Father would be proud

Lt. Col. Eugene B. Essex, Director of Contingency Plans and Exercises, Volk Field Combat Readiness Training Center, Wis., retired today at a ceremony here at Keesler. Essex watches as the 81st Keesler AFB honor guard performs the flag folding ceremony. Essex concluded a family military tradition after following in his father, a Tuskegee Airman's, footsteps. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Jessica Kendziorek)