April 6, 2011 Team Edwards honors 18 in monthly promotion ceremony Eighteen Airmen were given new ranks in the monthly promotion ceremony held in the Base Theater, March 31.The following are the Team Edwards April promottees:- Airman Roman H. Felix, 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, promoted to the rank of airman first class- Airman 1st Class Aramis Gonzalez,
April 6, 2011 Edwards Tax Center helps Airmen as April 18 tax deadline looms The April 18 deadline to file federal tax returns is approaching and the Edwards Tax Center is filing away.The Tax Center has experienced a busy season so far, refunding over $1.3 million in federal and state returns since opening its doors Jan. 30."We have surpassed last year's numbers with a lot
April 6, 2011 Child Abuse Awareness Month kicks off with Play Day in the Park To kick off National Child Abuse Awareness Month and the Month of the Military Child, Edwards Family Advocacy and the 95th Medical Group hosted Play Day in the Park April 1.On one of the warmest days this year, children, parents, Airmen and volunteers came out to Arnold Park to both have fun and
April 6, 2011 Branch Elementary blasts off with month-long read-a-thon Imagine accumulating nearly a year's worth of reading in just under a month. Perhaps an impossible feat for just an individual, a group of many little readers can make logging hundreds of thousands of reading minutes look easy.Students from Branch Elementary School spent the month of March focused
April 6, 2011 Civilian Health Promotion Services helps civilians improve health, well-being There's a new kind of CHPS in town. Like the California Highway Patrol, the mission of the new CHPS is also to serve and protect, but in a different way and to a much smaller population.Civilian Health Promotion Services is a partnership between the Air Force Materiel Command and Federal
April 6, 2011 Veterans home receives Knight memorabilia from Edwards collection Seven pieces of personal memorabilia that belonged to former Air Force test pilot, astronaut and state Senator, William J. "Pete" Knight found a place at the veterans home bearing the late test pilot's name March 28.Representatives from Edwards Air Force Base and the Knight family presented the
April 6, 2011 Defense Biometric Identification System is coming to all base gates In the near future, the 95th Security Forces Squadron will begin implementing use of the Defense Biometric Identification System at all base gates.This will require all active-duty and retired military members, their dependants, and Department of Defense civilians to register their Common Access
April 6, 2011 Branch Pond receives facelift to improve fish habitat, fishing access Branch Memorial Park Pond will undergo clean-up this spring as workers remove excess vegetation and soil from the 40-year old pond to improve both fish habitat and access for fishermen.The water level is being allowed to drop and work is expected to begin in late May or early June. Once excavation
April 6, 2011 New Wireless Network Requires New Vigilance at Edwards Personal wireless communication systems including smart phones, iPads, routers (both wired and wireless), wireless printers, wireless laptops and commercial wireless phones are not authorized to connect to any Edwards network, wired or wireless.People are authorized to use their personal cell phones
April 6, 2011 Autism Awareness Month - TRICARE Covers ABA Therapy Today, autism in children has become more prevalent than childhood cancer, juvenile diabetes and pediatric AIDS combined, according to a national autism organization, and TRICARE now covers Applied Behavior Analysis therapy to treat eligible beneficiaries.Autism Speaks, a national autism science and