Adams provides base with key representation Published June 17, 2010 By Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. -- In 2007, retired Col. Tom Adams began a four-year appointment as Area IX representative to the Air Force Retiree Council. Before his appointment, Mr. Adams served as deputy director of the Keesler Retiree Activities Office and was editor of the Keesler retiree and annuitant newsletter mailed to more than 13,000 recipients. While on active duty at Keesler, he served as pharmacy flight commander (1995-96), 81st Medical Support commander (1997) and the first commander of the 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron (1997-99). "My service at the Keesler RAO prepared me to effectively serve retirees and annuitants in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, and Louisiana," he pointed out. "RAOs provide vital services to retirees and annuitants. All Air Force bases are required to have an RAO, and the Keesler office in the Sablich Center is second to none. No base in Area IX does more to support its RAO than Keesler."