June 18, 2008 Edwards registers 930 medical appointment no-shows since January Since January, the 95th Medical Group has recorded about 930 instances of patients failing to show up for their appointments. For the month of May, 65 active duty, 47 dependents and 19 retirees missed their appointments -- if a patient is at least five minutes late, it is considered a
June 18, 2008 Edwards pushes for more summer energy conservation initiatives As the summer heat bakes Edwards, sizzling with it are the dollars that go to paying the base's energy bills as air conditioners -- the bulk of the bill -- start working. In the summer, Team Edwards consumed about 600,000 kilowatt-hour of electricity, with the heat, ventilation and air conditioning
June 17, 2008 Medical APM arrives at Base Exchange To expand the hours for patients to receive medications on base, the pharmacy recently set up an automated prescription machine at the Base Exchange.The automated medical prescription dispenser is similar to an automated teller machine that can stock refilled medications at a location other than the
June 16, 2008 Family Advocacy offers parenting classes To help Edwards parents with the challenges of raising children, Family Advocacy offers free parenting programs to all active-duty, retiree, civilian and contractors on base. These programs include DADS 101, the Child and Spousal abuse program and the Home Visitation service."These classes enhance
June 13, 2008 Airman forges his way to jail time An Airman with the 95th Medical Support Squadron was sentenced with a reduction of grade to E-1, 10-month confinement and a bad conduct discharge at a general court-marital here June 3. The Airman pled guilty to stealing more than $12,000 from his former supervisor on multiple occasions, forging his
June 12, 2008 Edwards civilian nets $10,000 for 'IDEA' Saving the Air Force more than $1 million, an ordnance inspector with the 412th Maintenance Squadron received $10,000 on June 11 for an idea submitted to the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness program.Robert Watts' idea was to allow the egress shop here to repair F-16
June 12, 2008 General Carlson discusses way ahead for AFMC General Bruce Carlson has recorded a video message for the men and women of Air Force Materiel Command. The message, which is a reminder of our way ahead after the recent resignations by the Air Force Secretary and Chief of Staff, is available at this link.
June 11, 2008 TPS confers its first master's degrees On May 27, the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School achieved a milestone by officially receiving accreditation to present its graduating students with a master's degree. Eighteen students from the Class 07B were the first to be granted a Master of Science in Flight Test Engineering degree during a