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  • 81st MDG earns Commission on Cancer national accreditation

    The Keesler Medical Center cancer program has been granted a Three Year Accreditation with Silver Commendation from the Commission on Cancer, a quality program of the American College of Surgeons.   To earn voluntary CoC accreditation, a cancer program must meet or exceed the CoC quality care

  • Mathies NCOA: Developing enlisted leaders

    More than 750 NCOs walk through the double doors of the Mathies NCO Academy on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, every year. After six weeks, they walk out ready to make their Air Force a better, more capable organization.The mission of the MNCOA is to educate NCOs to manage and lead innovative

  • REAL ID Act enforced on Keesler

    In accordance with the REAL ID Act of 2005, visitors seeking access to military installations using state driver’s licenses from The Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa will no longer be authorized unescorted access without additional documentation, such as a U.S. passport, starting Jan.

  • Keesler Play Place now open

    Col. Danny Davis, 81st Mission Support Group commander, listens to opening remarks during the Keesler Play Place Grand Opening ceremony at the Bay Breeze Event Center Jan. 3, 2018, on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The play place was created after surveying the Keesler community and listening

  • Haven reopened for Keesler dorm residents

    Keesler’s private organizations and leadership came together to reopen the Haven, Dec. 21, to showcase the improved dorm common area for team Keesler’s permanent party Airmen. “It was brought to our attention that this space [Haven] was locked up because it was not being properly maintained,” said

  • Santa spreads Christmas cheer

    Santa visits with children in Bay Ridge housing Dec. 21, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Santa rode in a fire truck as he drove through each housing area to spread Christmas cheer to Airmen and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)