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  • Medics compete in Scrub Shirt Olympics

    Seventeen Keesler Hospital nurses and medical technicians joined nurses and techs from 10 other area medical facilities May 13 to compete in the 2010 "Scrub Shirt Olympics" at the Biloxi Town Green. Unfortunately, the "Dragon Medics" had to relinquish the "Golden Bedpan Trophy" they had won last

  • Temporary gate closures June 2-4

    Due to semiannual maintenance work for the new denial barriers at each gate, temporary lane closures are scheduled for June 2-4.June 2 -- Meadows Drive Gate is closed from 6 p.m. to midnight while the gate is normally closed.June 3 -- White Avenue Gate has intermittent lane closures from midnight

  • Contracting changes command

    Lt. Col. Christopher Wegner relinquishes command of the 81st Contracting Squadron to Lt. Col. Jonathan Wright, 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Dragon's Lair.Colonel Wegner has commanded the 81st CONS since August 2007. He'll become the commander of the 633rd CONS at Langley Air Force Base, Va.Colonel Wright

  • Airfield quality assurance evaluator recognized with Air Force award

    Tech. Sgt. James Gross, 81st Operations Support Flight quality assurance evaluator, is the Air Force's airfield management noncommissioned officer of the year for 2009.Sergeant Gross returned April 19 from a nearly six-month deployment with the 532nd Expeditionary Opera-tions Support Squadron, Al

  • McCann retires with 30 years of Air Force service

    Col. Stephanie McCann, 81st Diagnostics and Therapeutics Squadron commander, was honored for 30 years of Air Force service during a retirement ceremony May 21 in the Keesler Hospital's Don Wylie Auditorium The colonel assumed command of the squadron in July 2008. The unit is comprised of more than

  • A time to reconnect; a time for family

    Reintegration Family Day is 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 12 at the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport.Reintegration Family Day is a fun-filled free day for individuals who were deployed and have returned since July 2009 to reconnect with their families. Couples "Four Lenses" training, a program