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  • Making history: First Iraqis graduate AMMOC

    Images of suicide bombers or improvised explosive devices taking their toll on civilian and military lives in Iraq has been daily news for the past three years. No one ever gets accustomed to seeing the videos or photos. Two Iraqi's here, however, vowed to make a difference in the rebuilding process

  • Despite stormy start, 'Katrina baby' thrives

    No, her name isn't Katrina. Sage Madison Post's dramatic birth at Keesler Medical Center during a cesarean section by flashlight as Hurricane Katrina stormed ashore became an inspirational story in the tumultuous days after the storm. However, without the family's consent, federal regulations to

  • Right people in right place at right time = life

    A man collapses on a softball field, turns blue and stops breathing. His teammates are trained in self-aid and buddy care. Medical personnel are playing on an adjacent field. A fire truck equipped with an automated external defibrillator is parked nearby. What are the odds all those lifesaving

  • Vance member among 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    A Vance Air Force Base NCO is still in disbelief after being named one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2006. Staff Sergeant Elizabeth Sewell, 71st Mission Support Squadron Military Personnel Flight personnelist, was in the middle of 7-level school at Keesler AFB, Miss., when

  • Keesler accomplishes milestone in managing environmental risks

    Keesler officials declared the completion of the Environmental, Safety and Occupational Health Management System here June 12. This important milestone puts the base in step with an Air Force-wide initiative to proactively manage all environmental risks and incorporate an overall system that

  • Air Force research facility one of best in DOD

    An Air Force research facility received accolades as one of the best in the Department of Defense during a recent inspection. The inspection is part of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs oversight responsibility for clinical investigation programs that use Defense

  • International media focus on C-17 training

    About 3,000 aircrew are trained annually at the Altus Air Force Base schoolhouse along with 15 to 35 international students from Singapore, Australia and the United Kingdom. Australian TV Channel 9 focused their camera on 12 Royal Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules and CC08 Caribou pilots and

  • Keesler newcomers face family housing hurdles

    As Keesler Air Force Base struggles with housing shortages from Hurricane Katrina's wake, Airmen with dependents being assigned here need to have a plan before they leave their current assignment. Due to Katrina, permission for servicemembers to bring their dependents to Keesler has become much like

  • Keesler NCO Academy class helps rebuild storm-damaged homes

    At least three Biloxi, Miss., families will remember the students from Keesler's NCO Academy for the rest of their lives. Thirty students from the academy volunteered more than 250 hours to help rebuild three homes in Biloxi that were damaged by Katrina in 2005. Tech. Sgt. Susanna Voorhies, from the

  • C-130 aircrew students' on-time graduation rate back on track

    Timing is everything, especially when it comes to making sure C-130 aircrews get warfighters the "beans and bullets" they need to fight the Global War On Terrorism. But supplying these aircrews to the fight has been a challenge until recent changes to how Little Rock Air Force Base trains them. With