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  • National Prayer Breakfast April 2

    Brig. Gen. Greg Touhill, 81st Training Wing commander, is the guest speaker for the National Prayer Breakfast, 7:30 a.m. April 2 in the Locker House Dragon's Lair. Tickets are $5 and are available through the chapel and first sergeants. For more information, call 377-2520.

  • Genetic counseling available again

    The Air Force Medical Genetics Center at Keesler Medical Center is again offering a service unavailable since Hurricane Katrina with the addition of genetic counselor Kathleen Bet to the staff. Ms. Bet, who earned her master's degree in the field from the University of South Carolina in Columbia,

  • Medical genetics lab earns two-year accreditation

    The Air Force Medical Genetics Laboratory at Keesler Medical Center has been awarded two-year accreditation by the Commission on Laboratory Accreditation of the College of American Pathologists. The 81st Medical Operations Squadron flight received official notification Feb. 13. The genetics flight

  • State spelling bee winner hails from Keesler

    How do you spell success? J-O-S-E-F J-A-C-K-S-O-N. Thirteen-year-old Josef Jack-son, an eighth grader at St. Patrick High School, out-spelled 30 other students to claim the Mississippi Spelling Bee championship March 9 in Jackson. Josef's parents are Lisa and Col. Jeffrey Jackson, 81st Support Group

  • Weather officer recognized with AETC award

    Capt. Mark Sheldon is Air Education and Training Command's weather company grade officer of the year for 2008. "Captain Sheldon's dedication to the mission is extraordinary, and his leadership has been invaluable to the many successes of the 81st Operations Support Flight," said Col. Chris Valle,

  • 85th EIS claims two ACC awards

    Two members of the 85th Engineering Installation Squadron received annual awards for 2008 from Air Combat Command. Staff Sgt. Adam Campbell is ACC's airman of the year. While deployed to Balad Air Base, Iraq, Sergeant Campbell repaired 150 radar transmitter cards, enabling continuous control of