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  • Keesler aids USS Tripoli in COVID-19

    Keesler Medical Center has been assisting the U.S. Navy in testing and housing Sailors from the USS Tripoli in Keesler’s quarantine and isolation facility for COVID-19, June 30 – July 18.Keesler Medical Center hosts the Defense Department’s only genetics lab and plays a critical role in analysis and

  • Keesler improves training for medics

    Keesler Medical Center replaced self-aid and buddy care for medics with the Tactical Combat Casualty Course.The course focuses on preparing medics for the deployed environment.“We [medics] have the medical skills down, but your average Airman doesn’t have the tactical training,” said Senior Airman

  • Robotic surgery training takes on 100th surgical team

    The Institute for Defense Robotic Surgical Education program celebrated a significant milestone, training the 100th team on robotic surgery at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, on July 23.This milestone is significant for Keesler’s InDORSE program, showing how far the curriculum has come since

  • MDG Members Receive Honors for Train Derailment Response

    Members of the 81st Medical Group, 81st Training Wing, received humanitarian medals from the Biloxi Police Department at a recognition ceremony held in the Fellowship Hall of The Salvation Army Kroc Center in Biloxi, Mississippi, July 6, 2018. The event recognized civilians, police officers, medical

  • NASCAR driver visits Keesler

    Harry Gant and Jeff Hammond pose for a photo with the surgical robotics suite staff during a visit at Keesler Medical Center March 30, 2018, on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Hammond and Gant spent the day meeting veterans at the Armed Forces Retirement Home and toured various facilities that