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  • 6 from Keesler run in Air Force Marathon

    Six members of Team Keesler are participating in Saturday's 13th annual Air Force Marathon at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Yekaterina Karpitskaya and Naomi Henigin were chosen to run as representatives of Air Education and Training Command. Keesler's other runners are Joseph Wheeler, Mary

  • Surgical residency receives full ACGME accreditation

    Keesler's 81st Medical Group, which boasts the largest Air Force surgical training residency program, has received full ACGME accreditation as a joint training platform. The program was evaluated by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the governing body for all United States

  • Maj. Gen. Hertog assumes command of 2nd Air Force

    When Maj. Gen. Mary Kay Hertog assumed command of the 2nd Air Force at Keesler Air Force Base today from Maj. Gen. Alfred Flowers, Gen. Stephen Lorenz called the two generals "two of the finest leaders the Air Force has known." "When I meet with Airmen, I always tell them 'you're the next great

  • Army doctors on Keesler staff

    Keesler Medical Center now boasts two Army physicians among its "Dragon Medics." Capt. (Dr.) Leslie Weeks is one of the newest obstetrician/gynecologists assigned to the 81st Surgical Operations Squadron Women's Health Clinic. She joined Maj. (Dr.) Amanda Bell, chief of the 81st Medical Operations

  • Medic Academic ace selected for AECP

    Senior Airman Oruaro Idudhe, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron Physical Medicine Flight, is well on his way to becoming an Air Force officer; he has been accepted into the Airman Education and Commissioning Program. AECP allows active-duty enlisted members to attend college full time without loss of

  • Spurlin competes on international volleyball stage

    Ashley Spurlin, 334th Training Squadron combat control instructor, recently returned from multiple Air Force and Armed Forces volleyball competitions. In early June, Sergeant Spurlin represented Keesler as part of the Air Force volleyball team in the Armed Forces Men's Volleyball Championship at