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  • NASCAR driver visits Keesler

    Harry Gant and Jeff Hammond pose for a photo with the surgical robotics suite staff during a visit at Keesler Medical Center March 30, 2018, on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Hammond and Gant spent the day meeting veterans at the Armed Forces Retirement Home and toured various facilities that

  • Three’s in: Keesler honors Vietnam Veterans

    The Defense Commissary Agency, Army and Air Force Exchange Service and 81st Training Wing leadership celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam Memorial Pinning Day today at The Exchange on Keesler Air Force Base. The event was held to honor Vietnam veterans for their service and pay tribute to

  • Keesler leadership tours NCBC Gulfport

    U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. James Shambley, Naval Construction Battalion Center facilities engineering and requisition division director, Gulfport, Mississippi, provides a tour of the base’s nearly-completed Naval Branch Health Clinic to U.S. Air Force Col. Debra Lovette, 81st Training Wing commander, March

  • Keesler hops into Easter

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. John Eck, 2nd Air Force director of staff, and his daughter, Natalie, paints a handprint during Easter in the Park at Marina Park March 24, 2018, on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The event festivities included a parade, an Easter egg hunt, arts and crafts and

  • National Medal of Honor Day 2018

    In 1991, Congress passed Public Law 101-564 which designated March 25 of each year as National Medal of Honor Day. The day is dedicated to Medal of Honor recipients and is a time to remember the sacrifices of men and women in uniform who have earned their nation’s highest military honor.   Keesler

  • Four Keesler Dragons awarded bronze stars

    Four Airmen were awarded bronze stars during a commander’s call March 5 at the Bay Breeze Event Center on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Capt. Edwin Pratt, 81st Training Wing executive officer, Maj. Ramon Riojas, 81st Surgical Operations Squadron general surgeon, Lt. Col. Jack Vilardi, 81st