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  • Three-year-old Taleeyah Perry, daughter of Staff Sgt. Joseph and Tamico Perry, helps her dad try on some sunglasses at the new Army and Air Force Exchange Service temporary mini-mart on T Street. Sergeant Perry is assigned to the 85th Engineering Installation Squadron. The $4,038,197 facility, which opened March 1, serves Keesler customers until a $40 million base exchange is completed late next year to replace the structure gutted by Hurricane Katrina 18 months ago. Hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

    Shop 'til you drop

  • President Bush thanks Airman Petz for his volunteer service.

    Bush honors Keesler volunteer

    Airman Alan Petz had a very important appointment March 1 -- he was meeting President George Bush. President Bush, who was visiting the Mississippi Gulf Coast and New Orleans for the 14th time since Hurricane Katrina, presented Airman Petz with the President's Volunteer Service Award. Airman Petz, who's assigned to the 81st Medical Operations
  • Eight-year-old SayVon Watkins, left, and his 7-year-old sister, SaVena, wave to riders on floats in Biloxi’s Mardi Gras parade, Feb. 20. In the background is their mom, Senior Master Sgt. Nicole Watkins, 336th Training Squadron. Master Sgt. Kyle Watkins is a deployed member of the 85th Engineering Installation Squadron. The airman and family readiness center hosted a cookout for families of Keesler's deployed Airmen on the Biloxi Town Green and provided reserved seating and transportation to and from the parade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue).

    Mardi Gras

  • Medics expand surgical caseload

    Keesler Medical Center has expanded its surgical caseload to include ophthalmic procedures, according to Lt. Col. Barbara Coppedge, operating room flight commander and acting surgery flight commander. In a recent conference for the surgery staff, Maj. (Dr.) Keith Berry covered the pre-, intra- and post-operative phases of ophthalmic surgical
  • In Harrison Court, big chunks of concrete debris from Hurricane Katrina demolition in the background are being crushed into sand and small rocks, foreground. American Paving and Asphalt Inc., Lafayette, Ind., began the 70-day project Feb. 5. Not only are the pulverized materials being used for road bases, underground utility fill and underslab foundation fill during base housing construction, but recycling saves money by eliminating the need to send the debris to landfills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue).

    Concrete Crushing

  • Airman Tony Morris

    Keesler student's actions help save lives, property

    The actions of an off-duty Airman from the 332nd Training Squadron helped save lives and property in Alabama recently. Airman Tony Morris, a precision measurement equipment laboratory student and native of Moline, Ill., helped control a fire that threatened the lives of nearly 22 people and property estimated at over $1 million in Grand Bay, Ala.,

  • A-76 impact felt by civilians across Keesler

    Keesler's civilian personnel officer Lee Hathorn, a briefer at Monday's A-76 town hall meeting, emphasized that the process "reaches out and touches every employee on base." Mr. Hathorn said a reduction in force is likely to reach outside affected organizations and impact other employees through the bump-and-retreat process, seniority rights and

  • A-76 picks up where it left off before Katrina

    Keesler's A-76 process resumes Thursday with a tentative decision to split base operating support between a government organization and a private contractor. This is where the study left off prior to Hurricane Katrina. A-76 refers to the federal government's procedures for determining if the performance of certain government activities is more

  • KEESLER A-76 PUBLIC REVIEW BEGINS MARCH 1

    After an extensive study by the Air Force, Keesler's A-76 process will resume where it left off prior to Hurricane Katrina. A-76 refers to the federal government's procedures for determining if the performance of certain government activities is more efficient and cost-effective if conducted by the government or private sector contractors. The
  • Myra Portacio, an Army and Air Force Exchange Service sales associate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, places price tags on a merchandise rack in preparation for the March 1 opening of Keesler's temporary mini-mart. The 40,000-square-foot facility built at a cost of more than $4 million replaces the structure gutted by Hurricane Katrina nearly 18 months ago. Merchandise includes clothing, shoes, health and beauty care items, electronics, housewares, pet supplies, sporting goods, stationery, books, magazines and tobacco supplies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

    Temporary BX opens March 1

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