Navy-Biloxi unit earns flagship award

BILOXI, Miss. - The Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU) at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi was named the Medium Shore Command winner of the 2017 Navy Community Service Campaign’s Drug Free Flagship Award on Aug. 14. CNATTU Keesler received the award for the command’s volunteer work promoting drug use reduction programs in local schools and with organizations to address the dangers of drug abuse and the importance of being drug free. Some 800 Navy and Marine Corps volunteers within the command performed 3,623 volunteer hours from July 2016 through June 2017. Some 500 hours went directly to education of area youth about the dangers of drug use and the promotion of a drug-free lifestyle. The CDF program is designed to strengthen the local community through education, promotion of health and fitness, encouragement of alternatives to drug use and the promotion of anti-drug lifestyles. CNATTU Keesler trains service members in the electronic calibration of shipboard and aviation equipment, meteorological and oceanographic observing and forecasting, and the maintenance and repair of meteorological equipment. (Source: CNATTU Keesler 08/16/18)