New squadron commander at Keesler Hospital
Maj. Janice Shealey, left, 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron maternal child flight commander, explains the family birthing center’s patient simulator “Katrina” to new squadron commander Col. Susan Bassett July 12. The colonel assumed command from Col. Allison Plunk July 1. Colonel Bassett comes to Keesler from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, where she served as 882nd Training Group chief nurse. Colonel Plunk, who led the squadron since June 2009, becomes 81st Medical Group chief nurse upon today’s retirement of current chief nurse Col. Cassandra Salvatore. (U.S. Air Force photo by Steve Pivnick)