“Being a Gold Star Family Member is being a part of a club you don’t want to be a part of,” said Diane Moore. “But to come home to Keesler and have Keesler’s arms envelop me in this huge hug that said I’m still an Air Force family member and they’re proud to have me here has made this last year probably one of the best years I’ve had since my daddy went to Vietnam.”
“Whenever I look at my accomplishments I will always think it’s miniscule next to the guys who are in [the career field] all the time while all I did was go on a deployment and came back to being an instructor,” said Tech. Sgt. James Sparks, 352nd Battlefield Airmen Training Squadron Detachment 1 BA instructor. “If I didn’t have that deployment I don’t think I would have been competitive in the least, but I think the additional...
The 81st Training Wing won the 2017 Continuum of Learning Innovation Challenge Award in the Mission Accomplishment Category during the Air Education and Training Command Senior Leader Conference, March 19-21.
By winning this award, the 81st TRW will receive a monetary award to be used for any operations and maintenance fund purchases.
Second Air Force held their fourth annual “Pathways to Blue” initiative with more than 280 ROTC cadets representing 15 different colleges and universities here, April 6-7.
Throughout the two-day event, ROTC cadets and enlisted personnel traveled through this diverse and inclusive event to better aim themselves to become future Air Force leaders.
