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  • Mentorship, high standards fuel MTLs' passion

    Who would voluntarily sign up to have their life constantly scrutinized, looked at as an example, to open their lives up to the problems, concerns, fears of others. To bear the burden and responsibility of mentoring, leading and shaping potential future leaders? A military training leader would,

  • NCO Academy graduate has deep Keesler roots

    A July 13 graduate of Mathies NCO Academy Class 11-5 has ties to Keesler that reach back more than 50 years.Tech. Sgt. Jason Cummings, a security forces member of the 91st Security Forces Group at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., follows in the footsteps of his grandfather, father and uncle by training

  • 81st Training Group realignment brings student dorm move

    You put a squadron in, you take a squadron out, you put a squadron in and you shake it all about. You do the student shuffle and you turn yourself around. That's what it's all about--hey!Although there was no musical accompaniment over the giant voice system and no reports of students spontaneously

  • Chief Abbot retires after 30 years of service

    Chief Master Sgt. Billy Abbott will soon face an event he has dreaded for 30 years -- retirement."Not getting to do what you love anymore is a hard pill to swallow," said Chief Abbott, 81st Training Group superintendent.He began his Air Force journey when he stepped off the bus at Lackland Air Force

  • 'Bounty Hunters' from Louisiana make Fisher House contribution

    A bunch of Louisiana gunslingers in Old West garb delivered a check for $12,200 to Keesler's Fisher House June 17.The Bayou Bounty Hunters recently held a benefit for Fisher House by contributing match fees and other donations from a recent match in Amite, La. The group is a member organization of

  • Family donates to Fisher House in memory of fallen Army son

    A family that knows the sorrow of losing a military member to combat has turned their grief into support for the nation's military and, in particular, the Keesler Fisher House.June 13, Bill and Sandi Ricketts, joined by their son and daughter and representatives of The American Legion Riders Post 6

  • NCO manages technical communication needs

    With its mission complete, the men and women of Kapisa Provincial Reconstruction Team are returning home to their friends, family and loved ones this July after serving in Afghanistan for nine months in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.Among these men and women is Tech. Sgt. Andrew Archer,

  • Keesler instructor trains Iraqi weather forecasters

    Throughout the history of warfare, weather has played a crucial role in determining the outcome of major battles and, in some cases, entire military campaigns.In the 13th Century, Mongolian invasion plans for Japan were thwarted when their armada was decimated by a massive typhoon in the Sea of

  • Keesler medics deployed with speedy, mobile surgical team

    The team moved quickly to fix the broken part -- each person anticipating the moves of others and efficiently using tools to get the job done.It might have been a pit crew using mechanical skills to keep a car running its best in a weekend NASCAR race, but the prize for members of the 379th

  • Ruck march to honor America's fallen heroes

    Eighteen members of the 81st Security Forces Squadron will march 148 miles in July's searing heat to honor some of America's fallen heroes."Security forces units from around the country are conducting a ruck march to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and also to pay