Medics earn 5 Air Force awards Published Feb. 25, 2009 By Steve Pivnick 81st Medical Group Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, BILOXI, MISS. -- The 81st Medical Group recently earned five Air Force Medical Service awards for 2008. The 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron Pharmacy Flight was named the top team in the pharmacy awards. Tech. Sgt. Jill Higgins, 81st Dental Squadron, won the noncommissioned officer dental award. Master Sgt. David Boggs, 81st Medical Operations Squadron, was selected in the NCO category as global health person of the year. Lt. Col. Christine Taylor, 81st MDOS, was selected for the field grade nursing service award. Capt. Robert Colella, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron, was chosen in the perioperative nurse category.