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  • Keesler named AETC nomination for CINC Installation Excellence Award

    One Air Education and Training Command installation won the highest command-level honor they can possibly receive -- two years in a row.AETC Commander Gen. Edward A. Rice Jr. announced the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., as the AETC winner of the Commander-In-Chief's Annual

  • CMSAF to Keesler: 'Motivation is contagious'

    Memories burn themselves into the places they were made. For Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy, Keesler Air Force Base holds several fond memories including the birth of his sons and earning the honor to be called "chief."Roy spent Oct. 16 reacquainting himself with the base at which he

  • Boys and Girls Club of America President, CEO visits Keesler

    New President and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Jim Clark, visited the Keesler Youth Programs Oct. 9. While touring traditional Boys & Girls Clubs along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, Mr. Clark wanted to see a military club to gain understanding of any issues and strengthen the national

  • 'Energy Action Month' spotlights conservation

    October is National Energy Action Month, a presidential proclamation which encourages everyone, government, citizens, institutions and corporate entities to take action on "pursuing safe and responsible domestic energy production, promoting efficiency, and developing clean energy and renewable

  • Walk-in mammograms Oct. 26

    Keesler's mammography clinic will be offering a walk-in day - their first "Mammo-thon" - Oct. 26 from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.Mammography technologist Kerry Hudson, 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron, said the program is for active duty, retirees and

  • CFC campaign ends surpassing goal

    The Combined Federal Campaign drew to a close at Keesler Oct. 12.The campaign that began Sept. 4 collected more than $179,000, exceeding the goal of $150,000 by 19%."Personally, I'm glad to have participated in donating spreading the word about the CFC around the base," said Capt. Benjamin Wright,