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  • Preventing injuries with mouth guards

    As the summer season winds up, so do outdoor activities - and dental injuries are the most frequently incurred facial injuries from sports activities. A mouth guard, a flexible custom fitted device worn over teeth during athletic and recreational activities to protect them from damage, is a device that can help prevent these injuries. A
  • Brig. Gen. Patrick C. Higby

    A legacy to look forward to

    Take a stroll around Keesler. Everywhere you look, you'll see our heritage on display with plaques honoring those before us: Chief Master Sgt. Etchberger Way, The Levitow Training Support Facility and our base's namesake, Samuel Keesler, all have a mighty legacy of their own. Now, after 74 years, we can add another legacy to our base's important

  • Former newspaper staff shares Keesler News memories

    Many former Keesler News staff members and public affairs personnel have vivid memories about working for the newspaper. Everyone served at different times with different teammates, but a love of telling the Air Force story is commonplace amongst the diverse background that is the Keesler News team.Throughout the years, the Keesler News has been a

  • Keesler News helped civilian to hone writing skills

    (Editor's note: Susan Griggs was the Keesler News editor from 2009-2012, and is now the community relations representative.)Now is the time to try something new.That was my fortune cookie message at my going-away luncheon before I began a new job at Keesler Air Force Base in August 1996. I was the public information officer for a state agency, and
  • Bill Lincicome, a retired master sergeant, takes the lessons he learned working on the Keesler News to the Defense Information School, Fort Meade, Md., where he instructs the next generation of military photojournalists. (Courtesy photo)

    Lessons learned at Keesler springboard career

    Bill Lincicome took the valuable skills he learned as a writer for the Keesler News to other public affairs assignments and to his current job as a journalism instructor at the Defense Information School, Fort Meade, Md. In 11 years at DINFOS, the retired master sergeant has turned his KN experiences into classroom lessons that have helped hundreds

  • Heavy drinking: Highway to disaster

    Heavy drinking is defined as consuming five or more standard drinks in one sitting. It is also considered "high risk" drinking due to the health concerns associated with drinking excessive amounts of alcohol. Many stories about heavy drinking are glamorized, not publicized, or forgotten altogether, so behaviors don't change.Here's a story that

  • Waiting on Cyber’s Billy Mitchell

    "The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out."- Sir B. H. Liddell-HartHeritage -- As a military, and increasingly as a branch of service, we look back on the valor and courage of our predecessor's achievements and wish to emulate those actions. However, the same heritage that we draw lessons from

  • Training Airmen, embrace the responsibility

    The 81st Training Wing's primary mission is to provide students with the military and technical training required to ensure our Air Force remains the most technically proficient, best educated and best trained Air Force on the planet.As superintendent of the 335th Training Squadron, I have the honor and privilege to work alongside military training
  • A bowl of gumbo is displayed at a gumbo cooking class held by the 81st Force Support Squadron’s Single Airman Program Feb. 26, 2015, at the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston, Miss. Served with jasmine rice and potato salad, this version of gumbo has andouille sausage, shrimp, chicken and a savory broth. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Duncan McElroy)

    Rouxs, stews, and the holy trinity: An education in gumbo

    Sometimes I like trying new things.While my friends back home in chilly Illinois may not think I'm too adventurous, living on the Gulf Coast has opened me up to new life experiences . . . specifically in the food and social interaction departments.Back home is red meat and potatoes country; we don't have Cajun/creole, seafood or Vietnamese food

  • Cyber operators structured, disciplined and proactive

    When you think of a military operator, most folks first think of special operations. If you specified an Air Force operator, everyone thinks that's a pilot, more specifically a fighter pilot.  They may include Air Force Special Operators into the mix.But if asked, "What is a cyber operator?" Most people will say one of two things: (1) "Oh, those
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