by MBJ Staff Published: April 12,2013
Tags: Keesler Air Force Base, Kyle Perry, military
Capt. Kyle Perry, a critical care nurse in the 81st Inpatient Operations Squadron intensive care unit at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, will soon join an elite medical staff when he becomes a member of the White House clinic. Perry reports there in October for the three-year assignment. The staff is led by the [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: April 11,2013
Tags: air base, defense, disaster preparedness, federal agency, military, natural disaster, severe weather, storm, tornado, Weather
MERIDIAN — The Naval Air Station in Meridian is the fourth government or military site to earn the National Weather Service’s StormReady designation in Mississippi, according to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency. Mississippi has 26 counties, 15 communities, four state universities and four government/military sites designated as StormReady in Mississippi. StormReady is a nationwide program [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 5,2013
Tags: contract, defense, employee, employer, employment, glove, job, layoff, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, military, payroll, plant, unemployment, work, worker, workforce
EUPORA — A Eupora manufacturer says the loss of a military contract will lead to layoffs. Officials with Ansell Hawkeye Inc. tell WTVA-TV in Tupelo the layoffs will begin May 9. The company, which employees 100 workers at the Webster County facility, says they expect to permanently layoff as many as 60 production workers. Production [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 29,2013
Tags: Good Morning America, Keesler Air Force Base, Mary Burley, military
Mary Burley, a housekeeper at Keesler Air Force Base’s Fisher House, retired recently with 45 years of service to visitors at base lodging facilities. Burley was featured on “Good Morning America” as part of a feature series called “Giving Back” by Mississippi native Robin Roberts. [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 28,2013
Tags: christen, defense, launch, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, military, oceanography, ship, shipbuilder, shipbuilding
MOSS POINT — VT Halter Marine has christened and launched the seventh in a series of new oceanographic vessels for the Navy. The ceremony was held at VT Halter’s shipyard in Moss Point. The U.S. Naval Ship Maury, a T-AGS 66, is named for Cmdr. Matthew Fontaine Maury. Maury was an astronomer, historian, oceanographer and [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 22,2013
Tags: military, Noel Cumbaa, U.S. Air Force
Retired Air Force Col. Noel Cumbaa, who flew combat missions in World War II and was commander of the Air Force Base in Greenville where pilots were trained for the Korean War, has died. He was 96. Cumbaa, a native of Girard, Ala., flew B-17 combat missions from Britain during World War II. He moved [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 21,2013
Tags: Air Force, air force base, aricraft, aviation, defense, employee, hurricane, job, military, natural disaster, relocation, tropical weather, work, worker
BILOXI — The Air Force is transferring 10 C-130j aircraft from Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi to Pope Field near Fayetteville, N.C. The planes are part of the 403rd Reserve Wing, and are being used primarily for tactical airlift missions locally and overseas. Keesler officials say in a news release that the 53rd Weather [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 19,2013
Tags: employee, federal agency, health, health care hospital, medical, medicine, military, Staff, whistleblower, worker, worngdoing
JACKSON — Employees at a Veterans Administration hospital in Mississippi have reported a range of “serious wrongdoing,” including improperly sterilized instruments and missed diagnoses of fatal illnesses, an independent federal investigative agency said in a letter to the White House. The agency said the allegations raise doubt about the facility’s ability to care for veterans. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 19,2013
Tags: airman, defense, employee, job, law, marine, military, sailor, soldier, stat government, work, worker
JACKSON — A new Mississippi law could help veterans and spouses of active-duty military people find jobs. Gov. Phil Bryant signed Senate Bill 2419, and it becomes law July 1. It says state boards can issue a temporary or permanent license to someone transferred to Mississippi because of a spouse’s military job, if the person [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 12,2013
Tags: aviation, contract, defense, federal government, helicopter, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, military, unmanned, war
MOSS POINT — The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract valued at more than $71 million to produce six additional next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopters. The Navy plans to purchase a total of 30 aircraft under a rapid development effort. Northrop Grumman is currently under contract to produce 14 Fire Scouts that [...] [...]
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