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  • AADD offers free, safe rides back to base

    Keesler Airmen are making a difference in the fight against drunk driving with the Airmen Against Drunk Driving program.AADD uses the Air Force wingman concept to help save lives by offering a confidential free ride back to the base for drivers who have been drinking.The AADD phone number is

  • Legal office blazes trail to assist with gaining citizenship

    Keesler is the first base in the Air Force to establish a partnership with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to assist military personnel and their family members with establishing U.S. citizenship.From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 14, a USCIS representative will be in the legal office to meet

  • Airmen learn conservation lesson

    "Turn out that light" is something that many people grew up hearing on a constant basis because their parents knew the cost of energy.However, military members and their dependents are often oblivious to their energy use because they never see a bill.The average monthly electricity bill for Keesler

  • New Armed Forces Retirement Home opens 5 years after Katrina's destruction

    Armed Forces Retirement Home residents expected to be displaced for only a few weeks after Hurricane Katrina damaged their facility in 2005. The first 126 veterans returned home five years later to a larger and more lavish facility.The residents lived at the AFRH's Washington D.C., facility for much

  • Jet set<br>Extra training required for diffrerent deployment

    So you're going to deploy and it's time to prepare. Do you know what you're preparing for?First, ask your unit deployment manager to clarify whether you're on an Air Expeditionary Force or a Joint Expeditionary Tasking/Individual Augmentee deployment. These two types of deployment are not the same.A