INSIDE
COMMENTARY
Being good neighbors, 2
TRAINING
AND EDUCATION
New CCAF tool, 4
NCO retraining, 6
NEWS
AND FEATURES
Tricare secure, 8
Dragon of Week, 12
Medical awards, 14
Housing update, 16
Decking the halls, 22
SPORTS
AND RECREATION
Breaking even, 27
Keesler on the Web:
http://www.keesler.af.mil
Dragons deployed
— 152
This week in the Triangle
Student numbers
Total students — 3,209
Non-prior service — 2,192
Temporary duty — 829
Joint service — 126
Combat controllers — 21
Medical — 41
Non-prior service arrivals — 151
Guard, Reserve— 709
International — 30
FY08 graduates — 3,641
Total since 1942 — 2,269,305
KEESLER NEWS
Deliver the nation’s best trained, highly motivated expeditionary Airmen
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi, Mississippi
Volume 68, No. 48
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007
SECTIONS
Commentary.................2
Training, education....4-7
News, features........8-26
Sports, recreation.......27-28
Digest..................29-31
Classifieds..............32-
Air traffic control tower radar, 9 a.m. today, Cody Hall
Aerospace control, warning systems operator, 9:30 a.m. today, Bryan Hall
Financial management, comptroller, 9:30 a.m. today, Allee Hall
Communication-computer systems control, 10 a.m. today, Thomson Hall
Electromagnetic spectrum management, 10 a.m. today, Thomson Hall
Ground radio communications, 10 a.m. Monday, Jones Hall
Personnel, 10 a.m. Tuesday, Wolfe Hall
Financial management, comptroller, 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, Allee Hall
Weather forecaster, 10 a.m. Wednesday, weather training facility
AFSO21
Programs,
processes
reviewed
Lighting it up
Photo by Kemberly Groue
Tanya Jones, 4, left, and Justin Ramsey, 13, look on as Col. Greg
Touhill, 81st Training Wing commander, flips the switch lighting the
tree during Christmas in the Park Dec. 6. Tanya’s parents are Tech.
Sgts. Tanya and Matthew Jones, 334th and 336th Training Squadrons,
respectively. Justin is the son of Capt. Carl and Brenda Ramsey, 81st
Surgical Operations Squadron. More photos, Pages 18-19.
Please see AFSO21, Page 9
By Staff Sgt. Julie W