members of Congress Jan. 27 in Washington.Petty Officer 1st Class Clarence

  • Instructor earns AETC safety award

    Tech. Sgt. Christina Bur-kett, safety representative for the 336th Training Squadron, is Air Education and Training Command's ground safety award winner for the July-September quarter of 2009. Sergeant Burkett, a knowledge operations management instructor, authored pre- and post-hurricane briefings