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  • Keesler medic begins transition to ALS commandant

    Long-time medic Master Sgt. David Boydston will assume a new role as he is reassigned to the Airman Leadership School and prepares to become the school's new commandant."While I have been selected to fill the position, the current commandant (Master Sgt. John Bowden) doesn't leave until March 15,"

  • What to do, not do when the flag changes color

    During the summer, the bioenvironmental engineering flight performs wet bulb globe temperature readings that determine a heat category and work/rest cycles.The WBGT is often confused with the heat index, which is a measurement of ambient temperature, including the effect of relative humidity. WBGT

  • Sergeant to publish story of tragedy, perseverance

    He could have faced another life, one that included becoming a child soldier and subsequently a Lost Boy from the Liberian Civil War. Instead, luck, hard work and true grit led Joseph Boyou to the U.S. Air Force where he now holds the rank of staff sergeant. Boyou, 2nd Air Force special projects and

  • Why I Joined: Tech. Sgt. pushes past negative influences to join AF

    (This feature is part of the "Why I joined?" series on Keesler.af.mil. These stories focus on a single servicemember's story of why they joined the military.)There are countless reasons to join the military.For a young Alberto Trujillo, his reasoning was a mixture of two things: a good reflection on

  • Colonel Vivians to celebrate retirement July 11

    Col. Mark Vivians bleeds Air Force blue. The 81st Mission Support Group commander was born at Wright-Patterson Air Force, Ohio, his dad retired as an acquisitions officer in the Air Force Reserve and his wife is a lieutenant colonel at 2nd Air Force.He celebrates his Air Force career July 11 at 2

  • Lab technician student thriving at Keesler

    Airman 1st Class David Sia is meeting challenges head-on and winning.Sia, a Phase II medical laboratory technician student at Keesler Medical Center, came to the United States from the West African nation of Burkina Faso in 2012 at the age of 25. "I decided to move to the U.S. because in my country

  • Resiliency is the key to air power

    Resilience isn't just a buzzword; a resilient Air Force is a versatile one, and in today's economic and political environment, it is vital. Resiliency skills, an extension of Comprehensive Airman Fitness, are taught and reinforced base-wide by master resilience trainers and their resilience training

  • Women join in hospital patient escort program

    Keesler Medical Center can take credit for another "first." Women have now joined the ranks of the medical center's volunteer patient escorts.Close friends Victoria Todd and Penny Hershberger began escorting patients to appointments, frequently via wheelchairs, at the end of May, becoming the first

  • 81st MDG executive assistant retires

    There's an old saying, "No one is irreplaceable."Well, the 81st Medical Group command section - and the entire medical group - is soon going to learn that may not necessarily be true.Kay Hymel, executive assistant to the 81st MDG commander, will be honored today at a retirement ceremony in Keesler

  • AtHoc System: The importance of inputting your information

    If you look at the news lately, there have been active shooter incidents across the United States. From the recent shooting at Ft. Hood to the numerous school shootings, it's shown that these types of things can happen anywhere. What if there was a tool that could quickly get the message to the