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2. Naval Construction Battalion Center (Gulfport, Mississippi)

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   The mission of the Naval Construction Battalion Center (CBC) Gulfport is: To maintain and operate facilities and provide services and material in support of Naval Construction Force Units, to include Amphibious Construction Fleet Units, the Maritime Prepositioning Force (Enhanced), and other fleet and assigned organizational units deployed from or homeported at CBC Gulfport, and to perform ...

3. Biloxi, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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   Biloxi Blues is the story of army recruits during World War II training at Keesler Field, the present-day Keesler Air Force Base. Biloxi is the setting of several John Grisham novels, including The Runaway Jury (1996), The Partner (1997), and The Boys from Biloxi (2022). A substantial portion of Larry Brown's novel Fay is set in Biloxi.

4. Keesler Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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   By the time the War Department allocated the funds in April 1941, the projected cost had risen to $9.6 million. On 14 June 1941, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded contracts totaling $10 million to build Biloxi's technical training school. At the time, it was the most expensive government project to have been undertaken in the State of ...

5. List of mayors of Biloxi, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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   After receiving its charter in 1838, Biloxi was classified as a township and elected a president and a board of selectmen. On the eve of the American Civil War, these titles were changed to mayor and aldermen and were part-time positions. In 1919, Biloxi voters opted to have a new full-time government with a mayor and two commissioners elected ...

6. Attorney General of Mississippi - Wikipedia

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   The attorney general of Mississippi is a statewide elected office in the U.S. state of Mississippi.The attorney general is a constitutional officer responsible for representing state agencies in legal matters, supplying other state officials and prosecutors with legal advice, and bringing lawsuits on behalf of the state.

7. Harrison County, Mississippi - Wikipedia

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   Its county seats are Biloxi and Gulfport. [2] The county is named after U.S. President William Henry Harrison. [3] Harrison County is part of the Gulfport-Biloxi metropolitan area. The county was severely damaged from both Hurricane Camille on August 17, 1969, and Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, causing catastrophic effects.