Navy Team refurbishes memorial mast Published Sept. 17, 2008 By Susan Griggs Keesler News staff KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MISS. -- Chiefs and prospective chiefs from Keesler's Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit recently refurbished the mast of the USS Mississippi, a focal point of the Mississippi Vietnam Veterans Memorial. A rededication ceremony was held Sept. 11 at the Ocean Springs site. "Our chief selectees usually undertake a community relations project," said Chief Petty Officer Kimberly Rawlins, a CNATTU instructor. "We try to choose a project with Armed Forces significance because heritage and history are really important to the Navy's chief petty officers." The team used a man lift to climb to the top of the mast's ladder while battling a huge beehive to finish the work. In addition to Chief Rawlins, others team members are Chief Petty Officers Denie Kiger, Jason Couch and Dylan Ouellet, and prospective chiefs Michelle Simmons, Michael Harris, David Elliot and Patricia Kelly.