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  • Sailors, Marines work with Airmen as white ropes

    Sailors and Marines stationed at Keesler Air Force Base work with Airmen to support the 81st Training Wing Chaplain Corps through the White Rope Leadership Program. The program name came from the white aiguillette, or rope, worn by a service member who appointed to serve as a chapel assistant. “The

  • Junior Leadership tour air traffic control

    Local high school freshmen enter Cody Hall during the Biloxi Chamber of Commerce Gulf Coast Junior Leadership Tour Jan. 24, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The group’s objective is to produce students of outstanding character, while teaching them about community needs what it takes to become

  • Automated Power Tee available at Bay Breeze Golf Course

    Danielle Nichols, wife of 1st Lt. Cody Nichols, 333rd Training Squadron student, prepares to hit a golf ball during the Power Tees driving range grand opening Jan. 20, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The Power Tee is an automated ball teeing system aimed to help regular golfers improve their

  • Environmental office recognizes outstanding performers

    Col. C. Mike Smith, 81st Training Wing vice commander, presents Susan Frentz, Base Operations Support structure shop painter, the Environmental Dragon Award during the Energy Environmental Safety and Occupational Health Council Meeting at the 81st TRW headquarters building Jan. 18, 2017, on Keesler

  • Command Chief for a Day: Staff Sgt. Tayla Ashe

    (This interview is Part 3 of an open-ended series featuring members of Team Keesler selected for the Command Chief for a Day program.)Chief Master Sgt. Vegas Clark, 81st Training Wing command chief, created a program called Command Chief for a Day at Keesler which highlights outstanding enlisted

  • "Gators" earn Commander’s Trophy for 7th consecutive year

    Col. Michele Edmondson, 81st Training Wing commander, presents the Commander’s Trophy to Airmen from the 334th Training Squadron at Stennis Hall Jan. 18, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Competing squadrons earn points based on their participation in the intramural sports program and special