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  • 81st Training Group 5K “Toys for Tots” run

    Family members and 81st Training Group leadership pose for a photo with toy donations after a 5K “Toys for Tots” run, Dec. 11, 2016, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The 5K run supported the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots Program, which collects and distributes toys in the community.

  • Dragons effectively complete UEI

    The 81st Training Wing underwent a Unit Effectiveness Inspection Capstone Oct. 17-21 to rate how effective the wing’s Airmen perform and accomplish the mission.This past week the inspection team released their findings which classified the 81st TRW with an overall rating of effective. “This was a

  • MTL course develops new curriculum

    The Air Force’s only Military Training Leader Course is doubling from a two-week to a four-week class to provide graduates with a more robust skill-set beginning Oct. 24, 2016. “We’re providing our new MTLs great leadership training with this revamped curriculum,” said Mullen. “We’re excited and

  • SMMC visits Keesler Marine Det

    Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Ronald Green speaks to members of the Keesler Marine Detachment at the Roberts Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Facility Oct. 26, 2016, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Green spoke on the current and future stance of the Marine Corps and the impact the young

  • SecAF honors Gulf Coast service members at Salute to the Military

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James attended the 38th Annual Salute to the Military as the keynote speaker to honor service members from across the Mississippi Gulf Coast Oct. 25.James along with Senator Roger Wicker, Congressman Steven Palazzo and Southern Mississippi community leaders gathered

  • Air Force’s first robotic surgery training course established at Keesler

    Keesler Air Force Base surgeons are forging a new path in military medicine by being the first in the Air Force to use one of the most advanced robotic surgery systems available today.  The Keesler Medical Center has acquired two of the newest robotic surgical systems out there, the da Vinci Xi,