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  • Tabor retires after 41 years of federal service

    Larry Tabor has penciled out a landscaping plan for his Biloxi home, revved up his motorcycle, sorted through his fishing gear and made plans to be a full-time grandpa. But heading for work at Keesler is going to be a hard habit to break. After all, he's spent all but two of his 41 years of federal

  • Keesler Hospital becomes alternate teaching location

    The Keesler Hospital isnow a teaching site for medical students from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, located in Bethesda, Md.The 81st Medical Group has hosted some fourth-year students for rotations and Graduate Medical Education Program interviews in the past.Under the new

  • Instructor to have weather paper published

    When most of us look at clouds in the sky we can pick out funny shapes, animals, faces, Charlton Heston parting the Red Sea. But when Capt. Eric Metzger looks at clouds, he picks out research papers and has them published in the American Meteorological Society's Journal of Weather and

  • Keesler initiatives presented at Caring for People Forum

    The Air Force's 2012 Caring for People Forum concluded Sept. 27 at Joint Base Andrews, Md., with a presentation of initiatives to members of the Air Force's Community Action Information Board and Integrated Delivery System.Jackie Pope, 81st Force Support Squadron airman and family readiness center

  • Welsh ‘humbled’ to serve as Air Force chief of staff

    The Air Force chief of staff flag passed to the service's 20th chief in a ceremony Friday at Andrews AFB, Md.Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, a 36-year Airman, stepped into the position, taking over for Gen. Norton Schwartz, who also retired from the Air Force during the ceremony."Mark is respected

  • Faith, family, Air Force shape Colonel Vivians

    Col. Mark Vivians, 81st Mission Support Group commander, came to Keesler from Joint Base Andrews, Md., where he served as commander for the 11th Civil Engineer Squadron.Keesler News: How would you describe yourself as a leader?Vivians: I am shaped by three things; my Lord, my family and my Air