[Grizzled Bear]

In the Summer of 85 I was at Keesler AFB for Tech School. I went to the Beach on the Gulf of Mexico in Biloxi. I took one look at the water and said, “Oh Hell No!”

[vetvetdoug]

I used to do the environmental health surveillance of the water by the USAF on the Beaches around Keesler AFB. They never were anything but off limits to USAF personnel because of the fecal and sewage contamination that was prevalent there (1974-1977). The Tchutabufa River and the Back Bay of Biloxi was contaminated even worse than the Gulf exposed water. I know of several cases of disease contracted by Airmen that were just splashed by the water boating on the back bay. Giardia, Shigella, and Salmonella were common.