Gautier Memorial Day Ceremony
Today is the day many of us view as the official start to the summer vacation season, but it’s important to remember why we’re able to celebrate the freedoms we have today. American Legion Post 1992 in Gautier held one…
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Memorial Day Biker Blowout beats the rain in Gulfport
The rain might have shown up early on this Memorial Day, but the Biker Blowout in Gulfport beat the weather with their ceremony to honor the fallen men and women of the U.S. military. The annual weekend event brings together…
Memorial Day ceremony in Biloxi
The Biloxi National Cemetery is teaming up with one Coast organization to honor fallen veterans. This Saturday and Monday, Crusaders for Veterans plans to honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice. On Saturday, Crusaders and members of the Biloxi National…
Senior and disabled vets bowl for Golden Ages Games
Senior and disabled veterans from all over the country are on the Coast for the 2017 Golden Age Games. Today, Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi took part. News 25’s Gina Tomlinson takes us inside today’s Golden Age Games bowling…
Parade of Athletes at National Veterans Golden Age Games
This week, hundreds of athletes will compete in a variety of sports during the 31st National Veteran Golden Ages Games in Biloxi. Veterans from each branch of the military proudly represented their residential state during tonight’s Parade of Athletes at…
Veterans Golden Age Games in Biloxi
This week, over 800 athletes will be in Biloxi for the Veterans Golden Age Games. To compete in the games, a person must be a veteran, at least 55-years-old, and receive healthcare from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.…
Treats for Troops at Floor Trader Outlet
Many of our troops overseas do not have the resources to travel off base for simple supplies, so one local business is here to help. The Floor Trader Outlet on the Gulf Coast is calling upon the community for their…
Seashore Highlands Retirement Home Vets Take Flight On WWII Plane
A group of veterans from a retirement community in Gulfport took a flight of honor, hundreds of feet above the Coast today, thanks to the Ageless Aviation Dreams Foundation. News 25’s Gina Tomlinson was there as the World War II…
Veteran’s unexpected death leaves a Saucier family in crisis
A veteran’s family is trapped in crisis after the unexpected death of a Saucier father who was under VA care. Sergeant Hank Lee leaves behind three young children and a wife who is struggling to keep a roof above their…
Veteran’s unexpected death leaves Saucier family in crisis
A veteran’s family is trapped in crisis after the unexpected death of a Saucier father who was under VA care. Sergeant Hank Lee leaves behind three young children and a wife who is struggling to keep a roof above their…
National Seabee Day
Gulf Coast Navy Week wrapped up this weekend with Seabee Day on Saturday, celebrating Seabees and their presence here on the Gulf Coast for 75 years. The event took place at the Naval Battalion Center and offered musical guests, games,…
Luncheon for former prisoners of war
Today the Coast recognized former prisoners of war in World War II and Vietnam and honored them with a luncheon held at the Biloxi VA Medical Center. Five former prisoners of war, their families and widows gathered together to remember…
Exploring the Pathways to Blue
Today at Keesler Air Force Base, students from ROTC programs at seven different universities got an in-depth look at life in the Air Force and the scope of possibilities provided to our nation’s airmen. News 25’s Hank Davis brings us…
Marlinspike II exercise
Thirty-one federal and state agencies took part in the Mississippi National Guard Marlinspike II this afternoon. This exercise is designed to integrate, task and deploy composite interagency teams in response to weapons of mass destruction threats. Lt. Col. Anthony Smith…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Navy Week at Harrison Central High School
Today some Harrison Central High School students got a taste of what it’s like to pilot a high speed assault craft down a river to rescue a team of Navy Seals from enemy territory. All through a high tech virtual…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Navy Week
Mississippi’s bicentennial weekend also marked the beginning of Mississippi Gulf Coast Navy Week. That celebration continues through Saturday. The purpose of this week is to share the Navy’s story with people in the community and raise awareness of the Navy,…
Navy features new virtual experience
Also at the Bicentennial celebration is the kick off for Gulfport’s Navy Week. This begins the week of one of the Navy’s largest outreach programs and parked out by Centennial Plaza this weekend is a very unique opportunity to get…
Unattended Veterans Service at Biloxi National Cemetery
The Biloxi National Cemetery aimed to give several veterans a proper home-going ceremony during its monthly Unattended Veterans Service. The ceremony honors veterans who did not receive a proper service when they were laid to rest at the cemetery. Representatives…
Returning serviceman surprises girlfriend
Today a man returning home from deployment in Kuwait surprised his girlfriend at her work in Gulfport at a head start program, but little did she know the other surprise he had planned. News 25’s Taylor Rubach has more on…
Military equipment at Centennial Plaza
Military trucks rolled in to Centennial Plaza this morning in Gulfport in preparation for this weekend’s huge bicentennial event. Four vehicles from the Seabee Base are parked inside the gate right along Highway 90 in Gulfport ready to show off…
Unattended Veterans Service at the Biloxi National Cemetery
Tomorrow the Biloxi National Cemetery will host its monthly Unattended Veterans Service for those veterans laid to rest throughout the month whose service was unattended. Military honors will be performed by the Keesler Air Force Base Honor Guard. The service…
Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Ceremony
Americans should do today what America should have done 50 years ago: welcome Vietnam veterans home with open arms and honor them. That was the message today as Crusaders for Veterans held a Vietnam War remembrance ceremony at the Biloxi…
Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Ceremony
Today is the first Vietnam Veterans Day in the state of Mississippi. A local organization made sure veterans of the war will be honored forever. Crusaders for Veterans held their annual Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Ceremony at the Biloxi National Cemetery.…
Seabee Day 2017 coming April 8th
Anticipation is building as we get closer to a celebration honoring the Navy in South Mississippi. Saturday, April 8th from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. is Seabee Day and military personnel are already preparing for the big day. The annual…