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  • New parent support program invests in future

    The New Parent Support Program is hard to assess in terms of its value. Prevention programs are tough to measure, but when the family advocacy nurse leaves the home of a new family that has been linked up with the resources and support they need, she can feel confident that they're on their way to

  • Operation Hero teaches children about deployment

    Children can get an introduction to the deployment process during Operation Hero May 22."We present Operation Hero twice a year to give parents a chance to expose their children to what happens when they leave home for deployment taskings or temporary duty," explained Master Sgt. Jessica Woodruff,

  • FEMA administrator visits Keesler to meet with Hurricane Hunters

    Craig Fugate, Federal Emer-gency Management Agency administrator, visited the Air Force Reserve Command's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron at Keesler April 29 to address hurricane preparedness as the June 1 storm season approaches."The Air Force does a lot for FEMA," Mr. Fugate told the 53rd WRS

  • Radio frequency transmission systems course graduates 1st class

    The 338th Training Squad-ron marked the beginning of another Air Force era with the first graduation of the 3D133 radio frequency transmission systems course April 29.Fourteen graduates and one distinguished graduate completed the 15-week course that began Jan. 5. The new course aligns with the Air

  • Scholarships awarded at CCAF graduation

    Seven students received scholarships at the spring commencement ceremony for the Community College of the Air Force April 27. Three graduates received Pitsenbarger Awards for top enlisted personnel who plan to pursue a baccalaureate degree. Certificates and $400 checks were presented to:Staff Sgt.

  • Special operations weather course has 1st graduate

    Airman 1st Class Sampson Graham, 19, is the first and only graduate so far of the 30-week special operations weather forecaster course in the 335th Training Squadron for the new Air Force specialty code 1W0W2.SOWT forecasters are components of the Air Force's special tactics teams and are attached