Walking for wounded warriors
From left, Tech. Sgts. Norma Castaneda, Michael Heister, Amanda Ellwein and Bobby Jones trek across the Biloxi-Ocean Springs Bridge during Saturday’s Warrior Walk, one of Keesler’s Warrior Care Month events. The four NCO Academy students were among the walkers who raised $1,600 for the Disabled American Veterans of South Mississippi, according to Daniel Ransom, recovery care coordinator for wounded, ill and injured warriors at Keesler Medical Center. Sergeant Castaneda is from the 163rd Reconnaissance Wing, California Air National Guard; Sergeants Heister and Jones are from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., and Sergeant Ellwein is from the 369th Recruiting Squadron, Encino, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)