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  • FPCON exercise prepares Keesler's first responders

    Airman Basic Stephanie Gonzalez, 335th Training Squadron student, portrays a “victim” injured during an antiterrorism and Force Protection Condition exercise, Aug. 3, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The scenario included a gate runner who plowed into a student formation causing mass

  • Keesler,Biloxi firefighters complete rescue training

    Members of the Keesler and Biloxi Fire Departments participate in confined space rescue operations training in the Keesler Medical Center June 16, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Keesler hosted the advanced rescue certification training course, which consisted of confined space rescue, high

  • Fire department hosts live fire exercise

    Staff Sgt. Logan Knutson and Airman 1st Class Hannah Reichert, 81st Infrastructure Division firefighters, use a hand-held hose to extinguish a firefighter training aid during live fire exercise on the flightline June 7, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The Keesler Fire Department, the Gulfport

  • Deployment exercise tests mission readiness

    Team Keesler tested its ability to maintain mission readiness with a deployment exercise here, Dec. 2-9, 2016. This base-wide exercise simulated a short-notice deployment for its defense chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive reactionary force team. “The 81st Medical Group was

  • 81st MDG tests readiness with public health exercise

    Airman Griffen Vincent, 336th Training Squadron student and exercise ‘patient’, waits as Heather Winterstein, 81st Medical Support Squadron contracts technician and Wing Inspection Team moulage team lead, applies makeup during a public health emergency exercise at Vandenberg Hall Sept. 21, 2016, on

  • Keesler survives hurricane exercise

    Airmen and civilians assigned to Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., participate in an incentive flight aboard a C-17 Globemaster III from Altus Air Force Base, Okla., Aug. 4, 2016. The incentive flight was part of a weeklong hurricane exercise to prepare Keesler for the current hurricane season. (U.S.