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  • Two Keesler members selected for IPAP program

    Two Keesler noncommissioned officers have been selected for the Interservice Physician Assistant Program.Master Sgt. William McMillan, 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron, and Staff Sgt. Gregory Buford, 338th Training Squadron, learned they had been chosen in April. Both are first-time applicants.

  • Resilient mother, lawyer strives to serve

    There are no short or easy journeys into the Air Force. As a single parent and registered attorney, one technical training student has had a somewhat lengthier path than most.Airman 1st Class Brittany Smith joined the Air Force under unusual circumstance with the sheer will to serve her country."I

  • Keesler spins up for hurricane season

    With hurricane season starting June 1, knowing the potential strength and path of a hurricane is a vital part of being properly prepared in case a disastrous storm strikes the Gulf Coast.The Base Operational Support weather services operations team is Keesler's weather forecasting service that is

  • Keesler member retires to 'pay it forward'

    For native Biloxian Wayne Rowell, retirement will be a time to "pay it forward" to the man who cared for his father during his twilight years - his stepdad, Joe Bush.Rowell, who has more than 30 years of combined military and civilian service, officially retires June 6 as the 81st Logistics

  • Exceptional Airman earns volunteer award

    Becoming an exceptional Airman can stem merely from the desire to be busy and involved. To one force management journeyman, excellence comes naturally.Senior Airman Sharla Starks, 81st Force Support Squadron, was honored by the City of Biloxi as the military volunteer of the year recently, with a

  • 81st DS superintendent retires after 27 years

    Chief Master Sgt. Gregory Schmidt will be honored for more than 27 years of Air Force service during a retirement ceremony, 10 a.m., May 16, in Keesler Medical Center's Don Wylie Auditorium. Col. (Dr.) Chad Harris, 81st Dental Squadron, will officiate.The chief is the 81st DS superintendent. His

  • Special Olympics leader to retire

    The driving force behind Special Olympics in Mississippi is retiring June 30.Helen Parish from Brandon, Miss., has been involved in Special Olympics for 35 years. She began her involvement as a sports program volunteer and moved up in the organization to work as office manager, director of

  • 81 MDG participates in 'Green Flag' exercise

    A 13-member team from the 81st Medical Group participated in a "Military Green Flag" exercise at the Army's Fort Polk, La., Joint Training Readiness Center March 8-19.They were part of a 47-person aeromedical evacuation element which supported a 4,800-member Army brigade under austere battlefield

  • Keesler member wins AETC aerospace medicine award

    Staff Sgt. Debra Reiss, 81st Aerospace Medicine Squadron, has been named the Air Education and Training Command Olsen-Wegner Aerospace Medicine Technician of the Year for 2013.Among the achievements cited in her nomination, Reiss, NCOIC of the squadron's Base Operational Medical Cell operations, was

  • Keesler celebrates top volunteers

    Some of Keesler's hardest workers don't collect a paycheck. They share their time and talents as volunteers on the base and in the community.Keesler celebrated National Volunteer Month with a special ceremony to recognize its top volunteers on April 10. During 2013, Keesler provided more than