Library offers digital media, reading programs

Kim Perez, a contractor with Families OverComing Under Stress, reads the book, The Christmas Cricket by Eve Bunting, to Natalie Crider, 3; her dad, Staff Sgt. Eric Crider, 333rd Training Squadron; mom, Barbara; sisters Jenna, 1, and Autumn, 5, during story time at the McBride Library Dec. 6, 2012, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. FOCUS leads resiliency training for military families. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Holiday in the Park

Emma-Lynn Wiley, 9 months, daughter of Kodi and Staff Sgt. Herschal Wiley, 85th Engineering Installation Squadron, sleeps in the arms of Santa Clause at Keesler’s annual Holiday in the Park, Dec. 6, 2012, at marina park, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The event also included a tree lighting ceremony, hay rides, holiday music and free food and beverages. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Exercise tests response to hostage crisis

Senior Airman Welson Portillo, 81st Force Support Squadron, portrays a hostage who is being released from the aircraft with the Biloxi Police Department Special Response Team standing by to apprehend him for safety purposes during an anti-hijacking exercise on the flightline at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Dec. 4, 2012. The exercise scenario consisted of a disgruntled Airman, who after being denied leave during the holidays, created a fake Air Force leave form to get on a flight and hijack the aircraft to fly home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Exercise tests response to hostage crisis

Master Sgt. Michael Smith, 81st Security Forces Squadron, and Officer Scott Doucet, the Biloxi Police Department Special Response Team commander, discuss the integration of Doucet’s officers into the base’s response to the hijacking simulation by providing an explanation of the team’s capabilities. Gary Pierson, Keesler Fire Department Deputy Fire Chief, and police Sgt. Milton Houseman, Biloxi Police Department and member of Keesler's exercise evaluation team, were standing by for further assistance during an anti-hijacking exercise on the flightline at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Dec. 4, 2012. The exercise scenario consisted of a disgruntled Airman, who after being denied leave during the holidays, created a fake Air Force leave form to get on a flight and hijack the aircraft to fly home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

Exercise tests response to hostage crisis

Master Sgt. Billy Waller, 81st Security Forces Squadron, acts as the on-duty flight chief during an anti-hijacking exercise on the flightline at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Dec. 4, 2012. The exercise scenario consisted of a disgruntled Airman, who after being denied leave during the holidays, created a fake Air Force leave form to get on a flight and hijack the aircraft to fly home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)

permanent party dorm comes down

Sean Stokes, Vice Brothers LLC, operates an excavator to demolish Building 4910, a permanent party dorm on Larcher Blvd. Nov. 29, 2012, at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. The demolition of the dorm was part of the continued move of personnel to the new permanent party dorms next to the Commissary. There is nothing planned to be in its place at this time. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)