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  • Military working dogs train constantly to protect and serve

    The back hallway is dim and dank upon entry, but the air is loud with alarm as the military working dogs greet a human presence with a mixture of hostility, excitement and inquiry. Staff Sgt. Jeremy Hayes, 81st Security Forces Squadron, approaches Densy, who immediately calms herself to the touch of

  • Chapel hosts marriage enrichment retreat

    Back in 2006, New York Times journalist Lizette Alvarez wrote, "Military deployments have a way of chewing up marriages, turning daily life upside down and making strangers out of husbands and wives." Many Air Force programs are in place to assist spouses with the loneliness, financial challenges,

  • Keesler moulage team paints exercises with realism

    An explosion causes multiple injuries, some of them horrific. First responders arrive and begin caring for the victims.While it resembles a scene from the evening news, this and similar events are scheduled training scenarios which include some incredibly realistic wounds. A unique team of Keesler

  • Airman Portraits: Airman from West Africa finds home in Air Force

    "I remember the first time we got to Africa, the first morning we woke up. My son heard a rooster live for the first time and he kept asking me, 'What's that?' We went outside and the rooster, it was standing on the roof. He thought that was the coolest thing, but it's very common back in Africa."

  • Keesler teens give back

    The teen summer camp at the youth center isn't just for hanging out and playing video games; Keesler's teens get out and help the community. This summer, ten youth center teens are involved in an eight week volunteer program coordinated by Leslie Pitre with the Red Cross, at the Gulf Coast Veterans

  • Spreading the Air Force story at home

    The Recruiter Assistance Program is a way Airmen can both give back to the Air Force in a unique setting and see family essentially for free, and it's allowed to all active-duty Airmen. Having Airmen bring the Air Force story to their hometown by assisting the local recruiter can be vital. "I want

  • 81st Medical Group deploys to Belize

    Thirty-three Keesler medical and dental professionals joined 41 other U.S. Air Force and Canadian military counterparts to participate in a portion of the "New Horizons Belize 2013" medical and dental training exercises conducted in the Central American nation. The annual training exercise for U.S.

  • Keesler commissary is best in U.S.

    Astonishment and an overwhelming sense of pride flooded over Keesler commissary employees this May, when they received the Defense Commissary Agency's 2012 Bill Nichols Award for the best large commissary in the United States."It was a shock," said Marty Roberts, commissary director. "We didn't even

  • Medical center innovates for community health

    Technology is an ever-changing realm that has contributed to the efficiency of day-to-day life. At Keelser Medical Center, Major (Dr.) Oliver Wisco and Major (Dr.) Jennifer Alfar from the dermatology department have taken medical evaluations to a whole new level with the Hospital Without Walls

  • Keesler deploys critical care

    One of Keesler Medical Center's three Critical Care Air Transport Teams is regularly deployed to Afghanistan to provide in-flight critical care to wounded military being transported to medical treatment facilities, offering higher levels of care outside the combat theater. The three-person team,